Christopher Sabec is the Founder and CEO of the copyright monetization company Rightscorp INC. Here is a little history about copyright law and the company.

1. As a co-founder and CEO of Rightscorp INC,
Christopher Sabec, has represented various
music professionals in the industry,
protecting them from copyright
infringement.

2. In 1710, the Statute of Anne was created to
protect the ownership and copyright of
materials an author created for up to
fourteen years. This was the first law that
gave authors copyright to the works they
created themselves.

3. In the midst of a new recording industry in 1909, a
major revision of the US Copyright Act was born.
This revision broadened the scope of works that
could be considered in authorship and extended the
term of protection from fourteen years to twenty-
eight years.

4. Digital piracy has been around ever since Bill Gates’
personal computer debuted on the cover of Popular
Electronics in 1975. In 1997, the Digital Millennium
Copyrights Act was passed. This act increased the
penalties for copyright infringement and made
Internet Service Providers liable for their users
engaging in illegal downloading activities.

5. In 1999, Shawn Fanning created Napster at Northeastern University in
Boston. It was the first Peer-to-Peer (P2P) digital file sharing program and it
would forever change the music and media industries. In 2008, P2P traffic
was at 44% of all global consumer Internet traffic. In 2010, P2P traffic was
more than twice as much as web browsing. Because of all of this P2P
traffic, copyright monetization companies like the one Christopher Sabec
started were coming out of the woodwork to help copyright owners gain
the money they deserve from people stealing their created property
online.

6. Rightscorp is a copyright monetization company that protects
intellectual property by offering settlements to people who illegally
download music, videos, and videogames. The company works on
behalf of the copyright holder by sending letters to illegal
downloaders giving them options for financial restitution.
Rightscorp has worked with various Hollywood studios and
agencies. Some of their more notable clients are Warner Brothers
Studios and BMG Rights Management.

7. The technology that Rightscorp uses to catch illegal
downloaders is a software that monitors worldwide
P2P file sharing networks to fine illegally downloaded
digital media. They work closely with major Internet
Service Providers to catch and demand payment to
Rightscorp who then pays the copyright owners.

8. If the illegal downloader does not pay, then they will
be removed from their Internet Service Provider.
Under Federal Copyright Law, Internet Service
Providers are required to enforce the rights of the
copyright owner once they become aware of
copyright infringement.