Digital File Sharing and Copyright Law in Lithuania. The Comparative Perspective.

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jurate Breimelyte
Keyword(s):  
File Sharing ◽  
Copyright Law ◽  
Comparative Perspective ◽  
Digital File

Digital Copyright

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica Litman
Keyword(s):  
Motion Picture ◽  
General Public ◽  
File Sharing ◽  
Peer To Peer ◽  
Copyright Law ◽  
Information Policy ◽  
Free Society ◽  
Digital Copyright ◽  
Exchange Of Information ◽  
Copyright Laws

The general public is used to thinking of copyright (if it thinks of it at all) as marginal and arcane. But copyright is central to our society’s information policy and affects what we can read, view, hear, use, or learn. In 1998 Congress enacted new laws greatly expanding copy owners’ control over individuals’ private uses of their works. The efforts to enforce these new rights laws have resulted in highly publicized legal battles between established media, including major record labels and motion picture studios, and upstart internet companies such as MP3.com and Napster.In this book, I question whether copyright laws crafted by lawyers and their lobbyists really make sense for the vast majority of us. Should every interaction between ordinary consumers and copyright-protected works be restricted by law? Is it practical to enforce such laws, or expect consumers to obey them? What are the effects of such laws on the exchange of information in a free society? My critique exposes the 1998 copyright law as an incoherent patchwork. I argues for reforms that reflect the way people actually behave in their daily digital interactions.The Maize Books edition includes both an afterword written in 2006 exploring the rise of peer-to-peer file sharing and a new Postscript reflecting on the consequences of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act as it nears its twentieth birthday.

scholarly journals O projeto de lei do Compartilhamento de Arquivos Digitais: uma possível solução para o problema? | The bill's proposal of digital file sharing: a possible solution to the problem?

2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jorge Machado
Keyword(s):  
File Sharing ◽  
Economic Feasibility ◽  
Digital Content ◽  
Digital File ◽  
Unauthorized Reproduction

RESUMO A reprodução não autorizada de conteúdos digitais protegidos constitui um dos maiores problemas da atualidade, fazendo do direito autoral no meio digital um terreno de amplos conflitos. A repressão ao compartilhamento digital tem falhado enquanto solução ao problema. No texto, expomos uma proposta de legalização e apresentamos sua viabilidade econômica diante dos interesses dos detentores de direitos autorais.Palavras-chave: P2P; Compartilhamento; Legalização; Direitos Autorais; Internet.ABSTRACT The unauthorized reproduction of Protected Digital Content is one of the most important problems of the present. It raises great conflicts about copyright in the digital environment.The repression linked to digital sharing has failed to solve the problem. In this text, we present a proposal to legalize digital sharing and present the economic feasibility in facing the interests of copyright owners.Keywords: P2P; Digital Sharing; Legalization; Copyrights; Internet.

US Copyright Infringement by File “Sharing”: Statutory Damage(s)

2010 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Arthur Kuppers
Keyword(s):  
Supreme Court ◽  
File Sharing ◽  
Copyright Infringement ◽  
Copyright Law ◽  
Punitive Damages ◽  
Copyright Holder ◽  
Call To Action ◽  
Us Supreme Court ◽  
Comprehensive Examination ◽  
The Usa

AbstractFor the sake of argument, not that this is something that you would necessarily do, picture yourself living in the USA, finally getting hold that elusive song you have been wanting for so long - via an unlicensed file sharing service. Your initial feeling of euphoria would rather quickly give way to that of concern since you are now liable for at least 750 USD in ‘regular’ statutory damages for copyright infringement - were the plaintiff copyright holder to elect to recover this statutory minimum amount from you. It would most likely cross your mind that that level of recovery alone by the plaintiff is not entirely compensatory.This article will thus seek to examine problems associated with statutory damages in US copyright law for copyright infringement by file sharing, in particular their punitive character. In order to facilitate a close and comprehensive examination of the issues involved, relevant provisions in US copyright law will be briefly highlighted. This will provide the context for an analysis and application of US Supreme Court jurisprudence relating to punitive damages, which will summarily be followed by a call to action and recommendations in this regard.

Copyright and the Digital Economy Act

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-36
Author(s):  
Anna Karwowska
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Economic Impact ◽  
File Sharing ◽  
Digital Economy ◽  
Copyright Law ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Digital Environment ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Cultural Implications ◽  
The Way

Copyright law has undergone significant expansion in order to tackle some of the problems posed by the ease of infringement on the Internet, as can be seen in the Digital Economy Act introduced in the United Kingdom. There must, however, be fundamental changes to the way we think about and enforce artists and authors’ rights if copyright is to make sense and be effective in the developing digital environment. This article gives a comparative view on the issue, taking account of the economic impact of online file-sharing and its cultural implications.

The Impact of Digital File Sharing on the Music Industry: An Empirical Analysis

2006 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Norbert J Michel
Keyword(s):  
Music Industry ◽  
File Sharing ◽  
Consumer Expenditure ◽  
Household Level ◽  
Consumer Expenditure Survey ◽  
Expenditure Survey ◽  
Level Data ◽  
Digital File ◽  
Micro Level ◽  
The Impact

Abstract The first file-sharing software, Napster, was shut down in 2001, but the copying technology’s impact on the music industry is still passionately debated. This paper uses micro-level data from the Consumer Expenditure Survey to examine the impact of Internet file sharing on music sales. Music industry representatives argue that the practice decreases CD sales, while supporters of file-sharing allege the practice could actually increase sales. Using household-level data from the Consumer Expenditure Survey, we find support for the claim that file-sharing has decreased sales.

scholarly journals A Quick and Inexpensive System for Resolving Digital Copyright Disputes

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Lemley
Keyword(s):  
Dispute Resolution ◽  
Initial Response ◽  
File Sharing ◽  
Copyright Law ◽  
Digital Copyright ◽  
P2p File Sharing ◽  
Resolution System ◽  
System P ◽  
Enforcement Costs ◽  
Dispute Resolution System

We have argued elsewhere that peer-to-peer (p2p) file sharing posessignificant new challenges to the enforcement of copyright law. Copyrightowners' initial response to these challenges - to try to shut down thetechnologies that facilitate file sharing - is bad for society. Wesuggested that it would be preferable to lower enforcement costs forcopyright owners by making dispute resolution by copyright owners againstdirect infringers quick and cheap, so that copyright owners would be moreinclined to pursue such direct infringers instead of suing innovators.While enforcement costs are likely always to be too great to allow pursuitof every infringer, lower costs would allow for enforcement against moreinfringers, increasing any given infringer's chance of being sued. In thisarticle, we explain how such a dispute resolution system might work, andpropose a draft amendment to the copyright act to implement the system.

scholarly journals The Darknet - Age of Peer Production

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adrian-Constantin ROȘOAIA ◽  
Zaharia-Ioan IONESCU
Keyword(s):  
Digital Media ◽  
Technological Innovation ◽  
File Sharing ◽  
Copyright Law ◽  
Digital Culture ◽  
Peer Production ◽  
Direct Proportion ◽  
Digital Revolution ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Creation

We are in the midst of a digital revolution. In this “Age of Peer Production” armies of amateur participants demand the freedom to rip, remix and share their own digital culture. Aided by the newest iteration of file sharing networks, digital media users now have the option to retreat underground, by using secure, private, and anonymous file sharing networks, to share freely and breathe new life into digital media. These underground networks, collectively termed “The Darknet” will grow in scope, resilience and effectiveness in direct proportion to increasing digital restrictions the public finds untenable. The Darknet has been called the public’s great equalizing force in the digital millennium, because it will serve as “a counterbalancing force and bulwark to defend digital liberties” against forces lobbying for stronger copyrights and increased technological controls. This article proposes a digital use exception to existing copyright law to provide adequate compensation to authors while promoting technological innovation, and the creation and dissemination of new works. Although seemingly counterintuitive, content producers, publishers, and distributors wishing to profit from their creations must relinquish their control over digital media in order to survive the Darknet era.

scholarly journals CREATIVE COMMONS LICENSE SEBAGAI HAK CIPTA INTERNASIONAL DITINJAU BERDASARKAN ASPEK HUKUM INDONESIA

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 218
Author(s):  
Faisal Faisal ◽  
Dani Amran Hakim ◽  
Is Susanto
Keyword(s):  
Research Method ◽  
Electronic System ◽  
File Sharing ◽  
Copyright Law ◽  
Copyright Holder ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
Creative Commons ◽  
Article 9 ◽  
The Right ◽  
Breakthrough Innovation

 Perkembangan teknologi khususnya internet telah mempermudah masyarakat untuk mengakses dan mendistribusikan informasi. Namun, kegiatan seperti copy-cut-paste (menyalin-memotong-menempel), menyunting (editing) ataupun berbagi dokumen (file sharing) justru menimbulkan hal kontradiktif terhadap hukum hak cipta. Berdasarkan hal tersebut tahun 2002 sebuah organisasi nirlaba membuat inovasi dan terobosan yang memungkinkan berbagi dan menggunakan kreativitas dan pengetahuan melalui alat hukum gratis. Metode penelitian yang digunakan dalam tulisan ini adalah metode penelitian yuridis normatif dengan fokus pada pendekatan perundang-undangan dan analisis konten. Berdasarkan analisis pembahasan creative commons bukanlah alternatif dari hukum hak cipta, melainkan bekerja berdampingan dan mampu membuat pencipta/pemegang hak cipta memodifikasi haknya ke dalam keadaan yang paling sesuai dengan kebutuhan. Lisensi creative commons di Indonesia penggunaannya dimungkinkan menurut Pasal 9 ayat (1) Undang-Undang Nomor 28 Tahun 2014 tentang Hak Cipta. Lalu pemegang hak berdasarkan Pasal 81 UU Hak Cipta, dapat mengumumkan dan/atau berhak memberikan lisensi kepada pihak lain berdasarkan perjanjian lisensi untuk melaksanakan perbuatan sebagaimana dimaksud dalam Pasal 9 ayat (1), memperbanyak ciptaannya/produk hak terkaitnya dengan persyaratan tertentu. Selanjutnya berdasarkan Undang-Undang Nomor 11 Tahun 2008 tentang Informasi dan Transaksi Elektronik Pasal 1 ayat (5), kegiatan yang dilaksanakan oleh creative commons adalah kegiatan penyelenggaran sistem elektronik.Kata Kunci: Creative Commons; Hak Cipta; Lisensi. The development of technology, especially the internet, has made it easier for people to access and distribute information.  However, activities such as copy-cut-paste, editing or file sharing may actually harm the copyright law.  Based on that, in 2002, a non-profit organization made a breakthrough innovation where it is possible to share and use creativity and knowledge through free legal tools. The research method used in this paper is a normative juridical research method with a focus on the statutory approach and content analysis. Based on the analysis of the discussion, creative commons is not an alternative to copyright law, but rather work side by side and is able to make the creator/copyright holder to modify their rights in the most appropriate circumstances.  The use of creative commons licenses in Indonesia is possible according to Article 9 paragraph (1) of Law Number 28 of 2014 concerning Copyright. Furthermore, the rights holder, based on Article 81 of the Copyright Law, able to announce and/or has the right to grant license to other parties based on the license agreement to carry out the action referred to in Article 9 paragraph (1), reproduce their rightful works/products with certain conditions. Furthermore, based on Law Number 11 of 2008 concerning Electronic Information and Transactions Article 1 paragraph (5), the activities carried out by the creative commons are the activities of organizing an electronic system. Keywords: Creative Commons; Copyright; License.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document