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            The technological explosion of the last few decades has taken mankind to heights it never dreamed possible. One of the most controversial topics of the internet debate is that of ownership. When one puts an idea out on the net who owns it? This question has created tension and turmoil in many fields including literature, litigation and music. Music has long since been at the forefront of controversy when it comes to the Internet and its abilities because of the ease with which it allows in music piracy. Front-page news accounts detail the rise and fall of companies such as Napster and others that made a huge profit on the willingness of consumers to commit music piracy. Music piracy on the Internet has become a multi-million dollar venture and the artists, their agents and the attorneys they hire are constantly working to shut down its existence.
             Those who produce intellectual property and those who benefit from it are currently debating the implications it may have on the future of online music. There are basically two sides to the issue. On the one hand, there are those corporate monsters that scream copyright infringement and push with litigation. The recording industry, for the most part, suggests that it is wrong to copy works from others and perhaps return profits for them. This is the basic notion that ideas have value. The primary concern for these people is the lack of revenue from the sale of music albums in stores. They encourage legislation for the sole purpose of protecting their own interests. They don't agree with web sites distributing free music files of which has copyright protection. Moreover, the record industry is investing in new media venture, and seeking partners, to develop online music services for its consumers. This may indeed be the unbalancing of the arguments because they have more influence over government decisions than do the consumers. They can advise governments on the laws needed to protect artists and their creations.


Essays Related to music piracy

1. Media Piracy and the United States Economy

Protection against piracy is somewhat of a joke. ... Apparently, 70 percent of online users don't see piracy as a form of "theft ". ... The movie industry alone is to an extent crippled by piracy; now imagine the impact of the effect on the economy from music and software piracy as well. ... The software protection system is fully imbedded into Microsoft's Windows Media file format, and will only work if record companies distributed their music through this format, which is an inconvenience. In addition to this measure, The Secure Digital Music Initiative (SDMI was created for a sim...

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2. Online Music and Software Piracy

As a result, an average iPod contains $800 worth of pirated music. 70% of online users find nothing wrong in online piracy (go-gulf.com). ... Consequently, media piracy and software piracy are viewed as acceptable and normal behavior among the public. ... In the b music industry, at least $12.5 billion of sales were lost due to internet piracy of music. Online piracy of movies, music, software applications cause 71, 060 people to lose their jobs every year in the United States alone. ... Recently, more than 5,000 people have been sued for online music piracy with fines reaching as far as $1...

  • Word Count: 950
  • Approx Pages: 4
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  • Grade Level: Undergraduate

3. Argument Essay - Music Piracy

Illegal downloading of music, music piracy, first began with Napster in 1999. ... One side feels that music piracy is a crime and should be punished by criminal law. The other side feels that music piracy should be made legal. ... The year 1999 is when music piracy began to become a major issue. ... There is no difference in music piracy and using You Tube....

  • Word Count: 940
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  • Grade Level: High School

4. Software Piracy & Intellectual Property Rights

Software is intellectual property, as are books, movies, and music. Music performers and authors, software developers use copyright laws to protect their work and their investment in the field. ... Worldwide Piracy In 2001, the Business Software Alliance commissioned a study on worldwide business piracy. The study showed that in 2000: The world piracy rate increased to 37% $11.75 billion was lost due to piracy By region, Eastern Europe had the highest piracy rate at 63%, and has had the highest piracy rate in every study since 1994. ... A Technology firm was fined $1 million dollar ...

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  • Grade Level: Undergraduate

5. Piracy and the Growth of the Internet

Software piracy is a unique form of counterfeiting. ... Software piracy takes place in different forms. ... Piracy in an industrial level contains programming experts who devote their time to a specific function of the piracy ring. ... The nature of P2P file sharing program, which makes it so much easy to search and download not only pirated softwares, but movies, music, eBooks, has led to a rampant growth in the software piracy amongst individual users. ... Software piracy has also been found to be linked to organized crimes. ...

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  • Approx Pages: 7
  • Grade Level: Undergraduate

6. Piracy in our culture

In the music industry, piracy represents a massive illicit enterprise, with ever-closer links to international organized crime. ... With greater control of piracy, all the people who produce, direct, and do other behind the scenes work keep their jobs so the world can continue to enjoy movies, plays, artwork, and music. ... Some priorities of these groups are fighting music piracy, promoting fair market access and adequate copyright laws, helping develop the legal conditions and the technologies for the recording industry to prosper in the digital era, and promoting the value of music in...

  • Word Count: 550
  • Approx Pages: 2
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7. The Problem with Media Piracy

Media piracy is, by definition, the act of illegally reproducing movies, music and/or videos for personal or commercial use. Music and movie piracy are the most common forms and fall into the category of Intellectual Property Crimes. ... Creators of music and film are constantly struggling to stop piracy, but their efforts have had limited impact. ... As a result, the music and movie industries may disappear if the problem of piracy continues in the long-term. ... In the article, "How Much Does Music and Movie Piracy Really Hurt the U.S. ...

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8. Music Piracy

As RIAA president Cary Sherman says, "Downloaded music or file-swapping is a persuasive problem that is causing great harm to everyone who brings music to the public," it has affected the sales at stores, such as Sam Goody and Music World. ... I guess in a way I am part of the problem for music companies. ... Copyright law is clearly aggressive or maybe excessive to people who swap music files over the internet. ... Also, in Italy, a piracy ring was broken up based on a lead from a single e-mail. ... At first Coleman was concerned that the RIAA was taking a "shotgun" approach its attempt t...

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  • Approx Pages: 3
  • Grade Level: Undergraduate

9. MP3-Piracy

This seems to be the hidden question behind all the other piracy-related jargon. ... The point that this article was trying to make was that there would have to be a trade-off so as not to force the consumer market to make such rash decisions like music piracy. ... The basically fight overseas piracy by encouraging governments to identify and warn infringers. ... They are responding to the witch-hunts by the RIAA by developing anti-piracy technologies and secure downloading. They are also seeking partnerships with other industry groups to successfully realize these anti-piracy initiatives. ...

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  • Approx Pages: 4
  • Grade Level: Undergraduate

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