© © © Copyright Law © © © ➢ Copyright law comes from 17 U.S.C. §101 et. Seq. ➢ Nature of copyright law • Purpose of copyright law: o to stimulate the creation and dissemination of as many works of authorship as possible‚ in order to benefit the public. o To promote progress of science and the useful arts (science refers to © and useful arts deals with patents). o “To promote the Progress of Science and the Useful Arts‚ by
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Copyright India (By Sangam Ghimire & Jyoti Pathak) Meaning Copyright is a right given by the law to creators of literary‚ dramatic‚ musical and artistic works and producers of cinematograph films and sound recordings. In fact‚ it is a bundle of rights including‚ inter alia‚ rights of reproduction‚ communication to the public‚ adaptation and translation of the work. There could be slight variations in the composition of the rights depending on the work. Indian work "Indian work" means
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CopyrightX‚ Section C2: Course Review 1. Week One Review: Copyright Fundamentals a. Originality i. Requirements 1. A modicum of creativity 2. Independent creation ii. Not required 3. Novelty 4. Intent 5. Aesthetic 6. Lawful iii. Examples: 7. Sources of originality for a photograph (Mannion): a. Composition/subject matter b. Rendition
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Copyright Laws on Computer Programs and Cyberspace Tort Computer programs and cyber space usage has become a major part of our every day lives. Nearly everyone has to use a computer at some point‚ and for some it may be an all day every day affair. This being the case‚ every one should be aware of the laws and boundaries of cyber space usage‚ copyright infringement on shareware‚ freeware‚ and computer software programs. Most of the main legal issues that relate to cyberspace can be listed
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A) A paper on copyright violation 1. Give an outline of the attitudes to copyright violation and illegal downloading as presented in texts 1 and 3. In 2009‚ the three founders of The Pirate Bay (TPB) were convicted of contributory copyright infringement. They were sentenced between four months and one year in prison. In 2006‚ a Swedish prosecutor said‚ “TPB wasn’t guilty of “main” crimes – at best it aids and abets.” Therefore‚ according to Peter Sunde‚ this new conviction‚ which he contributes
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downloaded worldwide. Six percent of that was illegal downloads‚ 600 million illegal downloads in just a three month period. Copyright infringement is one of the many horrible things that happens today and we need to come up with a better way to prevent it. There are many policies that are used to let a person know if they have downloaded something illegally‚ one of those is the Copyright Alert System (CAS). This lets content producers such as filmmakers and music producers connect to peer-to-peer networks
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thereof. What is copyright? Copyright is a right given by the law to creators of literary‚ dramatic‚ musical and artistic works and producers of cinematograph films and sound recordings. In fact‚ it is a bundle of rights including‚ inter alia‚ rights of reproduction‚ communication to the public‚ adaptation and translation of the work. There could be slight variations in the composition of the rights depending on the work. Why should copyright be protected? Copyright ensures certain minimum
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In Australia‚ copyright law is contained in the Commonwealth Copyright Act 1968 (Copyright Act). A simple definition of copyright is that it is a bunch of rights in certain creative works such as text‚ artistic works‚ music‚ computer programs‚ sound recordings and films.The copyright owner of a film will only own copyright in the moving images and sounds of the film. They will not necessarily own copyright in the underlying works included in the film such as the musical soundtrack or score or the
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On October 12‚ 1998‚ Congress passed the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).It Prohibits the "circumvention" of any effective "technological protection measure" (e.g.‚ a password or form of encryption) used by a copyright holder to restrict access to its material. Expressly states that many valuable activities based on the "fair use" doctrine (including reverse engineering‚ security testing‚ and privacy protection and encryption research) will not constitute illegal "anti-circumvention" According
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Copyright Implications IT/236 January 17‚ 2011 [pic] A web designer or a novice needs to be very careful with copyright laws. The rules consist of five exclusive rights given to copyright owners under the Copyright Act. These laws are created and managed to prevent others from reproducing work or works created and owned by another person. No one can reproduce‚ publicly display the work‚ or distribute the work without the owner’s expressed permission. As a result‚ the web page author
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