“Software piracy is the unauthorized copying or distribution of copyrighted software. This can be done by copying‚ downloading‚ sharing‚ selling‚ or installing multiple copies onto personal or work computers.” (What is Software Piracy?) The whole idea behind software piracy is that you are purchasing a‚ normally‚ single license copy to use that company’s product on your computer. You are not just purchasing the software itself‚ which tends to make some people not realize that some of their actions
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category of theft or piracy. Stupid as it may seem‚ the record companies do. They reason that if you download even one song‚ you’re classified the same as if you downloaded hundreds of songs. I don’t like it when I see advertisements for bootlegs and pirated movies and such. However‚ it is hard for me to not feel sympathetic to them when I see garbagey music selling for about twenty dollars each. What really drives me crazy is that these artists are making millions of dollars a year‚ and they still feel
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influencing ethical judgments of the final consumer” Journal of Business Ethics 11‚ no. 8(1992): 585-597. . Wendy W. N. Wan‚ Chung-Leung Luk‚ Leo Y. M. Sin‚ Kenneth K. Kwong‚ Raymond P. M. Chow. “Do Traditional Chinese Cultural Values Nourish a Market for Pirated CDs?” Journal of Business Ethics (2009) 88:185–196. Simon
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purpose of me choosing this topic "Should people who download music or movies illegally be punished" is that nowadays many people rather search to find a pirated movies or music instead of just buying it. Many of them didn’t realize that this is also kind of infringement of copyright. I shouldn’t argue it too much since I also using mostly pirated stuff since it is convenient and it also decreases my financial burden. Of course‚ this is not correct doings but somehow if everything is bought in genuine
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Content 1. Introduction……………………………………………….………..2 2. Actors………………………………………………………..………2 3. Main issues and solution…………………………………….…..….5 Cybercrime and solution……………………………….…5 Intellectual property right and solution…………………8 Freedom and expression and solution…………….….....10 4. Conclusion………………………………………………………….13 5. Reference……………………………………………………..…….15 Introduction: "Without the Internet I cannot live" it is an answer that CNN news
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Democratic Origins and Revolutionary Writers‚ 1776-1820 Benjamin Franklin (Painting courtesy Library of Congress) Thomas Paine (Portrait courtesy Library of Congress) James Fenimore Cooper (Photo courtesy Library of Congress) The hard-fought American Revolution against Britain (1775-1783) was the first modern war of liberation against a colonial power. The triumph of American independence seemed to many at the time a divine sign that America and her people were destined for greatness
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Ethical issues relating to the use of the Internet and the implications for managers and business practice. by Mihai C. Orzan Abstract When we address the topic of ethical issues on the Internet we are generally referring at two different matters: privacy and intellectual property. Each has been examined extensively in the last five years‚ since the Internet explosive intrusion in everyday life activities‚ each has an important number of sub fields that require special attention from
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After years of therapy‚ I can share without the horrid flashbacks‚ my experiences at a post-Vatican II catholic elementary school run by nuns. Years would pass before realizing how deep this torment buried itself into the depths of my psyche. In my school faculty members unmarried to Christ fell into one of two categories. On the one hand‚ you had the group comprised of widows or unmarried women who not only cast no shadow in the mirror of focused self-reflection but left no visible marks of their
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Washington Times article reported two months ago about a man—Xiang Li‚ a Chinese national—pleading guilty to “conspiracy to commit criminal copyright infringement and wire fraud in the distribution of more than [one hundred million dollars worth] of pirated software around the world.” Mr. Li disabled the “access control features” and digital licenses of software files and sold the on his website Crack99.com (Seper‚ 2013). What is so striking about this case is that these cracked software programs were
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is no longer just a type of media that is made by singers and bought by consumers‚ but it is now part of the “dark‚ scary” side of the Internet. There are even journal article authors who have written about music piracy. “Music is the most widely pirated media in the world today. From singles to albums to recording demos‚ music of all genres is ripped and released into the music piracy scene” (Craig‚ Honick‚ and Burnett 174). These authors illustrate how big music piracy has become. Currently‚
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