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Cengage Advantage Books: Foundations of the Legal Environment of Business 2nd Edition by Marianne Jennings, Albert Napier, Marianne Jennings
Edition 2ISBN: 978-1133709947Cengage Advantage Books: Foundations of the Legal Environment of Business 2nd Edition by Marianne Jennings, Albert Napier, Marianne Jennings
Edition 2ISBN: 978-1133709947 Exercise 1
Copyright Infringement or Friendly Sharing?
Do you download copyrighted music and movies without paying for them? Is there an ethical violation in sharing copyrighted music and movie files? Think about those who are affected by your actions and the costs to them.
Do you download copyrighted music and movies without paying for them? Is there an ethical violation in sharing copyrighted music and movie files? Think about those who are affected by your actions and the costs to them.
Explanation
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Infringement:
It is a violation under which the intellectual property rights are invaded. Such an invasion of the terms of an agreement is defined as infringement. Selling or buying, the music through the invasion of copyright legislations is a civil crime, and is considered to be illegal in a court of law.
If an individual is asked about, whether he or she is downloading the copyrighted music and movies without paying for them, the answer would be yes. This is so, because most of them think that, if something is available for free, having it is ethical.
On the other end, an individual may defend it to be ethical stating that, they are accustomed to such an activity due to the marketing by the musicians, or the industry. Due to such sort of actions from the customer, musicians and industry face losses as follows:
• Financial loses: Dropping of sales, as most of the customers get the music for free. It costs high for the industry.
• Layoffs: Due to low sales and decrease in profits, the reputations of musicians are affected. The talents get wrecked, as singers are dismissed by the industry to recover the financial status.
So it can be concluded that, selling or buying the copyrighted music is unethical. The law has strict rules and regulation to protect such an action.
It is a violation under which the intellectual property rights are invaded. Such an invasion of the terms of an agreement is defined as infringement. Selling or buying, the music through the invasion of copyright legislations is a civil crime, and is considered to be illegal in a court of law.
If an individual is asked about, whether he or she is downloading the copyrighted music and movies without paying for them, the answer would be yes. This is so, because most of them think that, if something is available for free, having it is ethical.
On the other end, an individual may defend it to be ethical stating that, they are accustomed to such an activity due to the marketing by the musicians, or the industry. Due to such sort of actions from the customer, musicians and industry face losses as follows:
• Financial loses: Dropping of sales, as most of the customers get the music for free. It costs high for the industry.
• Layoffs: Due to low sales and decrease in profits, the reputations of musicians are affected. The talents get wrecked, as singers are dismissed by the industry to recover the financial status.
So it can be concluded that, selling or buying the copyrighted music is unethical. The law has strict rules and regulation to protect such an action.
Cengage Advantage Books: Foundations of the Legal Environment of Business 2nd Edition by Marianne Jennings, Albert Napier, Marianne Jennings
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