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This article details the history of censorship in the United States, and gives various information on how it works and how it differs from censorship in the rest of the world.
Random Facts:
- If someone curses live on air, the broadcasting network gets fined by the FCC (Federal Communications Commission), rather than the person who cursed. Fines levied by the FCC can be $375,000 for one incident.
Details copyright infringement, which is the unauthorized use of something under a copyright. For example, a musical artist uses a piece from a previously released song. The copyright holder of that song has the right to sue the artist that breached the copyright. Also involves downloaded music, movies, etc.
Random facts:
- Music can be freely downloaded in Canada, Netherlands, Spain, and Panama, so long as you do not sell it.
- Russia allows the downloading of music and movies, but sends 1 % of the sale of devices used for downloaded music and movies (computers, blank CD's/DVD's, etc.) to the original copyright holder.
Other random sources and facts:
Info: Woman fines 1.9 million dollars for downloading 24 pop songs; 80,000 per song. Each song can be legally bought for 99 cents online, which would add up to be $23.76.
