Copyright infringement

Illustrators and artists should be allowed to use photographs under the copyright “Fair Use” without having to pay any royalties to, or ask permission from to the original photographer or copyright holder. If the new work is transformative of the original photograph, then artists should be able to use photographs in their work because they serve as inspiration just as other art forms do. Shepard Fairey was born in Charleston, South Carolina in 1970 (“Obey Giant” CV). He graduated with a B.A.…

Copyright, according to Dictionary.com, is identified as "the legal right granted to an author, a composer, a playwright, a publisher, or a distributor to exclusive publication, production, sale, or distribution of a literary, musical, dramatic, or artistic work." A set Assortment of ethereal rights acknowledged by the statute to the author, creator and or originator of specific literary or artistic work, sometimes limited for a certain time period.The privilege is deposed to the creator…

Assignment 4 Introduction Intellectual property is intangible items such as computer software, a formula, any invention, and other items that an individual, university, or corporation claims they own (Shamoo & Resnik, 2009, p. 167). Therefore, there are different types of intellectual property rights that are recognized by the United States law (Shamoo & Resnik, 2009, p. 173). Consequently, laws pertaining to intellectual property rights have only been implemented since the 1980s, which…

to Give it Up Marvin Gaye's’ family sued Pharrell and Robin Thicke for copyright infringement claiming “Blurred Lines” sounded too similar to “Got to Give it Up”. The guest rapper T.I and the record label, Universal Records were also included in the suit due to their involvement in the song. While Pharrell, the co writer to “Blurred Lines”, was clearly influenced by Gayes work, which he admits to, he did not break any copyright laws. Pharrell made sure that the two song differed in melody,…

Purpose At the end of my presentation, the audience will favor purchasing entertainment, as opposed to illegally downloading pirated material. Introduction Let’s be honest, we’ve all downloaded a form of pirated entertainment at least once in our lifetimes. It could’ve been your favorite pop album, or a 20 minute TV show you’re enjoying at the moment. But what we fail to realize is how it actively hurts the creators, and everyone involved. Illegally downloaded entertainment hurts many without…

In the 1980's we had cocaine. It was pure, cheap and plentiful. Now, due to Ronald Reagans infamous "war on drugs" campaign (among many other things), cocaine as we once knew, is long gone. However, addiction is a subtle beast. It's resilient in all its ways and finds new methods to persevere. In the modern age, we have our addictions, although it is not so much to cocaine. Instead, it's technology. Just look around anywhere in the world and you'll come across someone with their phone glued to…

Executive Summary This issue paper identifies problems of bargaining inequality in relation to consent provisions, sections 195AW, 195AWB and 195AXJ in Copyright Act 1968 (Cth) (hereafter “the Act”). The pivotal analysis in this paper is if artists’ moral rights, especially the young visual artists under age of 30 in the Queensland Youth Artists Collective, are effectively protected against the inequality under the provisions. The paper applies the theory of liberalism to examine the…

widespread, it would adversely affect the potential market for the copyrighted work. The examination must take account the harm to the original aw well as the harm to the market for derivative works. With regard to the profits achieved from the copyright infringement, the court affirmed that an infringer whom integrated their own original work…

Defender of copyright infringers Joe Hickster made it his mission to make people believe that movie pirates should not be penalized. In essence, he makes it seem okay for people to infringe copyrighted materials because they can get away with it. So basically, he's one of the reasons why the entertainment business is struggling with piracy. Hickster is responsible for keeping infringers from facing the consequences of their actions. He runs a blog called ACS Bore that was set up to undermine…

progress of science and useful arts, by protecting for the limited times to authors and developers the exclusive right to their respective writing’s and discoveries.” First Copyright Act 1790: The first copyright Act was passed in 1790 in US that contained most of the principles in English Law. When in 1790 the copyright was enacted, it protected published maps, charts and books written by living U.S authors as well as unpublished manuscripts by them. Under this Act the foreign authors were…