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In a democracy, a law that prohibits a popular and useful activity is usually soon relaxed. Not so where corporations have more political power than the public. The entertainment companies' lobby is determined to prevent the public from taking advantage of the power of their computers, and has found copyright a suitable tool. Under their influence, rather than relaxing copyright rules to permit productive and free use of the Internet, governments have made it stricter than ever, forbidding the act of sharing.