出版商已经成为“数字盗版”——使用数字方法即刻和未经准许复制有版权材料——的受害者。许多出版商利用互联网络传送他们的文本、软件或影像,后来他们发现,他们的材料未经许可在这个全球性网络上流传。部分问题是,通过电子网络改造的材料是数字式的,这意味着复制过程就像把一个文件烤到软盘去一样容易。任何人只要有一台个人计算机和一个调制解调器就能把材料送上互联网络;而任何别的人也能同样容易把那些 Publishers have become victims of “digital piracy” - using digital methods instantly and without permission to copy copyrighted material. Many publishers use the Internet to send their texts, software or images, and later they found that their material was circulating on this global network without permission. Part of the problem is that the material remodeling through the electronic network is digital, which means that copying is as easy as baking a file to a floppy disk. Anyone can send material to the Internet with just a personal computer and a modem; anyone else can equally easily