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The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) filed a lawsuit accused LimeWire of creating and running a Web service “devoted essentially” to piracy in 2006. LimeWire used peer-to-peer file sharing networking technology to allow their users easily download distribution of copyrighted songs at no cost. The LimeWire peer-to-peer client software was downloaded over 50 million times in two years since the suit was brought up and an estimated 200 million copies in total. According to this result

Is sharing always caring? You, ethics, and the music industry The music industry much like every other industry has found ways to connect their product to the people through technology. Now music is readily available to the public through many avenues ITunes, YouTube, and so much more. As music has become more available to the public the industry now faces the threat of illegal downloading and sharing of music files. Many people will purchase an album through a download

1)What was the premise behind the Recording Industry Association of America’s lawsuit against Napster? Copyright infringement, it claimed Napster violated “exclusive rights for reproduction and distribution of their copyright works”. 2) Based on your knowledge of how Napster worked, if you downloaded a copy of a song from a friend’s hard drive using Napster, would you be infringing on the musician’s or record company’s copyright? No, because my friend is allowing me a copy of his property. How

Cameron Crotts Gallos English 3 Honors 5 November 2015 Internet Piracy: Friend or Foe? Internet piracy has been debated about for almost two decades, and still its effects are not clear to the public. Piracy is the act of illegally copying files that have been copyrighted, usually things like music, movies, games, and even books. The music and film industry usually report about a sharp decline in sales because of piracy, but other experts disagree and some even claim that piracy is helping those

AC8 The Abomination of Music Piracy A new type of theft has had a spike in the recent years, in which the internet has become extremely prominent at this time. This new theft is called “online piracy” This theft occurs when an online user uses a P2P(Peer to peer) website for file sharing, and shares files such as songs or software. This is considered theft due the fact that the files aren’t free, they have a price to them. Music Piracy is an abomination to artistry, and the creation of Art. It

Napster is one of an example about the digital copyright violation that happen around these years. It is one of the first companies that had been charged for Intellectual Property Theft. The company is being sued by many professional artists and their record companies for leaking their musics all over the internet. Napster created an application that allowing their users to access a main server that has an IP address in California. When they gain access to the application, they can look up, views

Samuel LeGrand Mrs. Turner English 1301.85 11/19/15 Music Piracy and the Impact It Can Make on the Music Industry For over a decade now music piracy has threatened the music industry by costing it money, and stealing from it. Peer-to-peer file sharing has been somewhat of a red flag for the music industry ever since Napster, a once highly used file swapping network, came into the picture. Napster and the websites similar to it made it possible for people to trade files downloaded onto their computer

MP3 - A Controversial Technology Technology is constantly changing and reinventing itself. With every new invention there will be controversy on how it affects the industry it is within. There will also be those who exploit the new technology is some way or form. MP3’s is an example of a controversial break through in technology. The question arises should the music industry embrace the opportunities MP3’s can offer or fight it. MP3 is an audio compression that speeds up the transfer

In order to conduct the research ethically and effectively, the researchers will tape the interview process. Using an MP3 recorder, the entire interview process will be recorded with the prior consent of the respondents. Moreover, assurance of confidentiality will also be given to the participants so that there does not arise any queries regarding ethical issues. The ethical consideration of this study helps to hold concept to gather primary data in a proper way that cannot do harm to the PRA experts

Portable music players were becoming more popular as the market began to move away from technologies such as the CD. Mp3 audio was an important leap for Apple. The 21st Century saw the introduction of Apple’s iPod line with the innovative wheel scroll, fashionable look and ease of use. It made the digital Mp3 market the easiest way to acquire music (either by downloading from iTunes or elsewhere on the internet) and bringing your music on the go. The introduction of the iPhone has been the main driving