Profit sharing

number is the foundation of morals and legislation.” (Rachels, 98). The problem is determining what creates the most benefit for the most amounts of people. Since, pirating takes profits from the companies that create the product it will ultimately affect everyone that works at that company due to the decrease in profits. While the people who do the pirating gain enjoyment of the product without having to pay for it. Going by that one could say that the most benefit is achieved by people…

The illegal downloading or called torrenting, which means sharing the movie & TV series through peer-to-peer on the internet, has been an open secret for a long time. Many people use it as a tool to entertain themselves, but there are also many people against it. Though all these argumentative thoughts from different people, the article “Is downloading really stealing? The ethics of digital piracy” by the author Christian Barry gives his answer very persuasively Firstly, the use of logo seems…

more accepted term used is file sharing, and it is just that: sharing files over the web, typically illegally. File sharing has been a controversy who’s legality has been frivolously debated since Napster in 1999. (Oberholzer) File sharing has been exaggerated to be an instrument of theft, thus leading to the downfall of the music industry. However, thanks to file sharing, users have been exposed to music they would have otherwise never known existed. File sharing of intellectual copyrights…

How has the music industry handled the merging of music with technology? Prior to the mass utilization of the internet, people would have to purchase their music in the stores. Regardless of the sales, the musicians made substantially more in profit than they do today. Musicians are losing money on a daily basis due to music piracy. Artist have been forced to turn to the courts for retribution. While several other artists have sought solace in confronting the websites that continually provide…

Lenz’s are becoming common and it is certain that there is a battle between our Internet culture and Media Corporations. Not just video sharing, remix songs from independent musicians or amateur creators are also accused for copyright infringement. These Creators share their works on platforms like YouTube and inspire other users to create in return, which could be a potential economic growth…

not an actual crime. When someone pirates, they didn’t actually steal it because the creator still has it. People get the idea that when someone pirates something they are stealing from the maker of the product, but what they are really doing is sharing the product. Piracy is a way for everyone to have the product but not have to spend the money. Piracy doesn’t take money away from the owner, because if someone pirates the item and then they tell their friend they will buy it. Piracy can be used…

type of file sharing software downloaded onto their computers or mobile devices. There are thousands of file sharing software out there with some of the most popular ones being Napster, LimeWire, and The Pirate Bay. All of which have been sued or are currently being sued for copyright infringement over the Internet by major record labels. Napster was the first big file sharing software that got sued and set the precedent for future cases involving file sharing software and file sharing…

recent in the video game industry. He goes on to show two sets of games, Asteroids and Meteors, and Steet Fighter and Fighters History. In both cases, the court admited that the second game was a blatent copy of the first that was trying to make a profit of the former games success, but neither had commited infringment, as all they copied was the concept and you cannot have exclusive rights over a concept (such as shooting rocks in space, or martial artists fighting in a street). However,…

Illegal downloading also known as file sharing enables people throughout the world to share information such as movies, music and documents. The various industries have been effected by the activities of illegal downloading. Music artists around the world were losing out on thousands if not millions of dollar worth of profit from CD sales. The illegal downloading will make the owner give up and they will not interest produce materials with the loss that they have to face. In this situation,…

A Reading Response of “Free TV: File-Sharing and the Value of Television” by Michael Z. Newman Topic: The topic of Newman’s (2012) article presents the ever-changing value of TV shows as a public and private commercial enterprise. Modern TV shows have become private commercial property of TV networks, but the availability of “pirated” TV shows in P2P file-sharing networks has decreased their value. Ironically, the success of P2P file sharing has legitimized TV as a new “negotiation” of value in…