Ownership of Digital Downloads

Digital technology is programmed in the machine legible setup. Digital media is preserved, modified, distributed, viewed, and created on the digital electronic devices and it represents any media that is a machine-readable format. From the Internet to MTV, digital media has provided the tool to facilitate expression that is unimaginable. Phones, security, data, lighting, video, and audio if not on the digital platform they are heading in that direction. Combined with personal computing and the internet, digital media has caused massive disruptions in politics, commerce, education, entertainment, journalism, and publishing. Digital media also poses challenges to intellectual property laws and copyright laws. It is also often about the print media, for instance, magazines, daily papers, published books, and other conventional or simple media, for example, sound tape films or pictures. Videos, games, digital photos; PC programming and database; sites and site pages entailing digital sound, databases, and social networking, for example, eBooks and maps, are all samples of digital

File sharing is the process of making available and distributing files using the internet. Applications have been made available online which provide any possible digital file to be searched for and downloaded easily. These files may include software, movies, music, games, photos, and documents. These files all more than likely being copyrighted material illegal to download. What is a copyright? A copyright is basically a protection against stealing what does not belong to you. While I do understand a person’s want to own a copyright, I think in this day and age it is just an unattainable entity. For example, as a photographer I know my photo’s are protected due to the fact that I am the one who took them and I own them. However, I would never

After the period elapses, any person can use, print, publish, and distribute the original work. The music industry has been in dispute for many years in respect to music piracy. It went after software and website developers, as well as consumers in the courts (Easley, 2005, p.163). As a result, this may be why governing the expansion of the music industry towards later benefits for the industry; however, not toward those who pirate from them (Easley, 2005, p.163). There is clear evidence of a willingness to pay for online music in general through legal download services such as iTunes (Easley, 2005, p.163). It is clear that some new markets are emerging; for example, services such as 4G LTE combine music with other services. These markets may provide both better margins and better copyright protection to the music industry. Nevertheless, some forms of music piracy may ultimately come to be seen as an effective marketing channel for those services (Easley, 2005, p.163). Clearly the industry is adapting piracy issues.

The digital age is changing our rights on the subject of ownership: less and less people know whether they can copy, sell or even lend their digital goods. An author named, Christopher Groskopf, wrote “The digital age has destroyed the concept of ownership, and companies are taking advantage of it,” published in 2016 in the Quartz, and he argues that intuition has fallen apart when talking about ownership of digital goods and that companies use their fine prints to take benefit from this. Groskopf uses a survey, reputable sources, facts and statistics in order to appeal to similar feelings and experiences in her adult readers; however, toward the end of the article, he weakens his argument by contradicting himself.

With over three billion people in the world utilizing the internet there is great danger for copyright infringement to occur (Internet Live Stats). Copyright law protects the creator of an original piece of work exclusive rights to the work. Many people who use the internet are sharing files that do not belong to them and are guilty of copyright infringement. Copyright law needs to be tightened up in the digital space to protect the creator of their unique work.

A Gift of Fire by Sara Baase introduces the evident problems due to changes over time; in this case, the introduction and standardization of cheap yet powerful technology. Chapter 4 shows the benefits and consequences of evolving technology and its effect on copyright issues. Touching on the history of property laws and what’s considered ethical, chapter 4.1 gives insight into factors that content creators, distributors, and buyers alike should all understand. Beginning with the protection of physical content (maps, books, and charts) in the late 18th century to the addition to digital content protection (movies, music, software, interfaces); definitions regarding property has drastically changed in effort to adapt to the efficiency of authoring

Every story has two sides, digital sponsorship as well. The pro side of the digital sponsorship (signage, mobile apps, etc) is that it is free advertising on the internet. It does not need any print flyers that cost money to print out and location to advertise the print ad. Using digital sponsorship on social media will make the process easier, one simple touch with our fingers can change things. Guest can also learn about our business through our website and they can take as long as they want on a certain page for information instead of “skimming” through a print ad while passing by. The con side of digital sponsorship is that not everyone knows how to use technology such as smartphones and computer. The older generation grew up without any technology might not be willing to learn and adapt the change. Digital sponsorship is marketed more to the younger generation where they grew up with technologies. This is leaving the older generation behind because they are more of a consumer than young adults.

There are many forms of digital content. All of them can be stolen and this is illegal as is any other form of stealing. Digital piracy is the sharing and downloading digital content illegally. The problem with digital piracy has been around for over 20 years, however due to many factors such as the recession and the increasing development of technology the problem is becoming increasing difficult to manage (QUIGLEY, 2008). However the ability to buy the content online has boosted the profit for many creators of digital content.

Copyright is an exclusive right to make copies and they are protected. There were some key facts in the Grokser case that happened, which were exchanged of copyrighted music, movies, and other digital media over the Internet that caused major issues. According to “Copyright Infringement? Really, Its Just A Little Peer-To-Peer File Sharing,” facts shows that Grokser, Ltd., and StreamCast Networks, Inc. distribute free software products that allowed computer users to share electronic files through peer-to-peer networks (Case 1.2, p.8). The Grokster distributed free software that allowed private user to download files without authorization. The universities, the government agencies, corporations, etc mainly used this particular technology. During the case, MGM was able to proved that majority of their files that were shared were copyrighted files. Even though they

Today's digital technology and the computer have changed how the average consumer can acquire information and entertainment. No longer do we have to wait for the CD to hear a new song, or the release date to watch a movie. The technology is available on our home computers. But is this an infringement on copyright? What about the rights of artists, authors, producers, or actors? Has our technology progressed so far that it infringes on these peoples' livings? It is only a matter of time before laws are passed regarding Internet use. Are we ready to give up the freedom we have had up to this point? In her essay "The Digital Rights War", Pamela Samuelson states that " The new future of technically protected

Esther Dyson’s views about the problems for providers of intellectual property such as control of pricing of their own products, and how they will operate in an increasingly competitive marketplace where much of the intellectual property is distributed free and suppliers explode in number proved to be more accurate based on the events in the years since he had written the article. The author’s views about the ways to become a leading content provider, by giving the content away, and by making it clear that this "generosity" isn't a moral decision but a business strategy and how controlling copies becomes a complex challenge in a way that it can be either controlled very tightly, limiting distribution to a small, trusted group, or it can rest assured that eventually the product will find its way to a large nonpaying audience and also how the definition of the problem, rather than its solution, will be the scarce resource in the future were explained aptly.

The internet in today’s day and age is a huge part of everyday life. Some people use it to make business calls, or have their own website for their store, and even send important information to others all around the globe. However, there are also websites such as piracy sites that allow users to download copyrighted material

The readings explore the concept of music as intellectual property and delve into the many issues that consequently arise in the practice of “musical borrowing or quoting, digital sampling and the Digital rights management control over “netizens”.

We all know that downloading pirated music and films is illegal, but what exactly is it? The term piracy refers to the copying and selling of music, films and other media illegally; in other words you are copying and selling copyrighted media without the permission of the original owner (NiDirect, n.d.). With the massive growth of the internet and its ability to store and capture vast amounts of data, we have become much more reliable on information systems in all aspects of life, but it does not come without the risk of information technology being used unethically. With the number of IT breakthroughs in recent years “the importance of ethics and human values has been underemphasised” often resulting in various consequences. Not surprisingly one of the many public concerns about the ethical use of IT is that “millions of people have downloaded music and movies at no charge and in apparent violation of copyright laws at tremendous expense to the owners of those copyrights” (Reynolds, Ethics in Information Technology, 2015). This essay covers the ethical issues of downloading pirated music and films and the impact it has on music corporations and recording and film companies.

In the digitalized the age, people have the ability to easily spread and share knowledge. With this great ability people are also given the tools to infringe upon the intellectual property of others. Whether this be through intentional copyright infringement, plagiarism or any other action that infringes upon the rights of others intellectual property. With so many cases of copyright infringement being brought before the legal system of the United States and other countries the problem of copyright infringement has grown out of control. Legally copyright infringement is a "strict liability" tort, which means that intentions don 't matter, if infringement occurred, then the infringer is liable. Copyright laws being as complex as they are have multiple ways to interpret it, with the United States having “Fair Use” as a vague way of being able to use this content. This ability to use also can lead to the infringement upon others works, whether this is by willfully violating a copyright, just plain ignorance the copyright or not understanding how to comply with a copyright.