digital copying
Computerized file replication
Digital copying is the reproduction of data, files, or media in electronic form.
Unlike analog copying, which degrades with each generation, digital copies are identical to the original—a photograph, song, or document can be duplicated perfectly and infinitely.
This property transformed industries and sparked debates over piracy, copyright, and fair use: Digital copying made music sharing trivially easy.
- copyright lawRules protecting original works
- encodingConverting data to format
- knowledge sharingTransferring expertise between people
- cloningMaking identical copies
- duplicationMaking an identical copy
file compression · replication · photo restoration · mirroring · cultural preservation · software installation · anti-piracy measures · pirated movies · plagiarism detection · data synchronization · optical discs · licensing agreements · document scanning · video streaming · global collaboration · ripping · economic disruption · backup
- copyingplagiarism, repeating, duplicating, duplication, replication
- photo copyingduplication, reproduction, xerography, scanning, reprints
- reproductionreproduction, birth, baby, egg, sperm
digital copyinganalog recording
Continuous waveform sound capture
hand copying · handwriting · photocopying · carbon copying · mimeographing
digital copyingauthorship
Origin of written work
composition · invention · content creation · artistic creation · primary source
digital copyingdata destruction
digital, digit, digits, digitally, digitize, digitized, digitizing, digitization, copy