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COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT
CAROL KOTERMANSKI
CHRIS IOFFREDA
MIRKO AZIS
MIKE BOLSTER
ETHAN FRIER
WHAT IS
COPYRIGHT
LAW?
COPYRIGHT LAW PROTECTS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY.
COPYRIGHT LAW IS CONTROLLED BY THE US COPYRIGHT OFFICE
IN THE UNITED STATES.
IF AN ILLEGAL COPY OF A PRODUCTION IS AVAILABLE FOR LESS,
COPYRIGHT HOLDERS HAVE LESS FINANCIAL INCENTIVE TO
PRODUCE MATERIAL I.E. MUSICIANS PRODUCING MUSIC.
WHAT IS
COPYRIGHT
INFRINGEMEN
T?
COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT (OR COPYRIGHT VIOLATION) IS THE
UNAUTHORIZED USE OF MATERIAL THAT IS COVERED BY
COPYRIGHT LAW.
COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT NEGATES THE INCENTIVE FOR
PRODUCERS TO PRODUCE MATERIAL.
COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT IS ALSO KNOWN AS PIRACY.
COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT IS ILLEGAL.
HOW DO
COPYRIGHT
LAWS AFFECT
ME?
IT STOPS PEOPLE FROM DOWNLOADING MUSIC AND OTHER
DOCUMENTS FOR FREE. COPYRIGHT LAW IS A VERY EFFECTIVE
DETERRENT FROM ILLEGAL DOWNLOADING, STOPPING
EVERYBODY FROM ENGAGING IN SUCH ACTIVITY.
IF YOU INFRINGE COPYRIGHT LAWS, YOU COULD RECEIVE MANY
DIFFERENT FINES FROM DIFFERENT SEVERITY AND COULD
EVEN FACE SMALL AMOUNTS OF JAIL TIME.
WHAT ARE THE
PENALTIES OF
COPYRIGHT
INFRINGEMENT?
PEOPLE TEND TO DISREGARD THE FACT THAT THERE ARE LAWS
AND PENALTIES FOR COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT.
THE PROSECUTIONS FOR COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT WILL
CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN THE THE FUTURE.
AN AREA THAT CRIMINAL PROSECUTIONS FOR THE CRIME IS IN
THE AREA OF PIRATING CDS AND DVDS.
WHAT ARE THE
PENALTIES OF
COPYRIGHT
INFRINGEMENT?
INFRINGER PAYS THE ACTUAL DOLLAR AMOUNT OF DAMAGES
AND PROFITS.
THE LAW PROVIDES A RANGE FROM $200 TO $150,000 FOR
EACH WORK INFRINGED.
INFRINGER PAYS FOR ALL ATTORNEYS FEES AND COURT COSTS.
THE COURT CAN ISSUE AN INJUNCTION TO STOP THE INFRINGING
ACTS.
THE COURT CAN IMPOUND THE ILLEGAL WORKS.
THE INFRINGER CAN GO TO JAIL.
HOW CAN I
PREVENT
COPYRIGHT
INFRINGEMEN
T?
LOOK BEFORE YOU LEAP – BEFORE YOU POST ANYTHING ONLINE,
OR REPRODUCE ANYTHING (PHOTOCOPY ETC.), READ UP
ABOUT THE SPECIFIC COPYRIGHT LAWS WHICH APPLY TO THAT
SITUATION. IF YOU DON’T YOU COULD GET IN A LOT OF
TROUBLE, LET ALONE IT IS OUR ETHICAL AND MORAL DUTY
TO DO SO.
THE BASICS – NEVER DOWNLOAD MUSIC OR MOVIES ILLEGALLY,
THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST COMMON FORMS OF
PERPETUATING COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT. IF YOU KNOW OF
A FRIEND OR FAMILY MEMBER WHO IS ENGAGING IS SUCH
ACTIVITIES, YOU SHOULD TALK TO THEM AND TELL THEM
THAT WHAT THEY ARE DOING IS WRONG. IF THEY DO NOT
STOP, YOU SHOULD CONTACT THE APPROPRIATE
AUTHORITIES, AND REPORT THESE ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES.
TO HELP PREVENT COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT,
YOU CAN START A
FUN AND COOL CLUB AT YOUR SCHOOL TO SPREAD THE
WORD ABOUT HOW BAD IT IS.
EXAMPLES OF
COPYRIGHT
INFRINGEMENT
• LET’S START WITH AN EASY ONE: NAPSTER
• NAPSTER WAS FIRST RELEASED IN 1999 BY SHAWN
FANNING, A 19-YEAR-OLD COLLEGE DROPOUT.
• NAPSTER NEVER ACTUALLY HANDLED FILES BEING SHARED
THROUGH IT. ESSENTIALLY, NAPSTER HELD ON ITS SERVER A
LIST OF FILES AND SYSTEMS SHARING FILES WITH NAPSTER. IT
WAS ESSENTIALLY A DATABASE.
• NAPSTER ALLOWED USERS TO SHARE FILES PEER-TO-PEER;
USERS DOWNLOADED INFORMATION FROM EACH OTHERS
COMPUTERS.
• EVEN SO, LAWSUITS WERE BROUGHT AGAINST NAPSTER BY
RECORD COMPANIES AND SOME HIGH PROFILE ARTISTS.
EXAMPLES OF
COPYRIGHT
INFRINGEMENT
• NAPSTER WAS ESSENTIALLY SHUT DOWN.
• NOW, MANY OTHER SERVICES SUCH AS LIMEWIRE USE
PEER-TO-PEER SHARING WHILE TRYING TO DISASSOCIATE
THEMSELVES FROM COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT DONE USING
THEIR SERVICE.
EXAMPLES OF
COPYRIGHT
INFRINGEMENT
• COPYING MUSIC WITHOUT PAYING FOR IT IS COPYRIGHT
INFRINGEMENT.
• EVEN COVERING ANOTHER BANDS SONG IS CONSIDERED
COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT IF YOU DON’T PAY ROYALTIES OR
HAVE LICENSE TO USE THE MUSIC.
• MORE EXAMPLES OF COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT INCLUDE
BUYING PIRATED DVDS OR DOWNLOADING THEM OFF THE
INTERNET.
• ALSO, ILLEGALLY DOWNLOADED SOFTWARE, PICTURES, AND
ART ARE ALL CONSIDERED A COPYRIGHT VIOLATION. THESE
THINGS MUST ALL BE BOUGHT OR LICENSED.