Copyright, Copyleft And The Internet Presentation
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COPYRIGHT INFRINGMENT & THE INTERNET Joaquín David García Pérez – Ing. Informática Universidad Alicante – Inglés III
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A brief introduction to some topics regarding the current situation of Copyright policy and the Internet. This is a practise assignment I had to do for a subject called "Inglés 3 para la informática".
Transcript of Copyright, Copyleft And The Internet Presentation
COPYRIGHT INFRINGMENT & THE INTERNET
Joaquín David García Pérez – Ing. Informática Universidad Alicante – Inglés III
OUTLINE
• Copyright Definition • Current Situation• Main Causes• Other Causes• Possible Solutions• Conclusion/Opinion• Questions
DEFINITION I
• Piracy: Several contexts
• Clothes
• Medicine
• Music, Films, Books, …
• Data
DEFINITION II
• Appropriate term: SW Piracy.
• Definition
• Copyright infringement of software.
• Illegal copying of computer files.
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Current Situation
• Laws in some countries
• High speed DSL providers
• Affordable prices
• Simplicity to do it
• People divided in two groups.
Causes
• Easiness
• High prices
• Sharing structure of the Internet
Other causes
• Habit
• Being against law
• Copyright is not in fashion anymore
Possible solutions• Change copyright law
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• New licenses adapted to current needs: Copyleft, CC
• Income from performances
Conclusion / Opinion
• Internet makes copyright obsolete
• Analyze society, then decide
• Piracy is not the cause, it is a consequence
Links
• Copyright law definitionhttp://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright
• Creative commons official websitewww.creativecommons.org
• Copyleft Definition.http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyleft
• Joost Smiers.Book: “Imagine… No copyright”.
• What you pay for a CD:http://foro.hackhispano.com/showthread.php?t=10464
Thank you for your time!
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