Piracy is said to have existed since ancient Roman times with its roots in the fishing industry. Some acts of piracy were handled as criminal acts‚ while others were a lawful means of plundering in warfare (privateering). The actual work of a pirate and a privateer was generally the same‚ so it was‚ therefore the authorization and perceived legality of the actions that formed the distinction. But after modern states came into existence and the principle of freedom of the seas was established all
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PAPER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND PIRACY FALL 2014 Done by Aisuluu Alymbekova Group: CSSE-124 Advisor: Almaty 2014 Outline 1. Introduction a. What is Intellectual Property? b. What is online piracy? 2. Body a. History of intellectual property b. IP Law and regulations i. Worldwide ii. Kazakhstan c. IP Law omissions d. Intellectual property infringement on the Internet i. Examples ii. Statistics e. Interview with few IITU students about online piracy in Kazakhstan f. Questionnaire in
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Internet Piracy has become a worldwide phenomenon and continues to grow everyday. Illegal music downloads‚ movie downloads‚ and now even video games contribute to the growing problem. In the U.S. alone more than 100 songs are downloaded every minute. There are 71‚060 jobs that are lost in the United States every year due to Online Piracy. We have to admit that people pirate a lot of data. Whether it’s for video games‚ movies‚ professional and costly products‚ or operating systems‚ people pirate stuff
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the privateer and the pirate of the 17th and 18th century. With Christopher Columbus discovery of the new world in 1492 and its un tapped wealth‚ a race would begin to see which nation could control this new-found power in the world. This new era of piracy in the Caribbean would begin in 1604 and with the ending of the Anglo-Spanish War that would cause a great significance and cause a shift in power on the open seas. With European expansion in the Caribbean and trading routes opening the nations
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Film and Music piracy by definition is the illegal copying of movies and music videos for personal or commercial use. This is a new epidemic that is effecting the film industry financially on a global level. What are the necessary steps that can be taken on behalf of the film and music industry that can stop this illegal practice from occurring? Once you walk down the city streets like Petaling Street‚ you can easily find vendors selling their bootleg DVD copies of new released movies for half price
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is essential that Disney deal with media piracy effectively. With Internet access increasing globally‚ piracy has the potential to create huge financial losses for Disney. In order to adequately deal with this problem‚ it is necessary to comprehend the history and evolution of piracy‚ its impacts on music and film industries‚ and its effect on the development of innovative business strategies. This brief will address various issues relating to media piracy in order to make insightful recommendations
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Introduction Piracy is certainly an Eastern Africa problem in recent years. It is‚ somehow‚ an expression of organised crime. For the last decade‚ piracy has made a home off the coast of Somalia and has‚ over the last three years or so‚ become increasingly disruptive to international trade. However‚ it has been a cause of deep concern for several centuries‚ indeed millennia in other parts of the world. For much of the 20th century‚ piracy was regarded as a problem most frequently associated
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Theft is the action of stealing something that belongs to someone else‚ but what if that which is stolen is never actually taken? The debate over what is to be done about a current issue involving “internet piracy” has been a hot topic in several countries‚ including the United States. The issue at hand is a claimed figure that allegedly spans upwards of 250 billion dollars translated to American currency in losses on behalf of several international multimedia franchises according to statistics
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annual benchmark survey on global software piracy were released recently‚ highlighting the serious impact of copyright infringement to the software industry. Piracy losses exceeded $12 billion worldwide in 1999 and topped $59 billion during the past five years. The survey‚ conducted by an independent research firm‚ was commissioned by the Business Software Alliance (BSA) and the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA). The 1999 software piracy estimates indicate that more than one in
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I’m pretty sure most of you have heard of piracy‚ but in case you haven’t I will explain what it is. Piracy is illegal copying‚ distribution‚ or use of software. Now with that out of the way I can move on to what this has to do with my topic. Nzb Indexers are being targeted and wrongfully sued by MPAA(Motion Picture Association of America)‚ RIAA(Recording Industry Association of America)‚ and plenty of other organizations wanting to bring down these websites. In case you’re unaware of what a
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