Music Copyright Law

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AISJ EXTENDED ESSAY

Perception vs reality of Music copyright laws (ITGS Extended Essay)

To what extent are people’s perception of music copyright laws accurate?

Candidate # 000756-049
Aarman Tarapore

Abstract
This essay examines the question “To what extent are people’s perception of music copyright laws accurate?” The essay begins by giving a brief introduction unpacking the topic at hand of music copyright laws bring a clear information technology ideology. Millions of people around the world illegally download, own or have some kind of affiliation to some kind of illegal music download. It first explores the background and history of copyright, digital music format and the legality of it. Next examines what the law really is, the …show more content…

Artists use digital media to even make their music. A real world example for this is how ¨house music¨ is purely made from digital music formatting. Not just for their music but artists also massively use the digital media to advertise their music and increase, influence and enlighten there fan base. On the World Wide Web, which is a collection of websites. “Pirate services are clunky and old fashioned compared to the legal services available. The pirate option just cannot offer that complete consumer experience.” (Rob Wellss) This quote is from the president, global digital business, Universal Music Group (UMG). It refers to how no matter how unsatisfying the format of pirated digital Music is. Consumers can do multiple things with the current era of digital music format. Most digital music is in the form of an MP3, a sound compressor that allows sounds to compress and move sound into very small …show more content…

There are many examples to show against and for Piracy of music. Many people think of the law as a lot less than it really is, and vice versa. Copyright infringements could lead to major problems and complications for people. As well as piracy is a crime and who to say tomorrow someone from the government comes and arrests one of us for downloading a song. According to the law they can as it is illegal and punishable in by jail time to download music illegally online. It was evident that my survey could have had errors however at the end it did achieve its purpose. I learnt a lot from the surveys as

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