A seminar on

DIGITAL PIRACY

BY: RAGHUVEER BHAJANTRI 1RV11CS087

YES WE ARE PIRATES! ARENT WE?

Piracy

is so rampant today, esp. in India, that it is considered normal and is not a big deal. take a close look to what is this Digital Piracy..

Lets

SO WHATS D!G!TAL P!RACY?

The

Unauthorized reproduction o a "#$%&!'()*+ material a!ailable in electronic orm, readable and able to be manipulated by a computer. protects an author"s original works that are i#ed and reduced to some tangible means o e#pression. Digital Piracy is a '&,-* )(&*,) to a author"s original work. It hits directly on (!. !/"#0* rom the work. Its e$ui!alent to STEALING!!

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Thus

D!G!TAL P!RATES1

%hat do the Digital Pirates Do&

'ince pirates steal stu Digital pirates steal digital stu by trans erring

iles back and orth i.e. (etting without paying.

'tolen iles include)

*usic, !ideos, pictures, te#ts, and so tware+s. 'ensiti!e material, industrial secrets,

go!ernment secrets.

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People ha!e been sharing music or a long time.. P5P 6P**& )# P**&7 4!2* .(,&!/' $&#'&,0. were created with an ,intention- to help people trans er their own personal iles amongst each other .i.e. pictures, documents, etc./. N,$.)*& was the irst, released in 0111. Programs like 2apster $uickly multiplied, becoming an accessible, ree method or trans erring music and mo!ies rom one person to another.

3 This made it much easier than ha!ing to borrow the actual 4D to a person 5 it 6ust sends the digital copy to them instead.-

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April

7888 5The 9ock band 8*),22!", ,/+ D& D&* iled a suit against 2apster or racketeering and "#$%&!'() !/4&!/'*0*/) a ter the P7P re used to remo!e the band"s songs rom the site. 9)( U S C!&"3!) C#3&) #4 A$$*,2. ruled that 2apster knew that its users were in -!#2,)!#/ #4 "#$%&!'() 2,9., but did nothing to pre!ent it. 7880, a court in6unction orced the company or a charge like the !T3/*. to S(3) +#9/. It would later &*#$*/ as a ser!ice

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P7P make sure they are doing e!erything in their power to pre!ent themsel!es rom liability. 'ome networks ha!e become a , or pro it- ser!ice :azaa-, a popular network or piracy, is based in ;anuatu, a small archipelago between Australia and <i6i, in order to a!oid a ma6ority o legal action. also make you responsible or downloading copyrighted material.

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