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Name Date Course Section/# On the Grounds of Responsibility: An Analysis of the Law and How internet Service Providers Are Being Required to Police Their Own Users Executive Summary: The following analysis discusses the ways in which copyright infringement battles are defining the way in which ISPs (internet Service Providers) are increasingly being required to police their own users.... As a last resort, the MPAA and RIAA have began bringing suits towards the ISPs(internet Service Providers) that provide the link to the information that copyright infringers download....
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hellip; Therefore, since people who download music over the internet are taking licensed property without paying for it, it is stealing.... Some people might not see it a stealing, as it is taking something that is relatively intangible, as opposed to actually taking a piece of solid property from the rightful owner, but it is stealing, nonetheless because it is taking something of value without paying for it.... Date Morality of Illegal Downloading Introduction Downloading music is illegal....
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… the internet introduced a novel digital threat to legitimate copyright holders; and the illegal duplication of DVDs and CDs has proliferated, with Russia and a large number of Asian countries, emerging as the principal infringers (Mcclintock).... the internet is a vast repository of music, movies, games and software.... As the access to the internet increases, the rate of piracy also increases.... People with access to the internet can download computer software, music or movies and other copyrighted material in digitalized form; and copy, replicate and sell it on the black market....
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Nowadays, when there are so many talented singers, it has become a lot easier to listen to their music by using the internet, rather than buying a licensed CD.... Transmitting mp3 files over the internet has become by far the most popular method of distribution, generating in this way controversial and intense debates.... It is not possible to talk about illegal mp3 downloads in Canada, where downloading music from peer-to-peer networks is legal, uploading it being against the law....
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The paper describes the internet file-sharing service.... The term is used to describe the internet structure and how it stores information which can be retrieved by other networks or computers via interconnected networks.... This may also become an issue of piracy and infringement of rights as the legal owner of the copyright is not benefitting from the file sharing.... However, without a clear definition of infringement rights from the file owner, it becomes quite a daunting task to classify file sharing as ethical or ethically wrong....
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hellip; the internet is a growing source of information and entertainment for people round the world.... People on the internet, either friends or strangers, can share information.... Most of the information found on the internet is copyrighted.... The violation of this law has often been associated with the internet users who often download and share copyrighted information without the owner's knowledge.... ommercial pirates use the internet to transfer movie files from one country to another for download and subsequent duplication and counterfeits in other markets....
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In line with the on-going debate on whether the internet file-sharing services should be considered as a legally accepted practice or not (Weitzner, 2006), the researcher will analyze certain facts on the legal system and economic point-of-view with regards to the advantages and disadvantages of illegalizing the internet file-sharing based on the result of the researcher's previous study.... nbsp; By weighing the possible effects of illegalizing the internet file-sharing global practices, the researcher will provide a valid justification for concluding whether or not the internet file-sharing practices should be illegal for violating the copyright infringement law....
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Carr maintains that the distraction instanced by alerts, emails and other messages serve as the main reason behind the reduced memory and understanding for the users of digital media (“Does the internet make you dumber?... from the paper "Psychological and Legal Perspectives of Digital Media", it is clear that the future is dreary with the intensified use of the digital media.... Mobile devices, such as iPods, have gained much popularity, allowing people to download and experience videos, audios, and images anywhere and anytime....
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