page of the command on your Linux system. Listing Files When a user logs in to a UNIX system, he/she would probably want to see the contents of the home directory. How would you see them on console type environment? You don't have the luxury to click around like in windows. The "ls" command comes to rescue us. The "ls" command is used to list the contents of the current directory or any…
The Effects of Piracy (by Jake Brisk) Steal This Film spends a great deal of time covering some of the effects of piracy. The interviewees claim that file sharing and piracy promotes creativity, because intellectual property owners need to come up with new and creative ways to earn a profit from their work. Additionally, the interviewees say, piracy is promoting creativity in the general population as well. File sharing has created thousands of new singers, rappers, and DJs, because anyone can…
Does the Sharing of Music Files Through the Internet Violate Copyright Laws? Michael Gibbons, October 6, 2015, Issue 6 Facts: The issue at hand is to determine if sharing music files through the internet violates copyright laws. It was found to be illegal to share music through the internet. In the case MGM Studios v. Grokster a unanimous decision was held that Grokster was to “be held liable for violating copyright laws by providing peer-to-peer file sharing software to the public,” (Katsh…
mid-summer months of 2016, everywhere you looked on the news, you would see the name “Taylor Swift” splashed across the headlines. This time, though, it was not because she broke up with another boyfriend or because of one of her charitable acts. This time, it was because she was complaining about a huge and illegal problem that is rarely talked about. She was speaking out against music piracy. Music piracy, or the illegal copying and redistribution of music without a composer or singer’s…
Current Situation Illegal Downloading Since the Internet began, people have been sharing files with each other around the world. Many of these files are music, video, and other forms of media. But these files are illegal copies of intellectual properties, which are being given away without compensation to the IP owners. This has become a large problem for the music industry and other digital formats of media. File sharing websites have been around the Internet for years, but the former world…
legislation needs to be improved. China represents country with comprehensive and strict rules against digital copyright infringement. It requires following: 1. “Web sites that share video files to have permits and be controlled by the state or owned by state 2. These permits last for three years and will need renewal. 3. The web sites that violate any rules will be subject to a 5-year ban…
Piracy Piracy is defined as the copying and distributing of copies of a piece of music for which the composer, recording artist, or copyright-holding record company did not give consent. (Neuwirth, 2014) It is difficult to know exactly when and where the first instances of piracy occurred but there is evidence to show that composers as old as Beethoven where affected. “Both he (Beethoven) and his publisher had to contend with piracy by rival publishers who brought out editions of their own.”…
Facts The fast-paced technological advancements, particularly in the past decade and the lack of control of internet activities have created a challenging time for the music industry due to the increase in music piracy. Music Piracy can be defined as the “unauthorized duplication on a commercial scale of copyrighted work with the intention to defraud the rights holder” (Siegfried). Music piracy first became a problem for the music industry in the late 1960s with the invention of the compact…
The Legality of Peer-to-Peer File Sharing and its Effects on the Media Industry The introduction of the internet to mainstream America was a marvelous time. It ushered in an era of interconnectedness and open communication. The internet also facilitated the transfer of information from one side of the world to the other. But as it seems with every new technology, people quickly began to exploit the abilities of the internet for their own personal, and commonly illegal, purposes. Along with…
A long time ago, since the invention of the video home system, movie piracy has been a rampant crime that caused extreme economic loss in countries all over the world. Cameras, video equipment, DVDs, and the Internet have greatly contributed to the unauthorized copying or sharing of copyrighted materials without permission, or simply stealing it. Many activities like lawsuits against file sharing websites have been taken to protect companies, producers, and artists from copyright theft. However,…