Trademark infringement

Caring for Music Piracy Music is something that is shared and listened to all around the world. Today, there are a variety of different types music. One of the bad sides of music is music piracy. This crime is taken seriously by some, but others don’t have a care in the world about it. Everything we do has a consequence attached to us, some are more harsh than others. Music has changed the world and can bring people together. Kids nowadays don’t have the money to afford to buy music on the…

granted than if the copyrighted work is only for entertainment. The third exception granted by fair use law is the amount of work used, “less is more” in this case, the less work that you use, the less likely you are to get in trouble for copyright infringement, provided, of course, that no major aspects of the work are used. The final exception to copyright law is the effect of the…

that another author/producer has created by permission. Copyright Law is meant to protect media that someone has produced from being stolen, and to prevent others for taking credit for someone else’s work. Consequences for attempting copyright infringement include payment for the damage to profits, fees for all the attorney and court costs, as well as possible jail time. Exceptions to copyrighted work can include work taken for an educational purposes, in response to a claim, or for the creation…

“One may search the Copyright Act in vain for any sign that it is unlawful to copy a program for later home viewing.” Writes Justice John Pual Stevens in the majority opinion for Sony v. Universal City Studios. He went on to say the recording of programs for later viewing, or time-shifting, “Merely enables a viewer to see such a work which (they) had been invited to witness...” The 5-4 ruling was the beginning of a complete transformation of the video industry. A new kind of viewer slowly…

• Every second of every day someone somewhere in the world is committing thievery and stealing from someone. • Rather it be in the music industry, the movies or taking credit for someone else’s idea, stealing is something that happens all the time in different ways, sometimes we don’t even realize we are pilfering. II. Music: • At one time Music was as simple as turning on the radio. It was 100% free to listen, of course the radio listener could not govern what song would be played, and not…

There is a difference between copying and remixing someone’s work. Now copying is taking someone’s work exactly and saying it is theirs. Kirby Ferguson once said, “Our creativity comes from without, not from within. We are not self-made. We are dependent on one another. Admitting this to ourselves is not an embrace of mediocrity, or derivativeness. It is liberation from our misconceptions. And it is an incentive to not expect so much from ourselves, and to simply begin." While copying is an…

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…

Does Barbro have the right of Re-sale ? In the Usedsoft case the CJEU held that the grant of an unlimited license together with the possibility to download a copy of a computer program is tantamount to a first sale, which exhausts the right of distribution, so that a further resale of that copy cannot be opposed by the right holder in this case ,Network Inc . This is to mean that Barbro would enjoy the benefits of being part of a first sale contract and as such she can resell the albums…

Plagiarism is the act of using information or any form of content as if it is your own. It is stealing or recreating these ideas without giving credit to the originator. Plagiarizing can mistakenly and easily happen if students are not careful of what types of sources and credits they provide in documentation. This type of cheating is evidently against University Guidelines for obvious reasons. Plagiarism should never be a choice or an option to any person in general; regarding academia, work,…

As previously mentioned, the Golden Age of Piracy has become romanticized. It is due to this, that many scholars have seemed to have formed the opinion that the violent acts committed during the Golden Age have become blurred and even overlooked. Yet, as much as scholars want to think this is something new, the acts of piracy have always been blurred. Piracy is commonly referred to as the practice of attacking and robbing at sea or a coastal region. When piracy was just getting started in…