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Twilight (CD-ROM)
Twilight was the name of a Dutch series of monthly published CD-ROMs and DVDs, containing a collection of popular but often very expensive software, mostly computer games and applications published in the month of its release. The protections of the applications and games were often removed (see warez). Furthermore, in order to be able to store as much as possible on one or two disks, the games and apps were often compressed, as well as deprived of video and audio. The series ran from beginning 1996 until June 16, 2001.〔http://twilight-cd.com/research/timeline/〕 In 2003 a man (abbreviation B.G., full name undisclosed) was convicted for copyright infringements related to the Twilight series. The court estimated he had earned approximately 1,678,215 euro with the series in question as well as others.〔in Dutch: http://tweakers.net/nieuws/48008/maker-twilight-en-crazybytes-cds-veroordeeld.html〕 The series was originally distributed from out of the Netherlands, but appeared in many European countries as well .
== Historical context ==
In the mid nineties, CD-ROM writers were still rare, mainly because they, as well as writable CD's, were expensive. Also, the internet was still ill accommodated for the transfer of large files. The main public used dial-up or ISDN modems, and file sharing and P2P networks were still small and insignificant.〔http://jurisonline.in/2010/08/the-rise-of-copyright-infringement-on-p2p-networks-and-the-evolution-of-copyright-law-in-its-wake/〕 Napster for example dates from 1999. In the light of Twilight, the internet was used for distributing information, hearsay and ordering the product. These conditions made it profitable to sell games and applications via physical disks. The original Twilight was often copied and resold by persons not related to the original distribution (something about which the original distributor supposed to have been complaining). There is obviously an inverse proportionality between the trading and selling of CD-ROMs and the speeds of the Internet.
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