Caulfield FROM: Melissa Jones RE: I Can Haz Copyright Infringement? Internet Memes and Intellectual Property Risks Slavick‚ S. J. (2012). Corporate Counsel. Retrieved from http://www.brinksgilson.com/files/article_nov_14_corp_counsel_slavick_internet_memes_2012.pdf ARTICLE SYNOPSIS I Can Haz Copyright Infringement? Internet Memes and Intellectual Property Risks article reviews the use of memes and the significance of corporate infringement. Within the commercial use‚ companies have to be
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Table of Contents Introduction 3 Executive Summary 4 Business Intelligence 5 Data Delivery 6 Conclusion 7 References 7 Introduction Software piracy is a thing affecting most business in the world today and it seems evident that even though businesses improve and make it much harder for these criminals to copy their products it’s only a matter of time before they usually find a way to replicate the products therefore making software piracy all but impossible to stop. According to
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“Copyright law protects foxes better than hedgehogs”. Per Lord Hoffmann in Designer Guild v Russell Williams [2000] 1 WLR 2416. Discuss.” Index I. Introduction 3 i) Intellectual property 3 ii) Copy right 3 II. Case study 6 i) Facts of the case 6 ii) Decision of the chancery division and court of appeal 7 iii) Judgement of the House of Lords 9 iv) Lord Hoffman’s view on the case 9 III. Comparison of copyright to foxes and hedgehogs
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LAWS 1. Copyright infringement 2. Software piracy 3. Internet piracy CONSEQUENCES FOR INFRINGEMENT COMPANY/PRODUCT 1. Loss in product value 2. Loss in sales 3. Inferior counterfeit products PIRATE OR INFRINGER 1. Monetary penalty or fine 2. Jail time REFERENCES Copyright in General. (2006). Retrieved from http://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/faq- general.html#protect Copyright Infringement Penalties. (2009). Retrieved from http://www.lib.purdue.edu/uco/CopyrightBasics/penalties
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1. Invasion of Privacy The wrongful intrusion into a person’s private activities by other individuals or by the government. Tort law protects one’s private affairs with which the public has no concern against unwarranted exploitation or publicity that causes mental suffering or humiliation to the average person. The right to be left alone is not always superior to the rights of the public and it may or may not exist or may exist to a lesser degree with regard to the life of a public figure‚ such
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Computers have evolved in our society to a point where almost everything runs off of them and cannot function without them. The days of balancing a checkbook by putting pen to paper have all but passed‚ today‚ there’s an app for that. But as times change and as technology advances‚ the bounds of limitation increases‚ and consequently people are able to perform much more devious or conversely much more righteous things. Ethics by itself means: a system of moral principles‚ or “the rules of conduct
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enforcement measures. The second suspicion was that the enforcement provisions would not simply apply to counterfeited and pirated goods in commerce. Many believed that ACTA would also target to “willful infringements without motivation for financial gain to such an extent as to prejudicially affect the copyright owner.”[3] The final draft confirmed that these beliefs were true. ACTA was designed to target counterfeit and pirated goods‚ enforce digital IP rights‚ and promote more stringent enforcement standards
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implications of using photos and other visual media along with how these issues can be avoided. After viewing the video‚ “Copyright Basics” it made me really think about all the information I share on a day to day basis that could be considered a breach of one of these laws. The video contained vital information on what would be considered to have a copyright and what is not. Copyright laws were put into place to help protect the owner’s work from being copied or given out without the proper consent
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Decision in iiNet case puts burden of policing online infringement back on copyright owners Anita Cade and Lisa Ritson BLAKE DAWSON Internet Service Providers (ISPs) across the country gave a collective sigh of relief when Justice Cowdroy handed down his decision in the Federal Court of Australia on 4 February 2010 in the much-anticipated Roadshow Films Pty Ltd v iiNet Ltd decision.1 The case appears to be the first of its kind against an ISP anywhere in the world to proceed to both hearing
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Intellectual property is the property generated in the process of intellectual activities. It can be possessed and used‚ and generated benefits. The major components of intellectual property include copyrights‚ patents‚ and trademarks. Similar to tangible property‚ intellectual property which is an intangible property is also protected by the law. The governments and parliaments have given the creators the rights as an incentive to produce ideas that will benefit society as a whole‚ by preventing
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