In “ In Defense of Piracy(Well‚ Some Piracy)”‚ Matthew Ruben states that it is alright to download mp3 in certain circumstances. He reasons firstly that the current marketing strategies of music are making people paying for albums they would not enjoy. He also reasons that between a dilemma of paying unreasonable price for a single and downloading‚ there is nothing ethically wrong to download than buying a whole CD just for a track. Thus‚ he reckons that pirating mp3 single can be a form of protest
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Software Piracy Almost everyday it seems ‚ software companys keep pumping out brand new software that kills the day befores in that it is more sophisticated and more in tune with the needs of today’s superusers ‚ office users ‚ and home users . Yet ‚ at the same time ‚ the software theft industry in growing at an even faster rate ‚ costing software companies billions of dollars a year . The piece of shit government can put as many copyright laws in a book as they feel ‚ but soon it will be
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Piracy and Its Regulation: Filipino’s Historical Response to Globalization Media Piracy and Intellectual Property in Southeast Asia Piracy “Robbery committed at sea” Sea piracy tripled‚ half in Indonesian waters Shipping lanes servicing 50‚000 commercial ships Seaborne piracy loss US$13-16 billion Media piracy loss $30-250 billion Pirates Rampant piracy secondnature Thesis: piracy as form of wanting to become middleclass in contemporary Philippine society Middle class precarious position
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Counterfeiting and piracy Fakes‚ facts and figures Linda Haie-Fayle and Wolfgang Hübner Directorate for Science‚ Technology and Industry Fake goods are not cheap. In fact‚ they exact a heavy cost on industry‚ governments and the general public. There is a strong case for public action across OECD countries against counterfeiting. The question is how to make progress? Want to buy an expensive Swiss watch? Not everyone can afford a real one–a Patek Philippe timepiece can be worth many thousands
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Piracy is said to have existed since ancient Roman times with its roots in the fishing industry. Some acts of piracy were handled as criminal acts‚ while others were a lawful means of plundering in warfare (privateering). The actual work of a pirate and a privateer was generally the same‚ so it was‚ therefore the authorization and perceived legality of the actions that formed the distinction. But after modern states came into existence and the principle of freedom of the seas was established all
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very important. One of the key features of music is music copyright and what that means to the music industry. Defining what this means in the historical context is of great significance. Music and copyright is a vital aspect of the music industry. The question that remains‚ however‚ is what happens with motivation or intension when samples of music are not originally controlled in a larger network. Intellectual property rights such as copyright laws need to be met in the music industry in order for
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1. Executive Summary Global piracy is a problem that the software and music industry are facing nowadays. The industries are claiming that significant losses are suffered in regards to these piracies all over the world. In response to this problem‚ many companies in the industry are trying to track and uncover the practices of piracy. Many different organizations also work together side by side with these companies in order to fight piracy‚ some of those organizations are Recording Industry Associations
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expressions The Expressions Company began in 1988 as The Expressions Card and Stationery Shop‚ offering greeting cards and other paper products exclusively distributed by Sterling Paper. Two decades later‚ The Expressions store has grown to over 40 branches nationwide and has expanded its merchandise to include complete lines of school and office supplies‚ gift and novelty items‚ computer supplies and reading materials‚ living up to its current positioning as "Your affordable school and office
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Film and Music piracy by definition is the illegal copying of movies and music videos for personal or commercial use. This is a new epidemic that is effecting the film industry financially on a global level. What are the necessary steps that can be taken on behalf of the film and music industry that can stop this illegal practice from occurring? Once you walk down the city streets like Petaling Street‚ you can easily find vendors selling their bootleg DVD copies of new released movies for half price
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A23‚ Side 1 af 3 COPYRIGHT VIOLATION AND ILLEGAL DOWNLOADING 1. Give an outline of the attitudes to copyright violation and illegal downloading as presented in text 1 and 3. Peter Sunde describes in text 1 how the internet is being controlled by a corrupt industry. He describes an incident he had with his co-founders for The Pirate Bay (TPB). TPB allows people to share and download music and movies regardless of copyright laws. They were convicted of contributory copyright infringement. But the
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