The Ins and Outs of ShoppingOnline for Music and Goods

Definition of piracy:◦ “When you make illegal copies of someone’s

creative work, you are stealing and breaking the [copyright] law.”

“ It is commonly known as piracy, but it’s a too benign term that doesn’t even begin toadequately describe the toll that music thefttakes on the many artists, songwriters, [and]record label employees…whose hard work

andgreat talent make music possible.”

Internet piracy is prevalent and is spreadingacross the globe. “China: 85% of music is pirated, largest

pirated-music market followed by Indonesiawith 80%. Mexico, Russia, and Ukraine all

cited as having piracy rates of 60% or higher”

“Criminal penalties for first time offenders can be as high as five years in prison and

$250,000 in fines. Civil penalties can run into many thousands of dollars in damages and legal fees. The minimum penalty is $750 per

song.”

“The No Electronic Theft Law (NET Act)◦ Criminal penalties can run up to 5 years in prison and/or $250,00in fines, even if you didn’t do it for monetary or financial or commercial gain.◦ If you did expect something, even if it just involves swapping

your files for someone else’s, as in MP3 trading, you can be sentenced to as much as 5 years in prison.

◦ Regardless of whether you expected to profit, you’re still liable incivil court for damages and lost profits of the copyright holder.◦ Or the copyright holders can sue you for up to $150,000 instatutory damages for each of their copyrighted works you illegallycopy or distribute." The Penalties are real and they are high!!!

“Recent revelations predict that the music industry is going to resort to dirty tricks to halt music piracy. These include but are not limited to…planting Trojan horses, disabling individual computers,…sending out bogus files posing as real files, and going into your PC to erase files”

“The only thing that can possibly save the music industry is to remove music from the digital merry-go-round-keep it off computers or make it very difficult to transfer. The only way to do this is via a massive format change that both improves the music and offers better value.

Only a revolutionary format change can save the music business.”

Hackers, beware. Piracy is a crime punishable by law.

If you can’t do the time, don’t do the crime!!!!!

Jacob Marley, the creator

Onward, to our leading lady of online shopping, Brittney Polcyn.

Rupley, Sebastian, “Global Piracy Factories”PC Magazine 23, Aug, 2005. p.24-28 Database: Computer Source, EBSCOhost,c2007.Tarrant County College Library, Ft. Worth, Tx.

24,Oct. 2007‣ Dvorak, John, “RIAA declares War: Change

Needed” PC Magazine 30, June, 2003. p.55Database: Computer Source, EBSCOhost,c2007Tarrant County College Library, Ft. Worth, Tx.24, Oct. 2007

Unknown RIAA official? “Piracy: Online and on the Street.” website: http://www.riaa.com via www.lii.org

Date found: 24, Oct. 2007