Lee Nave Patricia Poe Eng 101 - 09 6 October 2013 The Benefits of File Sharing to the Music Industry In recent years the Internet has become the major source for acquiring music. No more sitting in front of the radio with a cassette recorder waiting for a favorite song to come and capture it on tape to enjoy at leisure. No more high speed dubbing on dual cassette boom boxes to make a copy of the new Metallica album for friends. With the creation of digital format media and high-speed Internet
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illegal downloading‚ via P2P file sharing. Napster- a P2P file sharing network was one of the main culprit s during 1999-2001‚ causing the music industry a mass loss of revenue. P2P (Peer-to-Peer) file sharing‚ enables you to search‚ locate and download file/s to your computer or device‚ from others users of the same network; as long as they are connected to the network‚ and have the file you are looking for on
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as hacking into other people’s systems‚ misusing software‚ or helping a person gain access to protected files of someone else’s computer. The main goal of the Act was to discourage this kind of behaviour in the future. The act identifies three specific offences: 1. Unauthorised access to computer material. 2. Unauthorised access to a computer system with intent to break‚ change or copy files. 3. Unauthorised modification of computer material. The act targets people who misuse computers and communication
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Ethics of Peer to Peer downloading and Sharing Strayer University Abstract In the short time that computers and internet have existed in the modern era‚ the world has seen a complete 360 degree turn and in the various forms of electronic entertainment that people all over the world are now using. In the days before CD’s‚ DVD’s and the internet‚ not much was said if a vinyl album (remember these?)‚ VHS cassette (or these?) or an audio cassette was loaned to a friend for their listening /
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people thought about music: peer to peer file sharing. Peer to peer file sharing‚ often abbreviated as simply p2p‚ allows different users swap songs‚ with no regards for copyright infringement. Now the most popular way to take music off the Internet is to use one of many YouTube to mp3 converter sites These sits allow you to copy a URL from a YouTube video and paste it into a text box on the YouTube to mp3 site which will then convert the video into a music file that is downloaded onto your computer
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copyright infringement (Lauden & Traver‚ 2013). As with any company‚ file sharing amenities are in the business to generate a revenue stream and although these services are illegal they are still able to lure “blue chip brands” to advertise. As long as there is the prospect for money to be made‚ file sharing sites will continue to subsist in the global internet world. Keywords: advertisement‚ copyright‚ digital‚ file sharing‚ piracy‚ The Pirate Bay Case Study: The Pirate Bay The Pirate Bay
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the Internet will increasingly affect DVD movie sales and paid Internet distribution of movies. As the ease of downloading unauthorized copies of movies grows with the availability of low-cost‚ high-bandwidth Internet connections and peer-to-peer file sharing networks‚ the movie industry’s concerns about illegal downloads is intensifying. These concerns are heightened by unauthorized copies of movies becoming available on the Internet prior to their U.S. theater release (Seiler and Snider 2003) Piracy
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Peer-to-Peer Networks for Content Sharing Choon Hoong Ding‚ Sarana Nutanong‚ and Rajkumar Buyya Grid Computing and Distributed Systems Laboratory‚ Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering‚ The University of Melbourne‚ Australia (chd‚ sarana‚ raj)@cs.mu.oz.au ABSTRACT Peer-to-peer (P2P) systems are popularly used as “file-swapping” networks to support distributed content sharing. A number of P2P networks for file sharing have been developed and deployed. Napster‚ Gnutella
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debated in court since the development of the VCR. In Sony Corp. v. Universal City Studios‚ the court ruled that “the sale of copying equipment” was legal because the VCR was “capable of substantial noninfringing uses.” (Yarbrough) The issue with music sharing is that its only purpose is a copyright infringing act. New advancements in technology have always made life faster‚ easier and more convenient. They’ve also had their share of court cases‚ which have defined rules and set guidelines for future cases
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into the business. (Piracy: Online and on the Street) These mentioned illegal downloads are now at an all time high. Forty-three percent of people worldwide now download music illegally (Mansfield). Piracy is made easier by online file sharing companies. File sharing companies allow people to share music on the internet. Although these companies say not to download copyrighted materials‚
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