Essays on Piracy

Music industry has significantly been transformed over time. The primary change of these transformations has been technology that has impacted on the entire music making processes from finding artist to music distribution. Arguably, advances in technology have a profound impact on all aspect of popular music today. Notably, there are five aspects to, technological impacts on popular music. There are several strong arguments as to whether advancement of online media distribution which is the issue under discussing in this essay has been pivotal in the music industry.
In the course of development of popular music, advanced technologies have given

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Questions on the Journalist Interview “The Computer Bug”

⑴ How do you tell that this top IT thief has a big ego from the journalist’s opening remarks?
The ego of the IT chief is revealed from his demeaning description of a government. He explains that what a person gets from working for the government is “chicken feed”. The IT chief justifies his decision of not specializing. The top IT thief thinks highly of himself. He says that it costs one hundred Yuan to get his services for an hour. He says that other people cannot break a program code even if given Ten thousand hours yet he

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Question 1

The difference in the world can be made by the individuals in the world and hence the individuals are the ones in a position to change the direction of history. In the US there several most influential people who brought great change to the United States. Influential people are individuals who have the power to mobilize people to do something of their interest or to move towards a certain direction. These individuals had different roles and contributed in building the states in many ways. I will highlight on the three whom I think have a great significance in the

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Educational Institution

Correspondence concerning this paper should be addressed to Student Name,
Introduction
Pirated software is on the rise. With the introduction of the internet and the various technological advances, it is even easier for individuals to illegally copy and use unlicensed software. The Business Software Alliance (BSA) defines software piracy as an “intentional act of an individual or organization to obtain software through illegal means” (BSA, 2014). Pirated software may include copied DVD’s, downloaded materials from the internet, and software installed on multiple computers that was only registered for a single use. All of these acts constitute piracy because

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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, video, music, film,

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Music piracy is a widespread problem in the music industry. There are many people who download music from the internet for free. Piracy is all over the world; everywhere there is internet access. There is a majority of people who carry the understanding that piracy is not equal to stealing because those who pirate are not taking what the record owners have (Hardy 1). The pirates blame high prices of the legal music files as the reason they have to pirate. The majority argue that they cannot afford to pay while some are just not willing to pay the

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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.

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Business

The Walt Disney Company was established in the year 1923. For the last eight decades, the company had been known as the founder of quality family entertainment. Its humble beginnings can be traced back as a small cartoon studio which was able to transform itself to become one of the biggest global corporations of today. The company was able to maintain its goal of providing exceptional entertainment experiences of quality creative content and remarkable storytelling for its viewers.

The Secret behind the Success of Walt Disney

The secret behind the continued success of Walt Disney Company can be attributed to its expanded cable networks operations that enjoy

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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

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Movie Piracy: Ethical Crisis and Economic Impact

Though movie piracy may seem an ordinary part of the modern reality that the counter-piracy advocates need to put up with, the act of stealing someone’s artwork is still illegal, unethical and economically detrimental. The pro-piracy fighters argue that the increasing access to Internet naturally nurtures the open access to all its content, including the one that is protected by numerous intellectual property laws. Thus, it would be logical to lift the ban on the piracy, which is supposedly helping the movie industry live and prosper, while helping the artists promote themselves within the growing audience. The piracy

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The movie and music industry are among the biggest and most profitable industries in current times. These industries are best known for their entertainment value but entertainment is not the bottom line as far as these two massive industries are concerned. The industries are also delved deep in informing the public and education. These two industries are well involved in disseminating information to the masses and informing the public about mainstream issues affecting mainstream life “music is the shorthand of emotion” (leo Nikolayevich). Due to the profit and sheer size of these two industries they have attracted a lot

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Introduction

SOPA or stop online piracy act is a proposed bill which targets to eliminate the infringement of copyright. This is by blocking access to any site that is facilitated or host pirated content. Stop online piracy act was formed to target any oversea site such as torrent hub, which is widely known for providing unlicensed product. The creators of web content have had an endless war with the web content piracy for an unusually long time. The fact that these websites are located overseas makes it difficult to, totally, stop it. The intention of SOPA was to ensure that

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17thJanuary 2013

A Copyright is a way for a person to possess intellectual profit of his/her own creation. According to the United States copyright office, “It is a principle of American law that an author of a work may reap the fruits of his or her intellectual creativity for a limited period of time. “ (Copyright , 2013, p. 47). Copyright is an enshrined institution in the United States, and also throughout the world. Many argue that without the institution and supporting laws of copyrights, that artists, musicians, writers, creators, etc., would stop producing their work since it would cease to represent a

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According to the United States Copyright Law, all “original works of authorship fixed in any tangible medium of expression” have the right to be copyright protected (n.d, Section 102). However, although the law is straightforward, its application is rather complex, especially nowadays when libraries are getting digitized without acquiring permission from the authors of the books, which consists a copyright violation (Besek, 2003).
A preliminary analysis conducted by the United States Copyright Office, in 2011, deals with the Legal Issues in Mass Digitization and reports that creating a universal digital library could as well be beneficial to both parties,

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In a recent case, the US federal authority caught seven individuals and two companies for online piracy. The Department of Justice charged them with; copyright infringement, racketeering and money laundering. Several incidences of online piracy are on the increase; legitimate copyright holders lose millions of dollars (Keizer, 1).
Online piracy targets the distribution of television programs, movies, e-books, music, business, and entertainment software. The Federal Bureau of Investigation acted fast in arresting the Mega-upload culprits and seizing over $50 million in assets. According to Lever (1), a new program, ‘six strikes’, seeks to eliminate online piracy. It involves delivery

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Introduction

Piracy is a vice that has taken toll with the introduction of the internet. With the introduction of the internet, there are various collections and distributions of music and TV programmes on the internet. This free collection makes it easier for people to access these programmes without paying for them. This has been a vice that has been fought from time to time. It has been blamed for the decline in the revenue in the music and entertainment industry. There are benefits that come with piracy and downloading of music clips and TV programmes. This paper will critique an

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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

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