Skip to main content

Home/ M2017 ITGS HL section B/ Group items tagged reform

Rss Feed Group items tagged

willmichael

DMCA: Katy Perry, Christina Aguilera, more push for music piracy law reforms | EW.com - 1 views

  • “drastic reforms” to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act — a law that governs intellectual property on the Internet.
  • have filed petitions to the U.S. Copyright Office detailing their struggles with the “antiquated policies” and demanding reform to better “protect the future of the music industry,
  • The DCMA, which was implemented in 1998 to protect intellectual property when the Internet was in its nascent stages, creates so-called “safe harbors” for Internet platforms, assuring they are not liable for the actions of their users.
  • ...3 more annotations...
  • “The laws strike a balance between facilitating free speech and creativity while protecting the interests of copyright holders,” the post reads. “These smart laws allow people to post content that they have created on platforms — such as videos, reviews, pictures, and text. In essence, this is what makes the Internet great.”
    • willmichael
       
      the response from the other side
  • This is the biggest act the music industry has taken against the act thus far.
  •  
    Situation : Lots of other popular musicians are trying to make it harder to pirate music online because they believe that the The Digital Millennium Copyright Act, a law that governs intellectual property on the Internet, is too lose and needs to be reformed. Social and Ethical Significance: Influence on regular people who are law abiding citizens: This does not have that much of an impact to these people although it is important to consider that they are law abiding most likely because they believe that the musicians deserve to make money from the music they produce, so they are happy that people are speaking out. On the contrary, some people just follow the law and will not be affected by this article. Influence on regular people who are not law abiding citizens with pirating: This is important to these people because as the issue and pressure on the government is brought up more and more by popular musicians, laws may have to be passed and these people will not be able to pirate music any more. Then again, there are always loopholes to this, but at least big musicians are speaking out to raise awareness. Musicians : This is an important step for musicians trying to protect their industry. As technology increases more and more, so does the rising threat of pirating and the many loopholes people are finding with new apps. So, if enough musicians put more and more pressure on the government to change laws, then they may see action in the future with laws preventing piracy. Stakeholders: Musicians - They are trying to make as much money as possible, as they rightfully should, so their finances and career depend on their popularity and music being bought abiding by the law. Non-law abiding citizens - If these people can't buy music illegally, then they will have to follow the law and buy music/support the musician the right way.
Yee Lee Chen

Music stars seek reform of online piracy law in US - BBC News - 0 views

  •  
    Singers such as Katy Perry, Bryan Adams and Christina Aguilera are among hundreds in the music industry calling on US lawmakers to reform online piracy law. 2 stakeholders: Songwriters and artists, as well as the people who purchase/download their works online or in stores
1 - 2 of 2
Showing 20 items per page