be able to exchange files‚ a platform is needed. There are many platforms available that serve as a bridge technology so that peers can share files with other peers around the world. These platforms only serve as a connection devise and not as a piracy store. As a result of the existence of these types of platforms‚ industries became concerned that this practice is violating the copyrights of the copyright holders. These industries demand that these platforms are shut down. However‚ these sharing
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the sales are cut by about one third of the original amount. File-sharing is an activity in which one user downloads something from another user’s files. Online piracy stems from this‚ as one person downloads something‚ either legitimately or illegitimately‚ and then puts it up on some kind of site for others to download and use. Piracy comes into play when it is downloaded by another‚ and may even potentially find its way into the hands of someone who wants to claim it as their own‚
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Microsoft Visual Studio‚ a web application framework. * Significant switching cost from Windows: The high switching costs of OS from windows also protects windows as the enterprises and customers using Windows operating systems. * Piracy has pluses: Piracy of windows indirectly helps windows build a larger customer base and also compensate of the ‘free operating system’ segment of Linux‚ which helps it sustain better in the market and yield more
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503-504. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 12 Jan 2010. "Bootlegging." _Encyclop_ædia _Britannica_. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Enclyclopædia Britannica‚ 2010. Web. 19 Jan 2010 Fitzgerald‚F. Scott. _The Great Gatsby_. New York: Scribner‚ 2004. "Piracy." _Encyclop_ædia _Britannica_. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Enclyclopædia Britannica‚ 2010. Web. 19 Jan 2010 Rolfe‚ Pamela. "_New Pirates of the Spanish Main: Myriad Factors Lead to Rampant Illegal Downloading_." Hollywood Reporter. 403-48 (2008):
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DISCUSS SOME OF THE MORAL‚ ETHICAL‚ PROFESSIONAL ISSUES FACED BY THE USERS OF ICT SYSTEMS NAME: LULWAMANI MAZWIKANA COURSE: TOURISM MANAGEMENT MODULE: INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY STUDENT NUMBER: TOU14-004 TABLE OF CONTENTS ABSTRACT This report is a study of computer ethics‚ morals and professional issues facing Information Communication Technology (ICT) users and its relevance to today’s society at large. This issues do not only face ICT users only but the world
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In 2003‚ Apple introduced the iTunes store‚ a digital store from where customers could legally download and purchase individual songs for $0.99 and entire albums for just $9.99 (2). At a time when music sales were starting to decline due to online piracy‚ Apple provided customers with a cheap and feasible option of buying music. The system saved customers the hassle of physically going to the store and buying expensive music while giving them a cheap alternative to downloading pirated material. This
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the United States provides to the authors of original work‚ such as literary‚ dramatic‚ musical‚ and artistic‚ composers‚ poets‚ and other intellectual work. Even for the published or not published works the protection it’s available to them too. Piracy is used mostly comes from the United States. That is why the United States decided to make a Copyright Act for protection. The author that created the work only has the right to claim the copyright. The copyright owner has the right to do whatever
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John Cunningham CSCE 4010 Spring 2013 Piracy and File Sharing With the exponential growth of technology over the past decade there have been many unforeseen controversial issues that have emerged. One of the main issues being the pirating of copyrighted material. With the invention of the internet‚ the sharing of information had become increasingly easier. But it was not until people began sharing copyrighted material that it became an ethical issue. The internet was used as a legal free exchange
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including piracy‚ hacking‚ viruses‚ spam‚ phishing‚ and responsibility of use of software‚ cyber porn‚ and invasion of privacy and the use of the computer in the work place. Also there are many issues both moral and professional that a person who uses a computer might face. Piracy which by definition is reproduction‚ distribution and use of software without permission of the owner of copyright‚ poses some serious ethical problems. The free exchange of copyrighted materials is piracy as it undermines
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