I. Introduction The Copyright Law Copyright is the exclusive right, to an intellectual property of any person, including elements of authorship, musical, literary, architectural, pictorial, choreographic, pantomimic, graphic, sculptural, and cartographic creations to print, publish or sell copies of his or her original work. Copyright is a law that protects published and unpublished work that you can see, hear and touch, from being reproduced without prior consent from the creator of the work.
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Copyright is a major issue in today’s world of electronic media, where copying and pirating has become a major threat to the entertainment industry. No matter how protective they make their software or entertainment, the hackers out there still know the cheap and effective way of breaking into the information. It is a known fact that just a couple of centuries ago; copying was not only considered as a protective means of preserving the old texts but was also highly appreciated by the people. But
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wired.com Peter Sunde who is the main character in the article is against copyrighting because he thinks that it is ridiculous that people shall pay for listening to music or see movies on the internet etc. He thinks that copyrighting shall be free, and copyrighting should not exist. Peter Sunde has been in it himself, in 2009 he was arrested for pirate bay, he was in prison 8 months. He wants to destroy copyrighting. In contrast to Texts 2 named You like my poems? So pay for them, written
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because it's kind of "old" and that the entertainment industry is dying. So he tries to convince the reader that he's not guilty and that the supreme court must vacate his sentence. Later Peter Sunde uses democracy to argue for changing the law of copyrighting. Text three: "You like my poems? So pay for them", is by Wendy Cope, who is a poet. The text shows her opinion of copyright violation and illegal downloading, which is an opposing view than the one from Peter Sunde. She suffers from the loose
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Week One Assignment Research Notes Children’s Internet Protection Act, 2000 Federal Communications Commissions: Federal law created by the Congress to address concerns about viewing offensive sites in school and library computers. Early 2001, CIPA regulated rules and requirements for certain schools and libraries that are eligible to receive funds. These rules and regulations are towards those who receive funds through E-rate- a program that makes certain communication technologies more affordable
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in India. Internal | Strengths * The site is very user-friendly and video uploads are easy * Launching a localized YouTube site that contained local promoted videos, featured videos, localized user interface * Using digital hash technology for copyrighting protection | Weaknesses * User created content is not really that popular or well crafted * Copyrighted material is not allowed to be uploaded onto the site * Only including some Indian languages and not all Indian languages on the site | External
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activities. Educational institutions also contribute its values to students. Students are encouraged and most often required to be punctual, to complete given assignments by deadlines, and to not cheat on exams or to respect other people’s work by not copyrighting. With regards to the business place, workers are encouraged to be punctual to work, to meet deadlines, and to not be dishonest especially when dealing with figures and financial statements. It is imperative
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making copyrighted material available over networks. Before this Act was passed people who purposely distributed copied software over the internet did not face criminal penalties if they didn’t make profit off of it. Violation of the electronic copyrighting will carry out a maximum penalty of three years in prison and a fine of $250,000 ("University Information Technology Services", 2011). Congress enacted the Fair Credit Reporting Act in 1970 because the improper use of credit records. The
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I believe there needs to be integrity in everything we do. There is integrity in day to day activities, who don’t we hold that standard to ourselves in terms of stealing or copyrighting. There are a number of issues with this and I will go over two of the issues we encounter when dealing with academic integrity. First off is the attitude toward buying assignment and laziness turning into plagiarism and second is the need for responsible blogging. These are the issues I find close to the heart in
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Article Review Danielle Carr Law 421 January 27, 2014 Abstract This paper will be a review about an article. Also it will assess the different types of legal protections for intellectual property. It will analyze the legal issues of e-business. That will include intellectual property, privacy. Ethics, and security. Article Review This paper will be a review about an article. It will assess the different types of legal protections for intellectual property. It will analyze the legal issues
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