Trademark infringement

The Blues of plagiarism All creative works such as books, music, and movies, are entitled to an intellectual property protection. The type of protection it qualifies for is based on the type of creative work developed. “Music, film, publishing, and software company industries live by copyright” (Vaidhyanathan 227). Copyright is a type of intellectual property protection for produced works. Music artists get their work copyrighted to protect their work under their name, to prevent their song,…

How has file sharing in the digital age affected the music industry? What is a file sharing? Recent developments in information technologies have revolutionised the way we listen to music and share it with people around. The new cutting-edge technologies, such as file sharing, has weakened copyright protection, causing the increase of the amount of music shared on the Internet illegally violating copyrights. As a result, the copyright-related companies have lost customers and revenue. This…

When Lawrence Lessig addressed an audience of students, faculty, and members of the public at Harvard on February 19, 2013, he discussed a man very near to him by the name of Aaron Swartz. Lessig discussed what Aaron did, and the role of law and justice in a digital age in connection to Aaron. Lessig’s address, in particular his comments made about copyright fith within Lakoff’s “nurturant” parent frame and what Diane Gurman said about it. Lessig portrays today’s modern copyright laws as a…

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…

comparison of legislations of two countries has been done, where one country has strong legislation and other country, which 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…

In the earliest days of software, the 1960’s and 70’s, computers software was not protected under copyright laws (Story, Darch, & Halbert, 2006); free information sharing, software in this case, was embraced in the name of furthering science (Speres, 2009). Today, however, piracy (anti-piracy) is at the top of many Northern governments’ agendas (Story, Darch, & Halbert, 2006). Many of the negative effects of proprietary software on countries of the Global South compared to free and open source…

infringing content on innocent corporations that merely provide a platform for users to share content. Most importantly SOPA will tear down copyright safe harbors that provide protection to users and OSPs who have inadvertently committed copyright infringement and gives them a chance to reverse their actions. SOPA as it stands remains too harsh to possibly have a…

someone’s personal information on a computer (Christensson, 2006). As the universe of PCs advances, PC morals keeps on making moral benchmarks that address new issues raised by new advances (Christensson, 2006). 2. Explain plagiarism and copyright infringement. As indicated by the Merriam-Webster online lexicon, to "plagiarize" means: to take and go off (the thoughts or expressions…

“Is There “Generational Plagiarism”?” by Drucker and Gumpert, is an article that works in the sense of an informative essay, to brighten the horizon on “originality, a foundational concept of plagiarism as well as copyright law” (Drucker & Gumpert). The essay argues; “Is this case of copying truly the expression of a youth culture of authors, artists, and musicians who borrow and sample freely and thereby breathe new life into old works? Or does this example suggest the need to revisit…

INTRODUCTION Computer software, or simply software, also known as computer programs, is the non-tangible elements of computers. It signifies the set of programs that govern the operation of a computer system and make the hardware run. Software is commonly written in high-level programming languages that are easier and more effective for humans to use than machine language. High-level languages are compiled or created into machine language object code. Software piracy: The unlicensed copying of…