copyright violation and illegal downloading
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1. Give an outline of the attitudes to copyright violation and illegal downloading as presented in texts 1 and 3.
Texts 1 and 3 represent two opposing attitudes to copyright violation and illegal downloading in today’s technologic world. In text 1, “It’s Evolution, Stupid”, by co-founder of The Pirate Bay, Peter Sunde, Sunde displays his growing dissatisfaction with the current copyright law. As the co-founder of one of the world’s most popular torrent downloading sites, he claims that copyright protection is extremely out-of-date and seeks to convince the audience that he has been unjustly convicted for having given people the opportunity to share music and movies online. Calling the traditional entertainment industry, an industry that refuses to evolve, Peter Sunde shows his attitude towards the traditional copyright and uses evolution as an argument for changing attitudes and laws. In text 3, “You Like My Poems? So Pay for Them”, English poet Wendy Cope expresses her opposing view. As a writer, she personally suffers because of, for example, free downloading websites such as The Pirate Bay. In fact, she often finds her own poems, and for that matter, those of other writers, copied online without any formal permission. Although such an amount of copying might be meant as an indication of talent, this considerably illegal act has caused harm to the income of writers, publishers, and other artists. Wendy Cope therefore argues that ignorance of copyright law is a major problem, due to the fact that society doesn’t realize the damage they’re causing. Despite this, the problem will likely continue with popular torrent downloading websites such as The Pirate Bay, being used by millions of people worldwide.
2. Compare the writing styles, e.g. language and tone, in texts 2 and 3. Illustrate your answer with examples from the texts.
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1. Give an outline of the attitudes to copyright violation and illegal downloading as presented in texts 1 and 3.
Texts 1 and 3 represent two opposing attitudes to copyright violation and illegal downloading in today’s technologic world. In text 1, “It’s Evolution, Stupid”, by co-founder of The Pirate Bay, Peter Sunde, Sunde displays his growing dissatisfaction with the current copyright law. As the co-founder of one of the world’s most popular torrent downloading sites, he claims that copyright protection is extremely out-of-date and seeks to convince the audience that he has been unjustly convicted for having given people the opportunity to share music and movies online. Calling the traditional entertainment industry, an industry that refuses to evolve, Peter Sunde shows his attitude towards the traditional copyright and uses evolution as an argument for changing attitudes and laws. In text 3, “You Like My Poems? So Pay for Them”, English poet Wendy Cope expresses her opposing view. As a writer, she personally suffers because of, for example, free downloading websites such as The Pirate Bay. In fact, she often finds her own poems, and for that matter, those of other writers, copied online without any formal permission. Although such an amount of copying might be meant as an indication of talent, this considerably illegal act has caused harm to the income of writers, publishers, and other artists. Wendy Cope therefore argues that ignorance of copyright law is a major problem, due to the fact that society doesn’t realize the damage they’re causing. Despite this, the problem will likely continue with popular torrent downloading websites such as The Pirate Bay, being used by millions of people worldwide.
2. Compare the writing styles, e.g. language and tone, in texts 2 and 3. Illustrate your answer with examples from the texts.
The writing styles in texts 2 and 3 are slightly diverging as their purposes and target audiences are different. By using