1.   But writers, designers, artists and copyright owners are becoming more aggressive, using new tactics and technologies to enforce their rights.

2.   Surely the copyright owners will welcome the free advertising, right?

3.   A literal copy of a computer program infringes copyright if made without the consent of the copyright owner.

4.   And still another section provides that once a copyright owner sells an authorized copy of the work, subsequent owners may do what they like with it.

5.   But the RIAA and the MPAA say they have gone to court to protect copyright owners from theft and that unchecked piracy is the biggest threat to innovation.

6.   Cable and satellite carriers then avoid having to negotiate royalties individually with each copyright owner of TV programs they retransmit.

7.   Cable and satellite carriers then avoid having to negotiate royalties individually with each copyright owner of those TV programs they retransmit.

8.   Civil liberties advocates are contending in several court cases that the assertion of property rights by copyright owners restricts the development of technologies.

9.   Companies pay the copyright office, and it passes the fees on to the copyright owners.