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Apr 18, 1450
Invention of The Printing Press
The Printing Press was a very important when it was first invented. It allowed more people to obtain Book, Bibles, and other printed material. -
Statue Of Anne
The Statue of Anne was the first statue to provide for copyright regulated by the government and courts. I -
Invention of Video Camera
The first machine in the United States that showed movies was a device called the zoopraxiscope. It would play moving photographs in a fast speed to give the illusion of movement. -
Invention of the record Player
It was invented in 1877 by Thomas Edison. It would record and reproduce sounds. -
Invention Of The Film
The history of film began in the late 1880s when the first movie camara was created. Most films before 1930 were silent. -
First Patent on a living organism
The patent provides the patent holder with the right to exclude others from making, using, selling, or importing the invention for a limited period of time. The first patent was formed for a purified form of adrenaline. -
The Invention of TV
Televisions were first sold commercially in the 1920s. Today most homes have TVs In Their homes. -
Invention Of Radio Sation
The first Radio Station with a license was created in Pittsburg Pennsylvania. It was called KBKA. -
MPAA founded
The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) is an American trade association that represents the six big Hollywood studios. Founded in 1922 as the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America (MPPDA), it advances the business interests of its members and administers. -
1923 US copyright Laws
Before 1923 none in the public domain due to copyright expiration. There was no copyright expiration before the year 1923. -
GATT Passed
The General Agreement on Tariffs & Trade agreement was made to reduce trade barriers among member countries. These meetings have reduced tariffs on many products. This was created to aid in economy recovery for the following year from World War II. -
Invention of Internet
the Internet began with the development of electronic computers in the 1950s.The Internet got its start in the United States more than 50 years ago as a government weapon in the Cold War. For years, scientists and researchers used it to communicate and share data with one another. -
RIAA founded
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is a trade organization that represents recording industry distributors in the United States. Its members consist of record labels and distributors. -
Invention of Cassette Tape
The tape was made by the philips comapany of The Netherlands. The tape allowed you to record and playback. -
1978 Copyright Law Changed
In 1978 the copyright laws changed. You had to Publish without notice, and without subsequent registration in 5 years. -
Invention of CDs
The CD was made to store and play back sound recordings only. Standard CDs have a diameter of 120 millimetres (4.7 in) and can hold up to 80 minutes of uncompressed audio -
First Generation of MY Family Moves From Another Country
My parents came to the U.S at around the same times. My mom came from Mexico and my dad from El Salvador. (Valerie) -
Brazil breaks international Copyright laws by copying HIV medication
This created a dispute between the U.S and Brazil. It was against the "patent laws". -
NAFTA Passed
The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was signed by president Bill Clinton.He said he hoped the agreement would "encourage other nations to work toward a broader world-trade pact".NAFTA created the world's largest free-trade zone. -
Kim Dotcom Arrested
Real name Kim Schmitz, founder of Megaupload. Arrested twice, once in 1994, and then again in 2003 for computer fraud and data espionage, and for insider trading and embezzlement. -
Invention of DVD
DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions. Invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. -
Napster Invented
Napster is a name given to two music-focused online services. It was originally founded as a pioneering peer-to-peer file sharing Internet service that emphasized sharing audio files, typically music, encoded in MP3 format -
Napster shutdown
In July 2001, Napster shut down its entire network. Napster's facilitation of transfer of copyrighted material raised the ire of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), which almost immediately—on December 7, 1999—filed a lawsuit against the popular service. -
Ipod
The first ipod was released on November 10,2001. Apple's iTunes software (and other open source software) can be used to transfer music, photos, videos, games, contact information, e-mail settings, Web bookmarks, and calendars. -
Limewire Shut Down
Founded in 2000 by Mark Gorton, a former Wall Street trader, LimeWire is now restricted from allowing the searching and sharing of copyrighted material. Napster claimed more than 100 million users at the height of its popularity at the beginning of the decade. -
RIAA sues the dead
The RIAA sued a deaceased 83 year old woman for having about 700 songs on the internet. Later the RIAA said it was a mixup because the 83 year old lady wouldnt even want to have a computer in her household. -
Megaupload starts
This is "an online Hong Kong–based company established in 2005 that ran online services related to file storage and viewing". It was shutdown by the United States Department of Justice in 2012. -
hr4437 proposed in California
This law was made to strengthen immigration laws and to strengthen border security. It was made to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act. -
Iphone Invented
The origins of the Apple Iphone stretch as far back as 2001. It was officially released in June 29, 2007 by Steve Jobs/Apple. -
Pirate Bay taken to court
This is a website founded in 2003 providing torrent files and magnet links to facilitate peer-to-peer file sharing using the BitTorrent protocol. Technically i think this means like sharing mp3 files or movie files and letting other people download them illegally. -
Ipad created
The first iPad was released on April 3, 2010. Everyone wanted to get their hands on Apples Latest device. -
Foxconn Suicides
Foxconn is a major manufacturer in which there were 18 employees that attempted suicice and there were 14 deaths. The suicides drew atention from the media and were therefore investigated by Apple and HP. -
SB1070 Passes
This law is the broadest and strictest anit-illegal immigration measure in the U.S. history. This law required every illegal over 14 to register with the U.S. government and to carry their papers around at all times.
