Princeton University Press v. Michigan Document Services (1996) Michigan Document Services was involved in creating packages of study material for the students of the University. A professor supplied the course material and Michigan Document services, a photocopying organization, took photocopies of the material and converted it into a booklet for sale to students at the University. There was a clause of "Fair use" in this case. The photocopying company could have paid a nominal fee to the University and then used the material. This was available to anyone who wished to use the material. However, the photocopying company paid for only the original and then started making photocopies of the study material. The court considered that it was not "fair use" and penalized the photocopying company. A & M Records vs. Napster (2001) This is one of the most famous cases of copyright infringement related to the music industry. As peer to peer file sharing increased, Napster started a website. This website offered downloads of songs of all genre – new and old. You may know someone who used it. A & M Records brought in a joint copyright infringement case which accused Napster of stealing music and making it available to people worldwide. Before closing the site in 2002, Napster had to settle USD26 million to different recording companies and songwriters. It could have even more if Napster had not apologized and folded the site. Several websites still thrive on offering free music to people who can download it at no cost. As mentioned in our article on "Internet Ethics and Copyright Laws", the music industry faces most copyright infringement cases. The Napster case, though an example of the consequences, still does not act as a deterrent for other music websites that offer free music downloads. We hope these famous copyright infringement cases have clarified what is considered copyright violation to some extent. If you still have any questions, please free to contact us using the comments facility.
mercades c on 15 Mar 12a student in minnesota is sueing the school and school board over taking he Facebook username and password the school did this in the name of protecting the learning enviorment. yet the post made by the student was made outside of school and not using the schools network
Samantha RM on 15 Mar 12A student in minnesota is suing the school and school board over taking her Facebook username and password. the school did this in the name of protecting the learning envirment. Yet the made by the student
Robert S on 15 Mar 12A student in Minnesota is suing the the school and school board over taking her Facebook username and password. The school did this in the name of protecting the learning enviroment. yet the post was made by the student occurred outside of school and not using the schools network.
