Jose U. Santana 03/06/2013 Digital Music Piracy Every day people through out the world are downloading millions upon millions of digital music from the Internet illegally. Using a Peer-to-peer file-sharing program integrated in websites like 4shared.com and MEGAUPLOAD.com. As having friends in the Music Industry‚ I do believe people should not break the copyright law and instead pay the music artists for their work. Although this ongoing issue is in a way hard to control‚ record label
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personal or business use. When it comes to software and online piracy‚ in certain countries‚ it is like the Wild West‚ there are laws that are very cut and dry but it seems like nobody follows them. On the other hand there are certain countries where it almost seems like anything goes with a lack of government regulation. The United States has very strict laws about copyright infringement. If a person is found guilty of copyright infringement in the US‚ it is considered a felony charge which
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Global Entertainment REPORT on Music Piracy 05.11.2013. Music piracy Industry Comparative Study – Piracy Table of Content INTRODUCTION This report purpose is to analyze the piracy‚ and the industrial response to it‚ in the music industry concentrating on three pre-selected regions. The structure of the report consists of the analysis of the global context of the music industry‚ a more detailed analysis of the product and distribution situation
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Is Music Piracy Stealing? For centuries‚ the term piracy calls forth an image of a plundering character that can be found in one of today’s most popular movies‚ Pirates of the Caribbean. But over recent decades‚ the term piracy has evolved into one who infringes copyrighted material. Instead of that dirty one-eyed pirate with a wooden peg leg and cutlass sword‚ the pirate now can be anyone‚ any size‚ any age. Charles Moore wrote the essay‚ “Is Music Piracy Stealing?”‚ and tried to answer his
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Research on music piracy A Proposal Submitted to Ms.Rupal Khambhati Faculty (S.R.Luthra Institute Of Management) BY Farhan 14 Divyesh 23 Huzefa 15 Pratik 31 Bhaumik 58 Hardik 05 November 13‚ 2011 Executive Summary: In today’s technological era‚ the music industry is in a crisis. Music is being downloaded illegally more than ever .Rising costs for music coupled with a lack of guilt for pirating music has caused music piracy rates to skyrocket. Be it
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Prerequisite of copyright: 17 USC 102(a) 1. Fixation ~ 17 USC §102(a) and Const. “writing” a. Tangible medium for more than transient time WITH authorization of CR owner; can be perceived 2. Originality ~ 17 USC 102(a) a. Low threshold‚ original work of authorship (independent creation) 3. Modicum creativity ~ (Feist) 4. Subject matter ~ 17 USC 102(a)(1) o (1) literary works‚ including software o NOT facts‚ slogans‚ fonts‚ stock characters o exempts performance by nonprofit or govt. §110(2)
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Restricting free speech for the sake of free speech - Can speech ‘silence’‚ if so should it be restricted? A Introduction Freedom of speech is almost universally endorsed in western-liberal countries. Literally‚ speech refers only to the communication of thoughts in spoken words but more widely interpreted the concept also includes publications‚ television and the like. The intuitive idea of how to promote free speech is to allow more speech. Therefore‚ proponents of free speech oppose
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associate a grown up individual with his immature past when life was far more free flowing and easier. It is only natural that school farewell speeches are most of the times emotional and must come directly from the heart without ever depending upon the audience or the presenter as genuine expression has always been the most important asset of a great school farewell speech. But most people are not gifted with expression and school farewell quotes can really prove to be helpful regarding this purpose
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DEPARTMENT OF LAW LAW AND SOCIAL RESEARCH METHODS (LAW135) COPYRIGHT LAW IN BOTSWANA: HOW FAR DOES THE GOVERNMENT GO TO ENFORCE THE LAW NAME: SAMUEL BOKANG PLAATJIE 201002810 SUPERVISOR: DR REKHA KUMAR DATE OF SUBMISSION: TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION 3 ABSTRACT 3 AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 4 Aims 4 Objectives 4 METHODOLOGY 5 PURPOSE OF THE STUDY 6 CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW 7 CHAPTER THREE 8 ROLES OF AUTHORITIES 8 Botswana Police Service 8 Customs
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Copyright laws were established in the Constitution to "promote science and the useful arts" (Copyright). In the age of digital formats for music‚ copyright law makes it illegal for bootleggers to commit audio piracy by copying works of music without paying the artist. However‚ the invention of digital sampling‚ which allows a musical artist to take sound from a previously recorded work and incorporate it into a new work‚ has challenged the existing copyright laws. The search for balance between
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