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Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) Is the trade group that represents the U.S. recording industry. Its member create, manufacture, and distribute 85 percent of the legitimate sound recordings produced and sold in the U.S.
legal action against more than 40,000 people The RIAA justifies its strong antipiracy efforts The RIAA loses about $5 billion and retailers lose about $1 billion worldwide from music piracy.
business that encourage theft. [the] individuals who engage in illegal downloading must also know that there are consequences to there actions. If you violate the law and steal from record companies, musicians, songwriters and everyone else involved in making music, you can be held accountable.
RIAA announced it was dropping its aggressive and highly controversial strategy.
The RIAA will alert participating Internet service providers to what it believes to be illegal downloading activities by ISP customers. The ISP will either forward RIAA copyright infringement notices to its subscribers or notify its customers about the notices and ask them to cease and desist.
escalating sanctions against repeat offenders, ranging from slowing down the subscribers network speed to terminating service. The RIAA reserves the right o sue flagrant copyright offenders.
It is a term used to
describer works of the mind that are distinct and owned or created by a single person or group.
A law protects
inventions
It was established through the U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 8, clause 8. to promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Rights to their respective Writings and Discoveries.
Works created after January 1,1978, Works created but not published or
registered before January 1,1978 Works created before 1978 that are still in their original or renewable term of copyright
choreography , drama, graphics, literature, motion pictures, pantomimes, pictures, sculptures, sound recordings, and other intellectual works, as described in Title 17 of the U.S. Code.
The purpose and character of the use (such as commercial use or nonprofit, educational purposes) The nature of the copyrighted work The portion of the copyrighted work used in relation to the work as a whole The effect of the use on the value of the copyrighted work
(PRO-IP) Act of 2008 increased trademark nd copyright enforcement, and substantially increased penalties for infringement.
The original GATT was signed in 1947 by 150 countries This agreement also created the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva, Switzerland to enforce with the agreement.
Many nations recognize that intellectual property has become increasingly important in trade. As a result, the WTO developed the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of intellectual property Rights. Also know as the TRIPS
KEY TERMS
COPYRIGHT
Computers programs are protected as literary works Patent protection is available for any invention Trade secret and other types of undisclosed information
PATENT
TRADE SECRET
The WIPO, headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland is agency of the United Nations established in 1967. WIPO is dedicated to developed a balanced and accessible international IP system.
November 1998 It was written to bring U.S. law into compliance with the global copyright protection treaty from WIPO
Circumvent a technical protection Develop and provide tools that allow others to access a technologically protected work Manufacture, import, provide, or traffic tools that enable others to circumvent protection and copy of protected work
It is a grant of a property right issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USTPO
Is the process of taking something apart to understand it, build a copy of it, or improve it. Analyzing it to create a new representation of the system in a different form or a higher level of abstraction.
Is any program whose source code is made available for use or modification as users or developer see it. A common use of open source software is to move data from one application to another and to extract, transform, and load business data into large database.
Purpose
File Compression Sound editing and special effects 3D modeling and animation Erase data completely
Firefox
Open Office
Internet browser
Word processing, Spreadsheet, Presentation