PRO
The internet has rendered copyright obsolete
Internet: The world wide web and its users
Rendered: Has caused to become
Obsolete: no longer of importance, no longer distinct
Copyright: The laws protecting intellectual property that can be enforced by the person who has placed the copyright on something
“According to copyright laws (by copyright includes literary works such as novels, poems and plays, films, musical works, artistic works such as drawings, paintings, photographs and sculptures, and architectural designs.”- FAQ WIPO
• its reproduction in various forms, such as printed publication or sound recording;
• its public performance, as in a play or musical work;
• recordings of it, for example, in the form of compact discs, cassettes or videotapes;
• its broadcasting, by radio, cable or satellite;
• its translation into other languages, or its adaptation, such as a novel into a screenplay.
A Law Becomes Obsolete when it is not enforced effectively
1. (how has internet rendered copyright obsolete?)No accountability
With more web pages than people we can’t be accountable for things that happen causing copyright to not be enforced and with no enforcement a law is no longer significant …becomes obsolete.
When a copyright cause is taken to court it is overruled most of the time such as “Courts rule against music industry on copyright law In a unanimous 9-0 decision on June 30, 2004, the Supreme Count of Canada ruled that internet service providers are not responsible for paying royalties on music downloaded by users.”-cbc
(Why is there no accountability) There is no accountability because of privacy issues that arise for example “The Canadian Recording Industry Association wanted a court order to identify 29 uploaders that CRIA claims illegally posted hundreds of songs on the internet. . Justice Konrad von Finckenstein refused and without the names, CRIA cannot take legal action for damages”
”Tanya Andersen, a 41-year old disabled single mother living in Oregon, has countersued the RIAA for Oregon RICO violations, fraud, invasion of privacy, abuse of process, electronic trespass, violation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, negligent misrepresentation. She is claiming hurt feelings and “outrage”, and deceptive business practices.”-torrent spy.com
2. ‘GRAY AREAS’
A law can not possibly survive when there are so many ‘gray areas’ these gray areas have risen because of the usage of the internet… causing copyright to become obsolete.
*fair use , P2P vs Filesharing causing it to be extremely hard for this law to become enforced hard to enforce cause of internet therefore internet has rendered copyright obsolete.
*public domain after 50s after an authors death
‘Clear-cut’ cases such as photocopying one page of a textbook is fair use…we don’t see these cases in court . ..we as the government acknowledge that there are still clear cut things such as selling music for $1 but these are too few to keep copyright laws from becoming obsolete and there for the resolution will stand….
the internet has cause ‘gray areas’ to expand greatly and therefore has rendered copyright obsolete.
3. No Consistency
The core functionality of Napster and Kazaa are similar. The only difference is the database that kazaa lacks…though the end product is the exact same “Placing a song in an on-line music-sharing directory such as Kazaa is not considered distribution” –CBC
Napster has built a system that allows users who log onto Napster’s servers to obtain infringing MP3 music files
Napster got busted Kazaa didnt
4. because the internet has rendered copyright obsolete we see its economic effect on fields that rely on copyright protection
The Economist reports that a major music label’s internal study found that music downloading is likely responsible for no more than 25 to 33 per cent of recent losses
BBC reports Motion Picture Association of America “The industry association claims the film industry lost $3.5bn (£1.9bn) in 2004 because of piracy, although this figure does not include losses due to file-sharing.”
5. Copyright dead idea and is going to the garbage bin
with the creation of linux one of the worlds most common programs Richard Stallman gives us a fine example of how copyright is outdated “The desire to be rewarded for one’s creativity does not justify depriving the world in general of all or part of that creativity.”
Bit Torrent has everything!
In conclusion :
Law becomes obsolete when not enforced copyright laws obsolete because there’s no accountability no accountability cause of loop holes and privacy issues therefore copyright has become obsolete
Internet has caused copyright to become obsolete to the point that no matter what law is put into place this easy access still prevails
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The Copyright Law is Inapplicable with the Internet:
the internet is all about a “quick fix” on knowledge. Copyright is about the protection of knowledge in this conflict the internet has clearly won. Therefore rendering copyright obsolete.
