Copyright infringement is the unauthorized use of copyrighted material in a manner that violates one of the copyright owner’s exclusive rights‚ such as the right to reproduce or perform the copyrighted work‚ or to make derivative works that build upon it. For electronic and audio-visual media‚ unauthorized reproduction and distribution is often referred to as piracy (however there is no legal basis for this and indeed in one US copyright lawsuit the judge ordered the plaintiff’s legal team to stop
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The article “The hegemonic copyright regime vs the sharing copyright users of music?” by Bart Cammaerts‚ expands on the idea of music becoming easily accessible through via internet‚ which creates conflict for music producers and the industry. This conflict arises due to the lack of funds these companies receive from consumers downloading songs online for free. Ownership within the music industry is gradually decreasing‚ and new copyright strategies must be found or businesses and artists within
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BOOK OF COPYRIGHT LAW RATIONALE OF COPYRIGHT PROTECTIONWhat is copyright?Copyright is a right given by the law to creators of literary‚ dramatic‚ musical and artistic works and producers of cinematograph films and sound recordings. In fact‚ it is a bundle of rights including‚ inter alia‚ rights of reproduction‚ communication to the public‚ adaptation and translation of the work. There could be slight variations in the composition of the rights depending on the work. Why should copyright be protected
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in the last 20 years‚ and‚ under US and various foreign governments‚ are explicitly illegal due to the use of a copyrighted logo. But logos‚ name brands‚ and signature prints are the only elements of designer fashions that the US protects under copyright law. Patents are only granted to works that separate beyond their purpose of serving as clothing. Stores like Zara are producing not only replica bags without logos‚ but identical garments in shape‚ texture‚ color‚ and cut for up to a 98% cheaper
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Ashley Tipton Digital Libraries Introduction A simple definition of a digital library is a library where collections are stored in digital formats instead of physical formats and accessible via computers. The content can then be accessed locally‚ as in within a library‚ or remotely such as from other places on a college campus or from a user’s home. Many people believe that digital libraries are the future. There are also those that still hold on to the thought that the traditional brick and mortar
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digital divide The term ’digital divide’ describes the fact that the world can be divided into people who do and people who don’t have access to - and the capability to use - modern information technology‚ such as the telephone‚ television‚ or the Internet. The digital divide exists between those in cities and those in rural areas. For example‚ a 1999 study showed that 86% of Internet delivery was to the 20 largest cities. The digital divide also exists between the educated and the uneducated‚ between
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“Copyright Law and the Internet” by John C. Montana LAW/421 “Copyright Law and the Internet” by John C. Montana The review of “Copyright Law and the Internet” by John C. Montana will reveal different types of intellectual property‚ legal protection for intellectual property‚ and how the internet both complicates and simplifies intellectual property. There will also be some minor discussion of privacy‚ ethics‚ and security as they apply to intellectual property and the Internet. Much of the
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Discuss digital convergence and how it has impacted media regulation. DIGITAL CONVERGENCE With the several advances in technology these days‚ digital convergence is something that has gained much relevance in today’s world. There is no universal definition of convergence‚ although generally it is understood to mean the ability of different networks to carry similar kinds of services e.g. voice over Internet Protocol (IP) or over circuit switched networks‚ video over cable television or Asynchronous
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All around the world people connected to the internet are downloading free digital content through P2P file sharing software. Intellectual property rights are being broken as people are downloading free content through P2P (Peer 2 Peer) networks‚ and illegal websites online. Production companies can’t do anything about that because developers of this type of software can’t be blamed for what people share. And no one can track the people behind the illegal websites. Production companies took
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of what a digital camera is and the majority of people use digital cameras. According to a standard definition a digital camera is “…opposed to a film or video camera‚ uses an electronic sensor to transform images and video into electronic data”. Years ago people used to possess two different devices in order to take pictures and to make video. The need to spare space and make it more comfortable for people to do both things with higher quality results catalyzed the creation of digital cameras. The
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