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Internet Copyright Laws A student comes home to his dorm at the University of Scranton after a rough day of classes. With the quick internet connection provided on the school’s network, the student makes a few clicks and logs into Morpheus, a program that enables music fans to download free music. Within a few minutes he is on his way to owning an unlimited amount of songs at no cost. Everything this student is doing is legal, right? Wrong. The downloaded music from the internet is copyrighted

1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act Right before a movie starts in your theatre, you’re subjected to many advertisements. One that always stood out was the piracy campaign ad which gave a perspective on the downloading of movies from an off set worker. His distinctive message was that, movie stars are paid exorbitant amounts of money but the on and off set workers are not. By downloading the movie or “screener” in advanced, you’re really hurting the people behind the magic. So what does

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

What is a Copyright? Music Copyright is a very important aspect of the music industry. The Copyright law was established to preserve the creativity and rights of authors, composers, performers of expression. Copyright is the law that protects the property rights of the creator of an original work in a fixed tangible medium. (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/copyright) A fixed tangible medium is something substantial like copying lyrics on paper or putting a song on tape or CD. Copyright

Question 1: Works made for hire is an exception to the general rule of copyright ownership. It is a category, defined by copyright law, which states that the author of a work is the commissioning party, not the actual creator of the work. Within this category, there are two classifications: (1) works created by an employee within the scope of employment and (2) specially commissioned works (Bouchoux, 2012). Employees, under the first classification, are determined by common law agency principles

expanse that is the Internet, it is not just a question of "how?" but "who?" Who is responsible for the regulation of the electronic universe, and how can it best be regulated while respecting the rights of all creators, both of the copyright-holding and non-copyright-holding variety? In the early days of the World Wide Web, the roles of producer and consumer were well defined, with most users filing into the "consumer" column. But Web 2.0 changed everything-- users started to become both consumers

Now a day’s people uses different sources to collect the information which help them with their work. Different research meets people need and help them to get the relevant information. Choosing the right sources for your research can be challenging. For example, an academic textbook, a free internet search engine, television programs and a newspaper. An academic textbooks are really useful and helpful because it is producing a text with a specific and comprehensive information. It is easy to take

Neokat Liburd Mr. Sirois Civics Honors 6/2/15 How do I Qwikscope w/ 3D Printed Guns Microwaves, computers, cell phones, what do they all have in common? desktop fabricators. desktop fabricators have paved the way for engineers by making the impossible possible. They are the new wave parts manufacturing because of their intelligent manufacturing process and part by part building applications. desktop fabricating also known as “3D Printing ” or “Additive Manufacturing” is a build process in which products

into law two provisions to protect copyright and affordability of healthcare: the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. In 2011, a bill was introduced into the United States House of Representatives called the Stop Online Privacy Act (SOPA) to combat online copyright infringement and online trafficking in counterfeit goods. Obviously the DMCA and SOPA have much more in common as they deal with copyright infringement. As such, they also

Failure to Protect and Abuses of the Section 1201 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act Most laws are passed by the congress with intent to either limit the government 's power or to benefit the country and it 's people. This was the thought behind the ill fated and commonly criticized The DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act). Its purpose, similar to its predecessor, the Copyright Act itself, was to protect the copyright owners from the big scary pirates, thus protecting their profits and live-hood