New technological developments and the emergence of computers, photocopiers and recording devices led to a recognition that copyright law needed to be updated.
Cartoons and other amateur materials were distributed in the workplace, usually in violation of managerial restrictions on the use of office supplies, and often in disregard of copyright law.
They argue that current copyright law hinders the realisation of these rights in today's knowledge societies relying on new technological means of communication.
Free and open-source software is that which, by definition, may be forked from the original development team without prior permission without violating any copyright law.
