MUSIC PIRACY AND THE INTERNET

SUI GENERIS:

ATTY. ALDER K. DELLORO

MR. LUDOVICO K. DELLORO

ATTY. ANTON CARLO E. ESPINO

MS. AUREN GALANG

MR. CARLO MARTIN

MS. MARIA THERESA MIJARES

MR. ALBERT ONG

REP. WILLIAM IRWIN TIENG

Outline

I. Brief History of Music Piracy

II. What is Music Piracy?

III. How Music Piracy Affects the Music Industry

IV. Laws

V. How to Combat Music Piracy

VI. Pros and Cons

VII. Class Activity

Brief History of Music Piracy

  Since 1999 and the emergence of Napster, music piracy has become more widespread and prevalent because of the accessibility of the Internet.  The file sharing program Napster was developed by Shawn Fanning in order to make finding and downloading music over the Internet easier.  Napster quickly grew, and was used by millions but this got the attention of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).  They sued Napster at the U.S. District Court of San Francisco for “assisting others in the copying, downloading, uploading, transmission, or distribution of copyrighted musical work".  

Brief History of Music Piracy

Napster was shut down shortly after this case, but many other similar file sharing sites appeared in its stead.  Since then, millions of people all across the world have adopted music piracy as a regular practice.  

(http://musicpirating1103.weebly.com/brief-history.html)

What is Music Piracy

Music piracy is generally described as the deliberate infringement of copyright and/or trade marks for commercial gain. It covers both physical and internet piracy. There are three types of physical piracy:

1. Simple Piracy;

2. Counterfeits; and

3. Bootlegs

What is Music Piracy

• Simple piracy - the packaging of the pirate copy is different from the original. They are often compilations, such as the "greatest hits" of a specific artist, or a collection of a specific genre, such as dance tracks

• Counterfeits - the packaging of the pirate copy resembles the original as closely as possible. The record companies' trade marks are reproduced in order to mislead the consumer into believing that they are buying an original product.

• Bootlegs - these are the unauthorised recordings of live or broadcast performances.

(http://www.mipi.com.au/About-Piracy/What-is-music-piracy/)

What is Music Piracy

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• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SIxsVZ61Ow&feature=related

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2amX9rc0Dc

How Music Piracy Affects the Music Industry

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Laws

• Title 17, United States Code, Sections 501 and 506

READ: http://riaa.com/physicalpiracy.php?content_selector=piracy_online_the_law

• Intellectual Property Code of the Philippines

How to Combat Music Piracy

READ:

How Apple Changed the Music Industry• http://news.yahoo.com/4-ways-steve-jobs-apple-chang

ed-music-industry-200529737.html

OPM2GO• http://www.interaksyon.com/infotech/opm2go-website-t

o-help-curb-domestic-music-piracy-pnoy

How to Combat Music Piracy

VIEW:• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEkhkBGnrYo

Pros and Cons

Pros• Downloading music makes it readily available to

the masses. • When you download music, you save on the

costs that would be incurred if you would have decided to buy it.

• Supporters of downloading music claim that making music readily available contributes to the increased popularity of the artists. (Http://www.buzzle.com/articles/pros-and-cons-of-downloading-music.html)

Pros and Cons

Cons• Though downloading music makes it easily

available to the masses, it also makes it spread far and wide overly. Something that is very easily available is also of a lesser value.

• The practice of downloading music leads to the diminishing of sales of music cassettes, CDs and DVDs.

Pros and Cons

Cons• Downloading music gives rise to copyright and

piracy issues. By downloading music you lose its originality. When you use the copied versions of music; you indirectly encourage piracy. As you download music, you do not go for the purchase of the original copies of music, which may result in an indirect violation of copyright.(Http://www.buzzle.com/articles/pros-and-cons-of-downloading-music.html)

Class Activity