For some of the poorer coutries who are not signatories this may be an oppotunity because if say, Napster went to Angola then they will get publicity and an influx of technology and knowlege. That is not to say that those coutries must become piracy centres but they could provide a little more freedom.
If a company makes a product and then writes software for only one platform, people can reverse engineer it and make it avialable for other platforms thus meaning people who could not buy it before can now buy it and so the company will make more money.
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For some of the poorer coutries who are not signatories this may be an oppotunity because if say, Napster went to Angola then they will get publicity and an influx of technology and knowlege. That is not to say that those coutries must become piracy centres but they could provide a little more freedom.
If a company makes a product and then writes software for only one platform, people can reverse engineer it and make it avialable for other platforms thus meaning people who could not buy it before can now buy it and so the company will make more money.