With the rapid advancement of personal computing workstations such as the PC, and the increasing availability and quality of Internet connectivity to people around the nation and world, it has become nearly impossible to monitor the actions of any one person on this world wide inter-network. The non-centralized nature of the Internet makes it very difficult for any company, organization, or government to observe or control what types of data are transferred from user to user. This free-market for information has created an environment ripe for the unlicensed sharing of copyrighted works.
