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Reading Copyright and the Issue of Downloading When you buy music legally, there is usually a copyright mark somewhere on the product. Stolen music generally does not bear a copyright mark or warning. Either way, the copyright law still applies. A copyrighted creative work does not have to be marked as such to be protected by law. “The copyright allows the holder to control the reproduction, display, distribution, and performance of a protected work,” (Corley, Moorehead,, Reed, & Shedd

1976. (United States Copyright Laws) These works protect the individuals work but not the idea. With the digital age copyright laws are not adapt to protect these rights. With the vast amount of information that is available digital copyright infringement takes place almost on an hourly

without obtaining their permission prior to the act, infringes on the copyright holders proprietary rights. A lot of people have been taking advantage of the internet for the commission of copyright infringement and they do so anonymously. Charleton, J, while dealing with a case of online copyright infringement, explains that ‘it is a problem that not only undermines the business of the content industry, but also ruins the ability of a generation of creative persons to earn a viable living’. In their

those who use these protected works and other subject matter for interests different to the above? Such as for educational purposes or for broadcasting? Under the act, there are listed many defences to protect an individual or a corporation from infringement of copyright, or in other words, directly or indirectly, infringing those exclusive rights that the copyright owner possess, also listed under the act . These defences

and distribute copyright music and video files without permission of the copyright holders, which was encouraged by the software companies. As a response a group of movie studies and other copyright holders sued Grokster and StreamCast for the infringement on their copyrights, arguing that the software companies were knowingly and intentionally using their software

Everyday new works of art are being created and are changing the world of art in new and exciting ways. Art being “something that is created with imagination and skill and that is beautiful or that expresses important ideas or feelings.” (A) Some of these works of art are music, videos, books, movies, pictures and so much more. Many of these creations are innovative and the owners would like to somehow keep their work protected as best they can. This is where Copyright Law is introduced to help protect

Downloads are needed in order to receive data from computer networks which are remote system, typically a server. Copyrighted content needs to have appropriate permission to download it and without this permission it could constitute copyright infringement. According to Towers (2009), the internet or on-line piracy generally refers sharing over the internet copies of works that are not authorised or illegal downloading of software, movies, videogames and music. Illicit downloads started through hacked

4.1.1. CINEMATOGRAPH FILMS Doing or authorising of doing of the following acts without the licence of the owner is piracy: 1.To make a copy of the film, including a photograph of any image forming part thereof; 2.To sell or give on hire or offer for sale or hire, any copy of the film, regardless of whether, such copy has been sold, or given on hire on earlier occasions; 3. To communicate the film to the public; 4. To permit for profit any place to be used for the communication of the work to the

1422047 Existing Copyright Law Introduction Copyright law is a part of not only music but many other products for example the software that you are reading this document on has more than likely got copyright protection. But for the purpose of this Document the main topic of copyright is going to be based around music. Here is a few facts that may give you a better understanding of copyright as you read... • Copyright Law Came into existence as a spur from a concept from the “statute of Anne

As expressed in the Academic Integrity Policy, any "Infringement of the desire of scholastic uprightness is scholarly wrongdoing." Such unfortunate behavior can take numerous structures, and no rundown can be viewed as a total rundown, yet what takes after tries to clarify or epitomize the most widely recognized sorts of scholarly offense. Swindling is a general class of scholastic unfortunate behavior that, with regards to a scholarly course, includes unscrupulousness in finishing work in the