Information Will Be Free

Since the popularity of internet and new communication technologies, the issue of information sharing has become a matter of debate. In digital world, distances are meaningless and Information could be transferred to different parts of the world in few seconds. In this paper we discuss the effect of new technologies on licensed information and copyright law. We take this position that in modern age, the technology has created mechanisms that could be, and is, used in order to share information for free. Copyright law cannot cope with digital environment and efforts to enforce it in digital domains have failed. Theoretically, it is possible to share every kind of file and data through p2p networks and copyright law is not able to stop increasing popularity of such networks. In this situation, where law enforcements are not enough to protect licensed information, taking other actions such as increasing social awareness and morality and creating incentives are necessary.