Piracy Research Papers Samples For Students

Arunabha Banerjee

Senior Associate, Corporate & Compliance Solutions, Thomson Reuters
Abstract
Advancing technology has hit the entertainment industry really hard, as music and video files are transferred between computers at the speed of current. Peer to peer downloads have become the norm of this information age and are threatening to take over the copyright regime which has customarily secured the economic rights of artists and producers in equal measure. This article examines the developments in copyright law in its fights against piracy and suggests the possible way forward to restore parity.
Keywords: Copyright, Peer to peer, P2P, piracy, audio, ...

The transport industry has been aware of security and safety issues for a long time. However, a recent resurgence in terrorist activity and piracy has prompted the industry to be more alert to security. Security threats manifest mostly in the form of terrorist activity, theft, and (organized) crime. The effects of this insecurity are far-reaching as they can cause the spread of pandemics, destabilize and economy, or facilitate the growth and power of a terrorist group. Security threat to transportation could also cause serious environmental damage if the cargo was, for example, a potent industrial chemical or radioactive material. Piracy off the shores ...

Introduction

The internet has affected many industries with the ease of access to information and the enhancement of communication channels. The media has also been affected by the internet. With the ease of getting information from the internet, the media content is becoming easy to get. One of the disadvantages that the internet has brought to the media industry is the piracy which has been made more profound with the use of this new technology. The internet has become a medium through which media content can be accessed and abused. This is becoming an issue to the content producers. The artists ...

One of the most common previews to see in an American movie theater today is a reminder that piracy of movies is illegal, and does irreparable harm to the entertainment industry. However, piracy of movies, music, games, and software has been rising almost exponentially with the growth of the Internet, and the size of the entertainment industry does not appear to be shrinking in any appreciable way. To understand the effect that digitization and globalization has had on the entertainment industry, there are many different issues to consider. Piracy is not the only type of digital media-- legitimate, legal sources ...

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International Management
Abstract
The film and music industry have both evolved drastically during the past decades. From vinyl records to CD’s to digital mp3 files in the music industry, and from cassette tapes to mp4 files in the film industry. The evolution in both the film and music industry is most likely a result of the practicality demanded by the society. Individuals often seek easier and cheaper alternatives. In both of these relevant industries, the most practical solution is of course to have instant access to demanded content that is merely software and requires no type of disc. ...

Intellectual Property

Information system plays a very important role in our society. There are the ethical aspects of the information system in regards to intellectual property that arises with the use of information technologies. These can be piracy and plagiarism of resources where another person's knowledge and work are used without giving due credit to the owner of the information. This happens when someone presents an idea that taken from another source as their own. This paper is going to discuss ethical issues that arise from piracy of resources, patents, and copyrights in the world through the internet. Information ethics issues ...

Introduction

The social learning theory seeks to explain the development of antisocial behavior. Akers’ social learning theory is composed of four major concepts. They include differential association, reinforcement, imitation (modeling) and definitions. It postulates that people learn criminal or rather offensive behaviors in the same way they learn noncriminal/offensive behaviors. According to Akers’ theory, reinforcement learning involves getting rewards or punishments for criminal behaviors over time. As far as pro-criminal definitions are concerned, it posits that people who have definitions that favor crime or any other antisocial behavior have a high probability of getting involved in the crime(s) or antisocial ...

A brief analysis of its social, economic implications

The cyber space is becoming increasingly relevant for the world, bringing with it newer possibilities and growth. However it also brings with it a new form of threat, a cyber threat which requires a cyber security to confront it. The U.S with its vast information infrastructure, where people rely on it more than that in any other country, is particularly vulnerable. A cyber attack has ripple effects and an impact on one can have consequences for others. Several sectors in the U.S would have catastrophic consequences in case of a successful attack. The law enforcement agencies supported by legislations are constantly trying to ...

Abstract

Piracy, illegal, illegitimate or illicit music and movie download are all names that are used to refer to unauthorized access and download of copyrighted music and movies over the internet. Technology is a good platform, if used appropriately to achieve the right purpose. However, the rapid changes in technology has brought in a whole new breed of challenges that have left authors mesmerized while at the same time, confused due to the intensity in application. Music and movie piracy, among other things that are pirated online like software has gained a new meaning and people justify the necessity for piracy using a myriad ...

Introduction

Internet started in the end of last century but extended its range around the world in few years. It is considered as an essential of running almost every business around the world. The use of internet is not limited to commercial use by businesses but it is also extensively used by domestic users for socializing with others and downloading contents from internet for their use. There are various forms of data that may be required by users according to their requirements. These forms of data may include music, movies, and software files .
There may be various aspects of ...

Introduction

The Social Web has been an ever-growing network that enables people to do a lot of things; from doing basic communicative tasks up to large-scale business collaborations, everything formerly done manually can already be done in a much simpler, less demanding and highly-collaborative way.
As early as the internet was first introduced to the world of computers in the early 1900s, people have started to imagine and innovate ways how they could use such technology to make things easier and a lot simpler than what it was used to be. And evidently, this is what’s happening now. In the modern ...

Abstract

In many businesses, these days, there is use of technology in information sharing, advertisements, banking services and purchasing among others. The use of cyberspace is exponentially increasing; thus criminal activities are likewise exponentially on the rise. The major explanation for the rise in cyber threats is the fact that since the world web is intercepted, various web applications are getting popularity for data sharing as well as data storing regardless of the user. As time passes these web applications became more complex as a result of the increase in their faults in design. This creates a situation where surfing on the ...

Introduction

iTunes is a new phenomenon in the music industry. With this technology, the sale of music to the public has changed. With this new technology, there are many channels in which music is distributed. There are many millions of music clips which are sold with the use of this technology. This has been seen to have affected the flow of sales for the CDs. The distribution of music on sheet of paper was the main source of music industry revenue. The development of different technologies allowed the distribution of music. This paper will focus on the role that iTunes have ...

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In the contemporary world of today, there are a number of ways through which media is reaching the consumer. These mediums include CDs, DVDs, Blu-Ray videos, video games etc. In addition to this, the consumers may easily download audio clips, video clips and other required material from innumerable sites that allow free download of such stuff. If truth be told, it was already envisioned that the users of the modern world will prefer digital delivery format instead of going to the shops and buying the materialized versions. In fact, there have been discussions ...

Introduction

According to Masnick (2011), the advent of torrenting that took place in 2004 has left an uptick in media and software piracy. The institute of Policy Innovation (IPI) provides that, more than $58 billion of revenue is lost each year due to piracy (Masnick, 2011). In this regard, it is now clear that something should be done to fight this illegal activity since the measures that are currently implemented have been rendered ineffective. However, many people continue to be concerned that the proposed cure is likely to be a side effect and something that will be worse than the “disease” ...

The issue of privacy of persons has become a common point of argument in many countries. Several people incessantly complain that social network sites have scrapped all the privacy of individuals. However, the latest area of concern is privacy of internet users. Currently, due to the rising cases of insecurity and threats of terrorism, most governments have initiated modalities through which peoples information can be shared through various organizations inclusive of governmental security offices. To top it off, video camera surveillance systems have been fitted in residential houses of individuals, workplaces, and all other public places such as social places. ...

English

I. Introduction
The topic that I have chosen to study is about the future of publishing, specifically, concerning the sustainability of printed books. Because information and communication technology is constantly changing, the way Americans access traditional and electronic resources are evolving, too. According to the Consumer Electronics Association, electronic gadget ownership reaches new high where 44% of American online consumers own a tablet and 32% of them have an e-reader. A growing number of people prefer eBooks because of the many advantages that it offers as compared to the traditional printed books. Nevertheless, I will argue in this paper ...

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Chinese Music Industry: Political Aspect

There was a reason for the global music industry to celebrate in 2012 – the market showed growth (0,3%) for the first time in fourteen years. However, it was hard for China to share the joy with the world, as their industry of digital music sales remains in pitiful state. The physical retail market is virtually non-existent – it declined amazing 95% between 2003 and 2010, to nearly $10 million (DailyChina, 2013), meaning that the whole physical retail music industry in a 1,4-billion country generated less revenue than Eminem’s 2010 album “Recovery” in one week in the ...

Research Paper

The Digital Millennium Copyright Act, often referred to as DCMA was created in the year 1998 as an amendment of the Copyright Act of 1976. The main aim of this act is to protect the unauthorized usage as well as the production of services, devices or technology, mainly intended to bypass the Digital Rights Managing. It is also meant to restrict any form of evasion that the person may intend to make any infringement of the copyright protection. The act has been divided into five crucial parts; TITLE I deals with the implementation of the World Intellectual Property Organization ( ...

Part 1.

Since the end of the WWII, the United States has taken a leading role in the provision of the world leadership as the ultimate policeman of the world. The US has developed a series of foreign policies and treaties that are meant to guarantee the safety of the world.

Part 2.

A.
(i).Financial and technical support to AMISON
(ii) Killing of Osama Bin Laden by the US seal Navy army

B (i) Policy of containment

(ii) Provision of citizenship for anti-communist individuals who are being persecuted in Afghanistan.
(iii).Culture of consumerism to promote US industries
(iv) .Influence of US on Anti-narcotics policies in the ...

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Summary

Cyber laws are established to ensure safe, fair and responsible use of the internet by all the users whether they are common internet using citizens or law enforcement agencies. These laws have been designed and have been evolving ever since because of the ever expanding canvas of the ethical considerations involved in the use of the internet. The law is confined to logic and debate, and anything that has not been debated on or legislated cannot be made a law and is hence the responsibility of the user as their ethical and moral duty. The common internet ...

Tables of Contents

Introduction3
Research3-5
Findings5-6
Human Failures7-8
Context8
DRM Technologies and Methods8-10
The Security of the Cloud10-13
Conclusion13-14

References15

Society and Digital Rights Management
Recent decades have seen digital technology and digital media transform the entertainment industry and society in general, particularly as a result of on demand streaming and the introduction of mobile applications. But as this transformation has taken place, media corporations have been confronted with a significant problem revolving around the need to protect the security of their copyrighted materials. It is essential for these businesses to be able to easily and quickly deliver their media to the consumer ...

Introduction

The NET Act
In 1997, 16th December, the congress passed the No Electronic Theft Act which was later to be signed by President Clinton, into law. The act was enacted to facilitate the prosecution of any violations on copyrights which is perpetrated on the internet. The act declared all actions of reproducing, distributing and sharing copies of electronic copyright materials, as a federal crime(Bernstein 325). Some of the copyrighted electronic materials which were meant to be protected by the NET act are movies, songs, games, movies and software applications or programs. This Act facilitated prosecution even in situations ...

Death Penalty

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Abstract
The main aim of this research is to depict history of the death penalty from its evolution and to show the role of it nowadays. A comparison of old and modern methods of execution reveals the movement to human and democratic world. The ancient death penalty can be characterized as one of the most cruel and varvarous methods. The execution in the Middle ages is also inhuman. Today, the society undergones transformation and develops of painless means of execution. Specifically, this paper considers such kinds of execution as burning alive, decapitation, hanging, boiling ...

Similar to other innovations such as an airplane, electricity, and the automobile, film emerged in the global market at the same time. Film industries appeared to be the first type of industrialized mass-entertainment, which has become pervasive. The industries have experienced a quality race that has led to increasing industrial concentration. The evolution of the movie industry may give an insight into technological changes as well as its associated welfare gains in many service industries to come. It is clear that the filmmaking are simply adapting and shifting to two polar points. The industries are trying to improve sensorial experience ...

As the technology takes root in the society, it is becoming hard for the intellectuals to protect their products from online injustices. One attempt to tame these vices have been to bring in board the Internet Service Providers (IPSs) to board under the international copyright legislation to limit the pirate activates. Legal action has been taken as a remedy to this problem to the IPSs who fails to corporate with this legislation.
Australia is a leading nation in the online piracy activities with over 11.6 % of illegal downloads of the season four of Game of Thrones movie that has just ...

Introduction 3

1. The Impact of Globalization on Humanity 3
2. The Impact of Globalization on Business World 4
3. The Impact of Globalization on Environment 5
4. Discussion of WTO and Trading Blocks 7
5. Discussion of the Current Events in Eurozone 7

Conclusion 9

Introduction
The impact of globalization was discussed in many studies. Many authors asked oneself a question whether it is good or bad for humanity, business, and environment. However, the answers differ: some scholars argue that globalization makes positive impact on human lives and other aspect, others state that globalization is harmful. An answer ...

Books, music videos and several other pieces of art often comprise the word ‘copyright’ on its product. Being commonly understood as a legal concept, copyright is the right of ownership given to the person behind an original piece as enacted and implemented by the government. It is a category of Intellectual property rights which gives the originator exclusive rights to decide who benefits or adapts the work along with other rights associated with the product. In other words, it gives the sole authority and right to the person for his original work (Mark, 2012). The idea of copyright dates back to ...

Research Paper

Research Paper
- Cyber security initiatives such as the IRR, or Internet Routing Registries and the Resource Public Key Infrastructure or RPKI, add an element of cryptography in order to create a more secure scenario focused on creating a more secure routing service (Mueller and Schmidt, 2013). Including such legislation as the Cyber security Enhancement Act of 2007 and the National Commission on American Cyber security Act of 2008 and finally the Cyber security Act of 2012, there is a sustained interest in creating a secure internet environment (Lee, 2013).
International energy as well as corporations around the globe is adopting ...

Introduction

It is becoming increasingly difficult to enforce any trade mark related law in this digital environment. This has remained to be one of the major demands of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA). This is the body presented with the mandate of enforcing the Intellectual Property Law (IPL). An Intellectual property law is that faction of law that controls the claim and utilisation of creative works. This includes protection of copyrights, industrial patterns, royalties, geographic indications, trademarks and patent law. All of them are interested in a variety of aspects. This paper will analyze the trade mark law.

History of the Intellectual Property Law

The necessity of ...

Introduction

Trade was one of the most important economic activities of the ancient civilization. Initially trade was mainly conducted on land .As the scope of the activity expanded with time, another mode of transportation; water transport started to become gradually important and started to attract the attention of commercial enterprises. As this mode of transport became more important, there arose a need for the formulation of insurance scheme to protect the water vessels, the passengers, and cargo for the various risks that they faced in this transport mode. Marine insurance is therefore one of the oldest forms of insurance that has ...

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The characteristic that differentiates bootleggers and music downloaders is that the former usually acknowledge their practices as violations of the laws and regulation regarding the copyright and try hard not to be detected. Generally, these collectors of bootlegged material “recognize their own activities as breaking copyright laws or carrying social connotations of deviance” (Wiest, 2007). Thus, bootlegging is an activity that is more prevalent under the ground and is commonly done in record shops located back street (Wiest, 2007).
Bootlegging on the Internet is increasing day by day and this practice ...

Introduction

Ethics is set of principles that govern morally the behavior of an individual or a group. Ethics can also be define as moral codes. Ethics describes how we determine that what is right from what is wrong. Ethics differentiate us from other creatures of our world. Therefore we can say that computer ethics is a set of principles that regulate morally use of computers. Some issues of ethics about computer include property rights of intellectual such as electronic content and how can computers affect our society and its privacy concerns. For a person in everyday life is important to have good ethics ...

Introduction

The issues that surround the protection of intellectual property continue to prevail as the intangible nature of intellectual property makes the limitations of its proper use hard to identify and delineate. Especially in this age when technology enables intellectual property to be created in so many digital formats, such properties can be even harder to safeguard. Although laws are created to define and limit the correct and proper use of intellectual property, these laws are not always enough. To strike a balance, the proper use of intellectual property can be ensured through compliance to these laws combined with a person’s ...

Physician Reference Service (PRS) is a company that does not recognize business ethics; but if it does, then it deliberately engages in unethical activities for the sake of its selfish gains. In business, brand piracy is highly unethical. Counterfeit goods are another sign of lack of ethics. Business ethics do not even allow for deceptive advertising, and neither does it allow for any act that might mislead the consumers including copying of the packaging style and name.

Again, a company that engages in immoral practices in competitor intelligence and market research highly lacks business ethics.

In spite of knowing all these, the Physician Reference Service (PRS) goes ahead and sells a product substitute before the competitor releases the original ...