Many believe that MP3's are breaking copyrights and is a form of online piracy. ... It usually would be considered illegal if you downloaded and kept a copy of someone else's music that had been copyrighted. The laws stated about copyrighted content, have sections about acceptable use, however, and a fair argument could be put forward about the use of MP3 files being legal. ... When on an internet site, sometimes it can be hard to tell whether the music on offer is legal, and has been submitted by the artists themselves, or whether music has been copied from a copyrighted CD and p...

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An alliance of record companies sued Napster on the grounds of copyright infringement. These record companies believe that "Napster is thus enabling and encouraging the illegal copying and distribution of copyrighted music"(RIAA-recording industry of America). ... Instead of tapes being copied and shared, MP3s are now copied and shared. ... According to Napster's leading attorney David Boies, "the law [Audio Home Recording Act of 1992] does not distinguish between large-scale and small-scale sharing or lending"(Taro-3). ... But it's not the copyright law that is the issue betwee...

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When there is an exchange of goods the laws of supply and demand almost always regulate the transaction. ... No supply exists because digital files can be copied and distributed an unlimited amount of times. ... Because MP3s are often pirated copies of music protected by copyright law, the music industry is filing lawsuits against the P2P software companies. ... By doing this, music fans were offering both non-copyrighted and copyrighted music free of charge. At this point the popularity of MP3s "and the legal problems associated with trading copyrighted material "skyrocketed. ...

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The recording industry, for the most part, suggests that it is wrong to copy works from others and perhaps return profits for them. ... They don't agree with web sites distributing free music files of which has copyright protection. ... They can advise governments on the laws needed to protect artists and their creations. ... They are the international organization responsible for global copyright protection and enforcement. ... The record industry is trying to fight the major sites and companies in court with copyright suits. ...

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However, many of the people "breaking the law" appear to be uninterested and ignore the requests of the RIAA. ... Perhaps many of millions of people who are currently "breaking the law" feel that the accusers will not target them. ... Changing copyright law is not a solution for poor management. Copy protected CDs lock up the music forever, even when the work in question returns to public domain. This was not part of the copyright bargain our forefathers struck, nor was it ever intended to provide income for the heirs of the copyright holder. ...

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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. ... They don't agree with web sites distributing free music files of which have copyright protection. ... They can advise governments on the laws needed to protect artists and their creations. ... They are the international organization responsible for global copyright protection and enforcement. ...

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Copyright protects original works whether that is a piece of music or a book. ... The relevant UK law is the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. ... They also handle all the copyright so that the writer owns the whole song. ... One of the most important jobs a publisher does is protecting its copyrights and enforcing the exclusive rights that it has been given by the songwriter and the copyright laws. ... Music piracy is the distribution and sale of music that you yourself do not own or are the copyright holder and have not been given permission by the artist or copyright holder. ...

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Numerous record labels quickly filed suits claiming Napster file sharing violates the copyright laws of their intellectual property. ... In an attempt to further expand their case, a press release by the RIAA declared that the number of burned CD's worldwide is proximate to the number of CD's sold through retail on the condition that just half of the blank discs sold in 2001 were used to copy music (qtd. in Boucher). Having read this information, "you"d have to assume... that if it weren't for personally copied music, CD sales would be double, and with the copying they should h...

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