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... Even though software and video piracy has become a huge problem, music copyright infringement has by far overshadowed these two. ...
I will begin by discussing software piracy. ...
From the day that a piece of software is created, federal copyright laws automatically protect it. The only way that a consumer can copy a piece of copyrighted software is to copy it onto a single computer or to make another copy for archival purpose only (Computer 2). It is very illegal to copy and sell copyrighted software, and there can be very heavy fines if a violator gets caught. ...
There are many types of software piracy including soft loading, which is the purchase of a single user software license that is then loaded onto many computers (Computer 1). ... Counterfeiting is making and selling fake copies of real software. People also rent software to consumers when they do not have permission from the owner. And of course the most popular version of software piracy is downloading it off of the Internet (Computer 1).
Although it probably goes without saying, there are many negative effects of piracy. Everybody is harmed in the process including consumers, software developers and resellers. ... As with most businesses, when their product is sold they put a certain amount back for research and development (Software 1).
There are many agencies that you can report any knowledge of illegal piracy to including the Business Software Alliance Hotline. ...
The topic of the year is definitely music copyright infringement. It is said that piracy is one of the biggest threats facing the music industry today. ...
I used to be one of those people downloading music off of the Internet. ... I also love being able to find local music and unsigned artists. ...
Of course, the artist who made the music gets no reward. ... It is also said that music piracy helps organized crime (Ifpi 1). ... Since pirate music generated an estimated one point nine billion dollars in 2001, that is a lot of money being put into drugs and other illegal activities (Ifpi 2).
Organized piracy really started spreading in 2001. ... Although it provides great opportunities to help new music develop, it also creates some problems. In the past few years many online services have begun to promote unauthorized downloading of music. ...
In 2001 IFPI and its affiliated national groups were responsible for the removal of approximately 1,060 unauthorized peer-to-peer music servers, 28,000 pirate web and FTP music sites, 2.8 million simultaneous users of unauthorized peer-to-peer services, and 700 million unauthorized music files from the internet in 51 countries (Ifpi 11).
The easiest way to describe Internet piracy would be copying files containing music onto FTP servers, or making them available form Internet Relay Chat. ... Because of these services, approximately ninety nine percent of all music files online were unauthorized copies. There are also approximately 200,000 Web and FTP sites having more than one hundred million unauthorized music files.
The music industry is definitely doing a lot to try and prevent piracy. ... There have been many ideas for stopping piracy including going back to the vinyl record. ... Right now it is considering a bill that would make manufacturers of CD players and computers change their products so that they cannot play or record unauthorized copies of music (Duke 1).
Approximate Word count = 2663
Approximate Pages = 10.7
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