Sharing Music over the Internet :: Digital Media Sharing

In a report prepared by bower Networks, a network-management firm employed by over 70 percent of the top ISPs globally, peer-to-peer share-out has reached more than 60 percent of the net traffic in the year 2012. Peer-to-peer sharing and piracy websites allow net income users to download music, videos and programs without having to pay for them. Technically, this is described by the law as take which makes peer-to-peer sharing and piracy websites illegal. Moreover, the judicature, through and through the enforcement of certain laws, imposes discipline to its citizens with regard to downloading and sharing music over the internet.Copyright InfringementThe Department of Justice of the U.S. government presented a report Task Force on Intellectual proportion which clearly imparts the laws protecting adroit properties of individuals. As stated in the report, an intellectual property is an intangible property which is expressed through ideas and inventions. Copyright is mean to pro tect these intellectual properties including musicits lyrics and composition.Through the Copyright Act, the creator is given exclusive rights which encompass credit until after 70 years from finis and the option of distribution. In peer-to-peer sharing and degage downloads where music is used commercially in the internet, copyright is violated. In fact, as the shown in the statistics above, copyright ravishment is practiced by millions in just one day. Probably, these people do not know and fully understand the laws and the penalties such as fines and impounding if they commit copyright infringement.PiracyThe music industry, as represented by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), has gone procedures in rubbish both copyright infringement and piracy. Accordingly, as shown in the report of Arbor Networks, the overwhelming 40 percent of net traffic that shares music through peer-to-peer connection has rapidly decreased to just 18 percent in the year 2009. RIAA has sued internet fans who commit infringement. Furthermore, the association has also presented piracy surcharges on ISPs which offer an upgrade to peer-to-peer connections for fast downloads at a fee, and websites which provide free searches and downloads for music.Governments ResponseTo stop piracy and copyright infringement, the congress commenced the Piracy Deterrence and Education Act of 2003. As stated in this bill, the Congress appeals to the Department of Justice, along with the FBI, to involve their departments in discovering peer-to-peer file sharers and taking legal actions against them.