The Pros And Cons Of Copyright Infringement Laws

Today’s internet has a multitude of uses, thousands even, but most commonly we have video and music sharing done by the average internet user. Websites such as YouTube, Facebook, and other online data sharing and downloading sites are the most commonly used. One could also use the internet for downloading songs, videos and information online, and this can be done for a plethora reasons. Some media files can be downloaded or “pirated” solely for the purpose of enjoyment, or perhaps for video editing, or even for mass production and selling. Copyright infringement laws are set in place to protect creators of content from the latter, the theft and misuse of their product. Unfortunately, large companies abuse copyright infringement laws to …show more content…
In Blown to Bits, a single mother who downloaded and ipod full of songs was sought after to pay millions in fees, yet no amount of music today is cost anywhere near that much to acquire. Large music and movie industries want to maximize profit by enforcing copyright infringement rules on any and all content that they can prove was copied. Are the rules of fair use enough to protect content copiers? Countless amounts of people have downloaded songs, movies and other files of off the internet “illegally”. To enforce copyright infringement laws on one person is to enforce the laws on everyone who has done it, or at least that should be the case. For select people to get caught and fined is unfair if all the millions of people who have done the same aren 't held responsible. Copyright infringement laws should be modified to protect new content, not just to protect large industries from losing miniscule percentages of profit. In the case summary of Mowry v. Viacom a five step process was incorporated to determine copyright infringement of the Truman show from a show called the crew. This case was sure to create a fair and accurate judgement, it was found that the content was not copied