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    Americans perceive downloading music as an everyday act, but it’s actually quite a criminal action. Consequently, downloading music allows the public to listen to their favorite artist for free or for a small price. Stephen Seigel elaborates by saying, “Under the agreement, Napster will begin to charge a monthly fee for use of it’s service--$4.95 seems to be the number being tossed around-- though how the money is ultimately divvied up will surely be a source of future contention.” (“Nipping at…

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    Current Situation On 1998 the Digital Millennium copyright act was passed unanimously by congress to address the unique copyright problems imposed by the new and evolving internet of the time. Since then the law has grown in controversy with takedown notices growing significantly in rate since the implementation of the law in 1998. (Google Transparency Report, Takedown notices due to Copyright) With recording groups like the RIAA saying that the law is largely useless to combat music piracy…

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    Why Piracy Is Wrong

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    Piracy is a topic that is always being brought up and discussed, for one simple reason; people cannot make up their mind which is right. It has always speculated if people should be persecuted for downloading music in an illegitimate way. Honestly, it is impractical to make somebody pay tons for only a song. Initially, it is not moral to send someone to jail for downloading music or making them pay a ludicrous fine. Commonly, a song costs about 99 cents, which may just be a dollar, however,…

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    Court Case Max Dubler

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    account, the violated Mr. Dubler's copyright. If this went to court, I'm convinced Max Dubler would win for many reasons. The unnamed company does not meet the criteria for the protection under the 'safe harbor' provision in Section 512 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). The company was fully aware they infringed upon his work. Not only was Dubler's name in the caption of the postings, they were watermarked with his name in capital letters and copyright symbol in the bottom lower…

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    According to Deborah G. Johnson, in the case of Franklin v. Apple, Franklin copied Apples operating code without any alterations, this was a clear copyright infringement act. However, these cases aren’t always obvious, that’s where fair use comes in and is disputed in the federal courts. There are four factors of fair use and a fifth, unofficial factor. According to Rich Stim, the first factor is: The Purpose and Character of Your Use. The court will examine if the material taken from the…

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    concern over how Copyright Laws are defined and enforced, and exactly how Fair Use contributes to the discussion. In the United States, Copyright Laws are put in place to protect people who create new works such as music, art, literature, or computer programs, in order to provide and secure the original owner the right to reproduce and sell their work for profit. However, recent examples have shown that, although they can beneficial to those who produce creative works, Copyright Laws can be…

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    Plagiarism and Copyright What is plagiarism? Plagiarism is possessed the wrong way and stole and announced language, thoughts, ideas, or the wording of others. Plagiarism is also the unauthorized use or copying of excessive words, ideas of others. Moreover, plagiarism is not simply identical copy of the word, but also includes the meaning of both works. How it can be avoided? To avoid plagiarism, I strictly abide by self-written text of my own and then cite the sources that I reference. In…

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    be no incentive for them to record music. Copyright protection is designed for their benefit and to protect their livelihoods. In today's day and age we often see people steal music from the internet which results are artists and studios receive no financial return for their efforts and due to that they have to end their business or career. Did you know it is illegal to make available for download copyrighted works without permission of the copyright owner…

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    infringers of online copyright (Hayes, Alex, 2015). Bea: So what is copyright? It’s the legal right given to creators of original works to exclusively use or distribute their works for a limited time. It thereby provides creators of original works with an incentive to create new works and a legal framework for the control of their creations (Council. A. C, 2015). Bea: So, how big a problem is it? And Malcom Turnbull has confirmed- The Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft…

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    For the love of music In this essay we are going to explore controversial reality of the music industry from the perspective of a music enthusiast. There is a wide-spread opinion that file-sharing has had deleterious influence on the music industry. On closer inspection, there is little evidence to substantiate this claim though. Firstly, most artists apparently do not have long-term contracts with any major record company, nor do they receive generous remuneration from radio stations. In fact,…

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