The Issue of Downloading.
Sunday, October 11, 2009 by May Rose
Last Week’s lecture on Copyright and Intellectual Property end with three perspectives on the anti-piracy debate:
1. People should not download things illegally at all.
2. People should use judgement when choosing what to download, e.g: Download illegally from established artists and buy local artists music; Download single mp3s but buy full albums; or buy songs from artists one really likes while illegally downloading songs that you will just toss away later.
3. People should be able to download whatever they want for free since it is easy.
Along with this, many people argue that file sharing is a way of bonding with friends and like giving them presents as since in one of this anti-piracy video from last week’s lecture:
They argue that people should not give what is not theirs. But by saying this does it mean that it is ok to share bought entertainment? One legal version can be the base of many illegal copies.
Companies and authorities like RIAA and MPAA want people to stop downloading things illegally but their “efforts” are not good enough. They need to stop campaigns like this one which people fast forward on their DVD players:
And start having more with people who are actually affected. Here a few good ones from Paula Abdul and Jack Black:
1. People should not download things illegally at all.
2. People should use judgement when choosing what to download, e.g: Download illegally from established artists and buy local artists music; Download single mp3s but buy full albums; or buy songs from artists one really likes while illegally downloading songs that you will just toss away later.
3. People should be able to download whatever they want for free since it is easy.
Along with this, many people argue that file sharing is a way of bonding with friends and like giving them presents as since in one of this anti-piracy video from last week’s lecture:
They argue that people should not give what is not theirs. But by saying this does it mean that it is ok to share bought entertainment? One legal version can be the base of many illegal copies.
Companies and authorities like RIAA and MPAA want people to stop downloading things illegally but their “efforts” are not good enough. They need to stop campaigns like this one which people fast forward on their DVD players:
And start having more with people who are actually affected. Here a few good ones from Paula Abdul and Jack Black: