Cannibals+(Music+Piracy)

"Music piracy." __Music Piracy - The Permanents__ 1. 3 Apr 2009 .

1. music piracy is the illegal coppying and downloading of copyrighted music and material. L.O 2. music piracy is defined as stealing music. L.O 3. burning and makeing your self a copy of a friends cd is considered music piracy and is ilegal. L.O 4. If you get caught doing music piracy you can be sued or even serve jail time. H.V 5.there is a copyright act saying only the leagel owner of the song is able nto copy it J.S. 6.music downloading is only legal if song royalties are paid J.S.

"THE FACTS ABOUT DOWNLOADING, FILE SHARING, AND CD BURNING." 2004 1-4. 3-3-09 .

1. Stealing music is the same as stealing anything else. L.O 2. stealing music can ruin the carrer of a new and up comming artist because they cant make any money. L.O 3. you can get sued or charged up to $150,000 per song you download if you get caught. L.O 4. The top 10 countries for music piracy are Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Pakistan, Paraguay, Russia, Spain, and Ukraine. H.V 5.You can be punished with three years in prison and $250,000. H.V 6.emailing songs to share them is pretected with the same copyright laws J.S. 7. if you are cuaght you can be sued in civil court J.S. 8. the parents of under age ofenders can be subject to the leagel punishment J.S. 9. for most of us music is the only thing we would steal J.S. 10. most people don't think that it is as bad as stealing somthing else like a peace of cloth or somting you get at a store J.S. 11. over 400 people have paid setlements averaging $3,000 J.S. 12. this has been such a problem they department of justice isued the creation of the intellectual property task force J.S. 13. this effects every one not just the song righters J.S. 14.you can find out if somthing is illeal by weather or not it has a copyright mark J.S. 15 the first admendment does not protect the right to download music J.S. 16 if you are sued by the music company you will be taken to civil court J.S.

Moore, Charles. "Is Music Piracy Stealing?." 8/8/03 3 Apr 2009 [].
 * 1) downloading free music is definitely a theft under a letter of the law. R.M
 * 2) 2/3 of people violating the law dont know they're doing it. R.M
 * 3) 29% say they care. R.M
 * 4) 6% have no opinion. R.M
 * 5) Copyright Downloaders has increased over the past year from 61% to 67%. R.M
 * 6) 65% dont care whether or not they're are copyrighting or not. R.M
 * 7) 35 million american adults use file-sharing software. R.M
 * 8) 26 % of those 35 million share files online. R.M
 * 9) 82% of file-sharers aged 18-29 say they dont care. R.M
 * 10) Aged 30 to 64 are more concerned. R.M
 * 11) 4 out of 5 students say they dont mind. R.M
 * 12) Perceived as a victimless crime. R.M
 * 13) millions of people who would never dream of shoplifting a book, album, or packaged software item, seem to have no ethical qualms about photocopying books and magazine articles, or downoading music. R.M
 * 14) Music piracy is considered stealing under current copyright law. R.M
 * 15) In the past three years, unit shipments of recorded music have fallen by 26 percent from 1.16 billion units in 1999 to 860 million units in 2002. R.M
 * 16) Computer users illegally download more than 2.6 billion copyrighted files (mostly songs) every month. R.M
 * 17) As of July 2002, Kazaa boasted 100 million registered users. By May 2003, Kazaa had become the world’s most downloaded software, with 230.3 million downloads. R.M
 * 18) In 2000, the ten top-selling albums in the United States sold a total of 60 million units. In 2001, that number dropped to 40 million. Last year, it totaled just 34 million. R.M
 * 19) Main reason teenagers aren’t buying more music is that they get a lot of what they want for free by downloading or copying it. R.M
 * 20) Among 12- to 18-year-olds, 35 percent will download a new song they like vs. just 10 percent who will buy it. R.M
 * 21) Among 19- to 24-year-olds, 32 percent download vs. 9 percent who will buy. R.M
 * 22) Releasing an album with major distribution costs a record label at least $1 million. R.M
 * 23) Students who illegally download copyrighted material, such as TV shows, music, games or movies, could expect to receive a disciplinary letter from the University. R.M
 * 24) About 100 students per semester receive "copyright infringement notices." R.M
 * 25) University does not actively make an effort to enforce copyright laws, but only responds to the requests of agencies hired by recording industries or movie studios. R.M
 * 26) If a student receives a letter from ORLH for copyright infringement, he or she will be warned if it is his or her first offense. R.M
 * 27) Repeated abuses could result in "a removal of all a student's registered devices from our network and a fine." R.M
 * 28) "Both copying and transmitting copy-protected material is a violation. R.M
 * 29) Programs like PeerGuardian can be used to block the IP addresses of agencies that have been known to sue for copyright infringement. R.M
 * 30) Other universities have struggled to slow down Internet piracy committed by their students, because it is difficult for network administrators to block illegal file sharing without also thwarting many legitimate activities. R.M
 * 31) For about 99 cents a song, iTunes provides the best, and largest, source for music downloads. R.M
 * 32) If you would like to watch TV Episodes or movies on your computer, the best thing to do is to watch streaming media using Netflix or Hulu. R.M
 * 33) Most file sharing programs have no distinction between downloading or uploading as they share and transmit data while you are downloading the file. R.M.
 * 34) 34. about 2/3 of people do not mind that there bracking a law J.S.
 * 35) young people have less concern compared to elder people J.S.

1. Ireland also has there own music piracy problem. L.O 2. in ireland the goverenment and recording companies agreed that anyone caught downloading illegal music will be completely banned from useing the internet. L,O 3.a small island in between england and ireland called the island of Mann also has a verry similar problem as Ireland. L.O 4. Eircom is Irelands biggest internet provider is cracking down and they say they they will disconect customers if they are caught pirrateing music. L.O 5.many other countrys are expected to follow with the same plan as ireland. L.O

Nesson, Charles. "Music-piracy law challenged." 11/20/08 [music- downloading-nov20|http://archives.chicagotribune.com/2008/nov/20/business/chi-thu- music- downloading-nov20].

1. Harvard Law School professor has launched a constitutional assault against a federal copyright law. R.M 2. graduate student accused by the recording industry of downloading at least seven songs and making 816 music files available for distribution. R.M 3. offered to settle the case for $500, but music companies rejected that, demanding $12,000. R.M

"Music piracy issues should be urgently addressed during visit by high-level EU delegation to Russia." 4/821/04 .
 * 1) European recording industry has urged President Prodi and EU Commissioners to address the unacceptably high levels of music piracy in Russia. R.M
 * 2) Amendment of the Russian copyright law: to provide full retroactive protection to foreign works and phonograms - including pre 1995 international repertoire; and to enable Russia to join the WIPO Treaties of 1996. R.M
 * 3) Adoption an effective optical disc law to address the production and distribution of optical discs. R.M
 * 4) Closure of disc manufacturing plants involved in illegal production by withdrawing licenses - particularly as regards plants located on state-owned military industrial complexes. R.M
 * 5) Effective and immediate action in response to criminal and civil complaints filed by right holders. R.M
 * 6) Introduction of more widespread and effective enforcement activities. R.M
 * 7) Russia currently has 30 replication plants with annual manufacturing capacity of 371.6 million CDs and 38 million DVDs. R.M

Fisher, Daniel. "Napster history." //M/cyclopedia.com// 19/september/2005 1. 6 Apr 2009.

1. In 1999 Shawn Fanning created Napster. L.O 2. Napster was created to be a free peer to peer file and mp3 shareing and downloading place. L.O 3. Napster allowed users to swap and download coppyrighted music. L.O 4. On December 7/ 1999 the riaa Filed the first lawsuit on napster for coppyright infringement. L.O 5. The lawsuit demaned $10,000 for every coppyrighted song tradded in the system. L.O 6. 2002 METALICA joined the fight to sue napster. L.O 7. The lawsuit was a faliure. L.O 8. On september, 24, 2001, Napster agreed to pay back over $26million. L.O 9. March, 5, 2001 npaster was shutdown. L.O 10. RiAA stands for **Recording Industry Association of America. L.O**

"THE FACTS ABOUT DOWNLOADING, FILE SHARING, AND CD BURNING."
 * 1) Stealing music betrays the songwriters and recording artists who create it. R.M
 * 2) Stealing music stifles the careers of new artists and up-and-coming bands. R.M
 * 3) Stealing music threatens the livelihood of the thousands of working people, from recording engineers to Christian music retailers and their staffs, who are employed in this ministry. R.M
 * 4) The RIAA can sue for as much as $150,000 per song illegally downloaded. R.M
 * 5) Almost 2000 individuals have been sued by the RIAA for illegally downloading as of March, 2004. R.M
 * 6) More than 400 individuals have settled, paying fines averaging $3000. R.M
 * 7) The Department of Justice recently announced the creation of the Intellectual Property Task Force, which examines all aspects of how the DOJ handles intellectual property issues. R.M
 * 8) It has a very real and harmful impact on virtually everyone, from countless musicians, songwriters, performers, producers, recording engineers and others. R.M

Heath Gilmore, Kerrie Armstrong. "War on music piracy." February 17, 2008.
 * 1) Internet service providers (ISPs) there might be legally required to take action against users who access pirated material. R.M
 * 2) the Rudd Government is considering a three-strikes policy against computer users who download songs illegally. R.M
 * 3) Under the three-strikes policy, a warning would be first issued to offenders who illegally share files using peer-to-peer technology to access music, TV shows and movies free of charge. R.M
 * 4) The second strike would lead to the offender's internet access being suspended. R.M
 * 5) The third would cancel the offender's internet access. R.M
 * 6) The policy would mirror legislation being introduced in Britain, which would require ISPs to police the activities of users. R.M
 * 7) We will also examine any UK legislation on this issue [including any three-strikes policy] with particular interest. R.M
 * 8) Music Industry Piracy Investigations general manager Sabiene Heindl said her organisation had been lobbying for the policy for 12 months (one year). R.M
 * 9) Cyberlocker and BitTorrent sites but this had failed to stem the estimated 2.8 million Australians downloading music illegally last year. R.M
 * 10) Because P2P file sharing involves these music files sitting on individual people's computers, there is very little that MIPI can do to remove those files or stop them being shared. R.M
 * 11) That's why they have been pushing a proposal to internet service providers for a commonsense system of warning notices which, if unheeded, would ultimately result in a user having their account suspended or disconnected. R.M
 * 12) Penalties include injunctions, damages and costs, fines of up to $60,500 for individuals and up to $302,500 for corporations per infringement and up to five years jail. R.M
 * 13) It asked 600 Australians aged between 10 and 17 across NSW and Victoria in August and September about accessing music. R.M

dickerson, maria. "rampant piracy threatens to silence latin music industry." july 06, 2004.
 * 1) piracy is so rife in mmexica that the vast majority of the band's album sales are illegal CD's peddled on the street. H.V
 * 2) An estimated six out of ever ten CD's sold are believed to be bootlegs (copyrighted). H.V
 * 3) Government is losing more than $100 million annually in tax revenue. H.V
 * 4) Pirates gace robbed musicians of so many sales that the mexican industry last year slashed the standard for granting gold recors be one-third to just 50,000 copies-- one-tenth of the U.S threshold. H.V
 * 5) Recording industry employment has fallen by nearly half since 2000. H.V
 * 6) Music retailers are closing their doors, as saled last plunged to &347 million, down 25% from 2002, dropping Mexico out of the worlds top 10 music markets for the first time in years. H.V
 * 7) Russian piracy is becoming to U.S companies. H.V
 * 8) In 2005 alone, nearly $1.8 billion was lost due to pirated films, music and software, said the organization. H.V
 * 9) The IIPA said that in 2005, bootlegged software and entertainment cost U.S businesses $2.37 billion. H.V
 * 10) Rate of piracy inrussia is between 20 and 80 percent. H.V
 * 11) Many businesess continue selling pirated copies of DVD's, CD's and software releases. H.V
 * 12) Business software piracy was the biggetst problem in the country, accounting for &748 million in losses during the year. H.V
 * 13) Next was music piracy with &475 million, and film with $266 million losses came in third. H.V
 * 14) Entertainment software piracy totaled &224 million according to the study. H.V

Who really cares?." //music unitied.org// 1. 7 Apr 2009. 1. Most people would never steal a cd from a cd store so why would you steal from the internet?. L.O, 2. Stealing music is the same as stealing anything else. L.O

Nexis, Lexis. "Trying to take teeth out of music piracy in China; Big music companies join Google in offering free download service." //Contentagenda.com// 12009 1. 7 Apr 2009.

1. China is the world wide leader in music piracy and illegal downloading. L.O 2. In china google is assisting people with all the illegal music downloading. L.O 3. 84 percent of the nearly 300 million Internet users in China download music over the Web. L.O 4. In china the goverenment has a plan to crack down on all the music piracy. L.O 5. But most people in china dont think that thw plan will work. L.O