What are the advantages and disadvantages of intellectual property in the digital age? Intellectual property (IP) is an umbrella term that covers copyright‚ patents‚ trademarks‚ designs‚ circuit layout rights‚ plant breeders’ rights and confidentiality and trade secrets. Each of these terms covers a different type of property that is made up of knowledge. Many of these terms cover physical objects‚ however it is the idea behind them that counts and needs to be protected. The above terms are all
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advent of the Internet and online distribution of entertainment properties has revolutionized various ways copyrighted material is infringed. Unlike previous technologies‚ one can easily download copyrighted material from the web. Peer-to-peer file sharing is one such technology‚ which has a tremendous impact on the revenues of the original authors. Film and the entertainment industry are fighting against piracy‚ but the more they try‚ the more they fail. It is a bubble‚ which is blowing out of proportion
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Ethics of Peer to Peer downloading and Sharing Strayer University Abstract In the short time that computers and internet have existed in the modern era‚ the world has seen a complete 360 degree turn and in the various forms of electronic entertainment that people all over the world are now using. In the days before CD’s‚ DVD’s and the internet‚ not much was said if a vinyl album (remember these?)‚ VHS cassette (or these?) or an audio cassette was loaned to a friend for their listening /
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copyright infringement (Lauden & Traver‚ 2013). As with any company‚ file sharing amenities are in the business to generate a revenue stream and although these services are illegal they are still able to lure “blue chip brands” to advertise. As long as there is the prospect for money to be made‚ file sharing sites will continue to subsist in the global internet world. Keywords: advertisement‚ copyright‚ digital‚ file sharing‚ piracy‚ The Pirate Bay Case Study: The Pirate Bay The Pirate Bay
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as hacking into other people’s systems‚ misusing software‚ or helping a person gain access to protected files of someone else’s computer. The main goal of the Act was to discourage this kind of behaviour in the future. The act identifies three specific offences: 1. Unauthorised access to computer material. 2. Unauthorised access to a computer system with intent to break‚ change or copy files. 3. Unauthorised modification of computer material. The act targets people who misuse computers and communication
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Peer-to-Peer Networks for Content Sharing Choon Hoong Ding‚ Sarana Nutanong‚ and Rajkumar Buyya Grid Computing and Distributed Systems Laboratory‚ Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering‚ The University of Melbourne‚ Australia (chd‚ sarana‚ raj)@cs.mu.oz.au ABSTRACT Peer-to-peer (P2P) systems are popularly used as “file-swapping” networks to support distributed content sharing. A number of P2P networks for file sharing have been developed and deployed. Napster‚ Gnutella
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the Internet will increasingly affect DVD movie sales and paid Internet distribution of movies. As the ease of downloading unauthorized copies of movies grows with the availability of low-cost‚ high-bandwidth Internet connections and peer-to-peer file sharing networks‚ the movie industry’s concerns about illegal downloads is intensifying. These concerns are heightened by unauthorized copies of movies becoming available on the Internet prior to their U.S. theater release (Seiler and Snider 2003) Piracy
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people thought about music: peer to peer file sharing. Peer to peer file sharing‚ often abbreviated as simply p2p‚ allows different users swap songs‚ with no regards for copyright infringement. Now the most popular way to take music off the Internet is to use one of many YouTube to mp3 converter sites These sits allow you to copy a URL from a YouTube video and paste it into a text box on the YouTube to mp3 site which will then convert the video into a music file that is downloaded onto your computer
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File Management Amanda Dyer POS/355 September 4‚ 2014 August Smith File Management File management in any computer system is a very crucial function. Proper file management alleviates everyday issues in file protection‚ to allow a smooth experience for users. Using file protection for operating systems‚ such as Unix‚ can be very easy and simple. Unix is a multiuser operating system that is used on a wide range of machines from powerful microcomputers to supercomputers
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UNIX File Access In order to understand how to control access to a file in a system that supports 5‚000 users to 4‚990 of those users‚ a basic understanding of the file permissions of a file on a UNIX system is necessary. A user has the ability to perform three basic actions to a file‚ read‚ write and execute. These three actions will be represented by r‚ w‚ and x respectively. A UNIX system uses a combination of these characters to control the file permissions. The first three characters represent
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