Introduction After the technological revolution, people start having everything in their hand. Internet comes and opens many doors with it. People can find whatever they want within few minutes in the web pages. Similarly, people have an open choice what to share online. Online file sharing opens many doors with it including legal file sharing as well as illegal file sharing. People can easily break the copy right low and commit a crime online by sharing unlicensed software online. This report aims to inform the reader about copy right low, recent ethical scandals in file sharing, what is peer-to-peer file sharing, open source software versus pirated software, solution to software piracy, and different examples of online legal file sharing services. 1. Copy right low Copyright materials involve everything like songs, movies, TV shows, photographs, magazines, books, software, plays and websites that should have a copyright protection. The copyright law is the exclusive right to make copies of another individual’s work. The law states that files cannot be shared, copied and performed without the individual permission, as a reason of ethical issues and it is illegal to share files that have copyright protection (TopTenREVIEWS, 2014). 2. Recent ethical scandals in file sharing 2.1 Huge Pirated Music shut down “OiNK” is a web site which has defrauded and infringement huge number of pre-released music albums. A Cleveland police man said: “"Within a few hours of a popular pre-release track being posted on the OiNK site, hundreds of copies can be found further down the illegal online supply chain." Even though, the web site has gone under criminal investigation it is still accessible (News.bbc.co.uk, 2014). 2.2 FBI charges Mega Uploa... ... middle of paper ... ...hey must be aware if someone attacks their data and information, so they must secure their cloud service. Conclusion In conclusion, following ethics in file sharing is very important not only for individuals but to protect the copy right of the individual and the community. Each individual decision and act to stop breaking the copy right can make deference in community. Modern methods such as peer-to-peer solution make everything available online for the internet users. However, individuals should not use peer-to-peer to download illegal files such as unlicensed software. Solutions to this problem are simply educate individuals about risks of downloading unethical files as well as inform developers about how to protect their software. Every individual act in sharing and downloading unethical files over the internet can have a bad influence on the whole community.
...idence of users by agreeing to the policy that the data submitted to their cloud platform will be kept confidential. (Ryan, 2011)
Before the present time of computers and various media player technology, trading music files on the internet was practically unheard of. Today MP3 music files have become file format that is widely “swapped” over the internet. The problem with trading MP3's is that it violates copyright laws. However, this hasn’t stopped the tens of millions of file sharing software users who continue swap MP3’s. MP3 piracy is a costly business for many companies, and the disadvantages outweigh the advantages of “P2P” file sharing. File sharing is a costly, illegal practice that hurts not only the consumers, but the artists as well.
Recently, there has been a series of copyright infringement litigations against Internet businesses that are involved with unauthorized distribution of music files. The US recording industry claims to lose three million dollars per year because of piracy. A report predicted an estimated 16 percent of all US music sales, or 985 million dollars would be lost due to online piracy by 2002 (Foege, 2000; cited from McCourt & Burkart, 2003) Even though this claim has to be taken with caution, as it is based on false assumption that if copyright laws were strictly enforced, audio pirates would become buyers, it is apparent that audio piracy grew to a worrisome level for the record industry. (Gayer & Shy, 2003)
The report discusses about file sharing website Megaupload.com and its founder Kim Dotcom. Megaupload.com is a site which allows user to simply upload and share any type of documents. The main motive behind this site was to provide free means of file sharing and storage capacity for user. There are mainly three type of users for this site, first uses site for download purpose, second uses site for upload and share and third for the purpose of storing documents. Video converting software developed by Andrus Nomm was used for uploading and sharing of videos without looking into the content. Us authorities were concerned about copyright of contents that has been upload into the site and shared to millions of users. This report also
“Copyright is a fundamental right of ownership and protection common to all of the arts” (O’Hara & Beard, 2006, p. 8). “It is a form of intellectual Property (IP)” and it gives the owner exclusive rights to the copyright (O’Hara & Beard, 2006, p. 11).
The United States of America is a free country, then why shouldn’t the internet be free? Why should we have restrictions placed on what we can and cannot do on the internet? Every day, millions of users share files on the internet through numerous online sources. Whether they download music, movies, or software, online file-sharing can give people access to a plentiful amount of information. These files are often free and easily accessible by anyone. The practice of distributing or providing access to digitally stored information represents file sharing (Peer-to-Peer File-Sharing and Copyright Infringement: Are You Vulnerable?). Conversely many people see file sharing as unlawful. The reproduction or distribution of any copyrighted digital media or information defines internet piracy. Many people see downloading copyright files such as music, movies, books, and software as illegal. Music files, some of the first types of files to be reproduced and distributed through internet sources, contain the file extension .mp3. Several popular file sharing programs were developed in the 1990s and facilitated internet piracy. Big industries try to combat file sharing to help increase their revenue, however internet piracy actually increases revenue of industries and has numerous other benefits (What Is Internet Piracy?). The copy and distribution of digital files increased due to technology (Torr). Internet piracy, considered a problem all over the world, stands as difficult to stop along with other kinds of piracy (What Is Internet Piracy?). Anything can be digitalized and once something becomes digitalized it will be shared all over the internet (Torr). Canadian and European laws allow for the downloading of copyright files for personal us...
Music Copyright is a very important aspect of the music industry. The Copyright law was established to preserve the creativity and rights of authors, composers, performers of expression. Copyright is the law that protects the property rights of the creator of an original work in a fixed tangible medium. (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/copyright) A fixed tangible medium is something substantial like copying lyrics on paper or putting a song on tape or CD. Copyright can be seen every where in the music industry. Many music artist of our culture today have been involved in copyright issues. Recently, on MTV news it was stated that, "As the music industry becomes increasingly concerned about protecting the integrity of artists copyrights in the age of MP3. Prince has now filed a motion in New York federal court aimed at shutting down several websites offering free downloads of the Artist's songs." (http://www.mtv.com…19990304/prince.jhtml) In addition, in recent music news, "Nine Inch Nails lead man Trent Reznor copyright infringement suit was dismissed. Another artist claimed that the Reznor had stolen material for his last album." (http://www.mtv.com…19991202/nine_inch_nails.jhtml) The copyright law has become an important legal aspect to know our music generation.
This article mainly focuses on the ethics and its importance in the daily life and the need of the ethics to the individual and to the society. It mainly focuses on the ethical theories; consequence based theory, duty based theory, contract based theory and character based theory and how these theories are implemented for the copyright infringement i.e. the free access of the copyright material. It explains all the four types of theories in detail with examples and how these are implemented for the given topic. The modern ethical approach has been given based on the four ethical theories and the recommendations based on the outcome of the four theories. It is followed by the conclusion and the references.
Although online file sharing debuted in 1999, lawmakers and copyright industries are just beginning to address the myriad questions the practice has generated. In At Issue: Internet Piracy, authors attempt to answer some of those questions.
The first reason why downloading and uploading copyrighted materials from the Internet should be legal is that downloading copyrighted materials positively affects the economy. The European Commission Joint Research Center reported that the profits of music companies would be 2% lower if uploading and downloading copyrighted materials were banned. However, music companies are able to acquire more profits despite illegal downloading because many people tend to purchase CDs or DVDs after watching or listening to copyrighted materials for free. Moreover, the research showed that people who download music illegally spent more money to buy music than people who did not download illegally. In addition, research conducted by the Swiss government informed that one-third of Swiss people downloaded copyrighted materials from the Internet because personal use of copyrighted materials is legal in Switzerland. Even though there is a fact that many people can download copyrighted materials from the Internet legally in Switzerland, the amount of money that people spend to buy copyrighted materials is not f...
Copyright is a protection for authors, composers or artists and other creators who create innovative idea base work. Copyright law is important because of its role to protect the interests of the creator, while allowing others to gain access to it legally. It designed to make sure that creators receive appropriate rights for their own ideas and creativity, and to promote artistic creativity by protecting the creator.
It's important to understand the different software piracy channels, not just to comply with the law but also to protect against bigger economic problems like lost revenue...and lost jobs.
With the popularity of the Internet, sales for CDs, DVDs, Movies, and many other products have increased. Along with the increase of sales has brought forth an ever increasing problem of illegal media being downloaded. Programs such as Bittorent, Kazaa, and other direct-connect networking programs have allowed the transferring of such illegal media. Downloading song files from the Internet over a free peer to peer network is the moral equivalent of shoplifting music CDs from the local mall.
A copyright is a legal means that gives the creator of mythical, imaginative, musical, or other creative work the solitary right to publish and sell that work. Copyright owners have the right to manage the reproduction of their work, including the right to receive imbursement for that reproduction. An author may contribute or sell those rights to others, including publishers or recording corporations. Breach of a copyright is called copyright
In this section, we will discuss about the usage of computer in a wrong ways which violates the computer ethics. First of all, unethical behaviour is an act that should not be done by someone as it can bring many disadvantages. These behaviours can be done by everyone in this world, for example, engineer, doctor, professionals, prime minister in their politician and in businessman. Unethical behaviour is depending on the level of someone’s discipline.