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    Records took notice of the free digital music downloads and brought suit against Napster for direct, contributory, and vicarious copyright infringements (Washington University School of Law, 2013). First, it is important to discuss the direct, contributory and vicarious infringement claims against Napster. Direct copyright infringement claims are based on a breach of a copyright owners’ exclusive rights to the copyrighted work(s). A&M Records, Inc. v. Napster, Inc., 239 F.3d 1004, 1013 (9th Cir. 2001)

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    by Mr. Adithya Ramchandran Iyer ID No: 211020 On Copyright Law Topic – ‘Fighting Copyright infringement, iTunes and importance of a novel approach’ During the Winter Semester 2014/15 Introduction This paper attempts to show how far digitalization of music, primarily ushered in by Apple inc’s iTunes Store has had tangible results and helped tackle copyright infringement and has been able to deal with music piracy in the United States of America. It explores the viability of a similar approach

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    BUSINESS 102, PROFESSOR JASSO The Family Entertainment and Copyright Act Section 26, T.A Jarrid Aliyah Brown 3/17/2015   1 INTRODUCTION The purpose of this paper is to analyze and evaluate the Family Entertainment and Copyright Act (Public law S.167). Throughout the paper a thorough description of the policy’s design will be given along with the implementation process. By providing a detailed analysis and examples it is a goal to fully understand this policy. From the history of the act

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    lead to many benefits along with many challenges. As stated in the video Copyright Basics, as soon as something is captured in a fixed format such as being written down or recorded it is protected by copyright (2009). Therefore, with any visuals procured through the internet you could be subject to a copyright infringement. For this reason, legal implications arise when the visual an individual is utilizing has an active copyright. Having a great deal of visuals and options to access them presents

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    1422047 Existing Copyright Law Introduction Copyright law is a part of not only music but many other products for example the software that you are reading this document on has more than likely got copyright protection. But for the purpose of this Document the main topic of copyright is going to be based around music. Here is a few facts that may give you a better understanding of copyright as you read... • Copyright Law Came into existence as a spur from a concept from the “statute of Anne

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    Copyright and Copywrong This essay will first examine how copyright law has attempted to be strengthened in New Zealand, and whether that has succeeded in preventing piracy. Next, how New Zealand’s current copyright law stifles creativity will be examined, with comparison to the United States jurisdiction. Lastly, the benefits of reform regarding ‘fair use’ will be discussed. Due to word constraints, examples of creativity will be limited to parody within Pop Art. Recent copyright reforms in New

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    “exclusive right of distribution”; confirming that only Capitol Records has the legal ability to sell their music (Villasenor). However, ReDigi’s main argument, quite logically crafted, was based on the uncontroversial “first-sale” doctrine stated in US copyright law, which allows non-digital objects such as music CDs and books to be resold after being bought if they are lawfully produced and the seller does not continue to own the product (normally not a problem with physical products but definitely problematic

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    Elliott Shroat What is Copyright? • Copyright means that you own something and no one else can edit or change it without permission Why Should I Care About Copyright? • You should care because you want credit for what you did, not others. Which Works Are Protected by Copyright? • Mostly anything that can be seen, viewed, or heard like books, plays, and music. Which Works Are Not Protected by Copyright? • Ideas, Trends, phrases, or conversations are not protected. • Mainly just made up things that

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    Anyone accused of copyright infringement is protected under the claim of Fair use as long as they stayed within the fair use guidelines; the borrowed work must be used for the following reasons: Education, Critique, Parody or commentary. Professor Faden has been wrongly accused of Copyright infringement over his “Fair(y) Use Tale” video by Disney, accusing him of stealing their Intellectual Property for his own personal gain. This paper will prove Professor Faden’s innocence and why his video should

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    The basic argument of the documentary, Other People’s Footage, is to explain the process of using copyrighted footage for a new purpose, whether that be in films, music, etc. The documentary states that fair use comes out of the first amendment, which means it is completely legal to use. It also argues that fair use is easy to implement, as long as you follow three simple questions that deal with content and time-limits. The new work must be “transformative” as well. This means something new needs

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