that manufacture the digital media‚ even you as the person downloading the content will have consequences. If the demand for a product is high the price for such product does not have to be high. Thus‚ if I along with many others download my favorite artist’s song the consequences ripple far past the wealthy record companies. The fans willing to pay will have a higher cost because demand is not reflected accurately. The companies that develop products to create this digital media will have fewer
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1) The Sony (sic) Bono Copyright Term Extension Act of 1998 granted individuals copyright protection for their life plus 70 years. Do you believe that a period this long is necessary to encourage the production of creative work? What are the advantages and disadvantages of a longer copyright validity period? Before we can address copyright extension law we must first understand what a copyright is. A copyright is a set of exclusive rights granted to the author or creator of an original work‚
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On October 12‚ 1998‚ Congress passed the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).It Prohibits the "circumvention" of any effective "technological protection measure" (e.g.‚ a password or form of encryption) used by a copyright holder to restrict access to its material. Expressly states that many valuable activities based on the "fair use" doctrine (including reverse engineering‚ security testing‚ and privacy protection and encryption research) will not constitute illegal "anti-circumvention" According
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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
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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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Digital rights management (DRM) is a class of controversial access control technologies that are used by hardware manufacturers‚ publishers‚ copyright holders‚ and individuals with the intent to limit the use of digital content and devices after sale. DRM is any technology that inhibits uses of digital content that are not desired or intended by the content provider. DRM also includes specific instances of digital works or devices. Companies such as Amazon‚ AT&T‚ AOL‚ Apple Inc.‚ Google[1]‚ BBC‚
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will contribute to the company. There will be legal and ethical issues associated with any technology that allow for communication verbal or written‚ storing or gathering private and personal information‚ or displaying pre-recorded or printed copyright material. the biggest challenges that a company and its employees can face is privacy issues by individual and companies. individuals that may challenge privacy are hackers and system operators both have access to root directories and can read everything
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Traver‚ 2009‚ p. 698) 2. What responsibility does YouTube have in removing copyrighted material from its site? YouTube claims it is in compliance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act‚ which requires owners of content to notify Web sites when their copyrights are infringed. Why is it a good solution for YouTube but a poor solution for copyright owners? In MGM v. Grokster the Supreme Court said that some of the main reasons for finding the peer-to-peer site Grokster liable were that it did not
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Social Media Research Paper March 3‚ 2012 American Digital Media Copyright Issues Introduction Copyrighting digital media is a balancing act for the U.S. government. The digitization of entertainment (i.e. music‚ movies‚ software‚ books‚ etcetera) makes legislating difficult. Copyright owners seek to maintain the intellectual property of their creative works. On the other hand‚ consumers want the freedom to use their purchases—of copyrighted products—in various ways: sometimes in ways prohibited
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The law firm stated that the company was about to qualify for copyright infringement and illegal software dissemination actions. Uniquephones has decided to listen to some legal advice before they actually go through with their intention on providing the iphone software for unlocking the phones. The Copyright Act protects Iphone firmware‚ as it is the case with any coded devices. Still‚ an exception to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) states that handset users can unlock their phones in
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