Kevin Kearney May 4‚ 2003 MGT 251 / Extra Credit Internet Copyright Laws A student comes home to his dorm at the University of Scranton after a rough day of classes. With the quick internet connection provided on the school’s network‚ the student makes a few clicks and logs into Morpheus‚ a program that enables music fans to download free music. Within a few minutes he is on his way to owning an unlimited amount of songs at no cost. Everything this student is doing is legal‚ right? Wrong
Premium United States Life Sociology
Star Trek Fan Fiction: Copyright Infringement? Introduction As I sat in during one of the many Westlaw training sessions this year‚ I heard rumors that the company instructor and research guru John Lim was a part time actor. A quick trip to IMDB confirmed that John Lim played Hikaru Sulu in a fan fiction series named Star Trek New Voyages: Phase II. With the proliferation of the Internet‚ it has become easier than ever before to have access to other fans of a certain work and as a result‚ create
Premium Copyright Fair use Copyright infringement
There is no such thing as international copyright protection. There is not a universal law that will give an individual protection of their intellectual property throughout the entire world. Nonetheless‚ the importance of this issue is mounting. As the world capitalizes on ever increasing globalization‚ the borders of countries are disappearing. The author Thomas Friedman would say the competitors of today’s world are left with a flat playing field as a result of globalization. Although the field
Premium Copyright
| Tort Actions | Week 3 Law 421 | | David Tiffany UOP | Shalandrea Jones | October 29‚ 2012 | Torts are civil laws that are broken and are rules for lawsuits. When these rules are broken they can result in injury and harm this is usually the basis for the claim. Torts are punishable by imprisonment but in most cases tort law is to provide relief for damages and to stop others from doing the same thing
Premium Tort Negligence Tort law
Case Scenario: Big Time Toymaker LAW/421 Case Scenario: Big Time Toymaker Read the “Theory to Practice” section at the end of Ch. 6 of the text. Answer Questions 1 through 6 based on the scenario in the “Theory to Practice” section‚ and complete the following in your response: At the conclusion of the situation‚ BTT says that it’s not serious about releasing Chou’s new technique game‚ Strat. Presuming BTT and Chou have got a deal‚ and BTT has breached the
Premium Contract
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
Premium Copyright infringement Police Copyright
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
Premium Discrimination Race Racism
The U.S. copyright office defines copyright as a form of protection provided by the laws of the United States to the authors of “original works of authorship‚” including literary‚ dramatic‚ musical‚ artistic‚ and certain other intellectual work. This protection is available to authors of both published and unpublished works. A person can copyright a book‚ article‚ screenplay‚ movie‚ play‚ dance choreography‚ a work of art such as a painting‚ sculpture‚ blueprints and architectural designs‚ as well
Premium Copyright Property Intellectual property
bribes. The fact that bribes are hidden and undisclosed is a direct indicator that an illegal act is being pursued. This typically means that a company’s financial statement has been falsified. Under Sarbanes Oxley this is a violation of the securities law. Later that year Wal-Mart officials signed off on a false investigation into these alleged bribes. CEO Mike Duke‚ head of the company’s international operations at that time‚ and other top executives were informed of the bribes and the false investigation
Premium Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Bribery
DBA Bluechristine99 v. John Wiley & Sons‚ Inc. (Docket No. 11-697) 568 U.S. __ (2013). The Respondent‚ John Wiley & Sons (“Wiley”)‚ brought a claim against Petitioner‚ Supap Kirtsaeng d/b/a Bluechristine99 (“Kirtsaeng”)‚ for violation of the Copyright Act‚ 17 U.S.C. Sections 101-810. Facts Kirtsaeng began as a legal case in U.S. District Court‚ New York‚ (2010) and culminated in a U.S. Supreme Court (“SCOTUS”) ruling‚ March 13‚ 2013. Both the District Court and the 2nd District Federal appellate
Premium Supreme Court of the United States Copyright