Fast broadband Internet allows these files to be shared via illicit webpages and software, leading to entirely new venues for music piracy. The argument that sharing music can lead to people discovering new bands and ultimately purchasing more albums was made in regards to compact cassette dubbing to counter record industry fears. Similar arguments have been made in regards to current methods of music piracy, including illegal music downloading.
Some record labels and bands have responded by making certain songs or albums freely available, while others have pursued legal action. A variety of high profile media law cases have involved people accused of uploading or downloading music illegally.
People consume music for free - through the radio, through CD swaps, through samples. Much more rarely do they pay for it, although often enough to bankroll a multi-billion dollar music industry. A third defendant, Tommy Le, 21 was sentenced to community service. His crime was to upload four compilations in which he showed off his DJing skills. This system allows digital recorders to make a first-generation copy of a digitally recorded work, but does not allow a second-generation copy to be made from the first copy users may still make as many first-generation copies as they want.
This tax is paid by the manufacturers of digital media devices and distributed to the copyright owners whose music is presumably being copied. In consideration of this tax, copyright owners agree to forever waive the right to claim copyright infringement against consumers using audio recording devices in their homes.
This is commensurate with the fair use exception to copyright law, which allows consumers to make copies of copyrighted music for non-commercial purposes. The SCMS and royalty requirements apply only to digital audio recording devices. Because computers are not digital audio recording devices, they are not required to comply with Serial Copy Management System requirement.
It is clear from the language of the AHRA, and subsequent judicial interpretations of the statute, that Congress did not anticipate ten years ago that the SCMS would be inadequate to contain the impending home digital recording explosion that was galvanized by the Internet.
Instead of passing this new legislation, it would be more appropriate for Congress to amend the AHRA, which strikes an appropriate, albeit outdated, balance between music distributors, electronics manufacturers and consumers. Table 1 - Student Perceptions of Software Piracy Total I think that most people copy commercialsoftware instead of buying it.
Peruvian legislation is now comparable to legislation such as that of U. Article of the Peruvian Criminal Code establishes for those who modify, reproduce or distribute a copy of a copyrighted work without the authorization of the author or the title holder a penalty of not less than two years nor more than six years in jail, and a fine of 30 to 90 times the average daily income for most infringements.
For the reproduction or distribution of illegal copies of a copyrighted work involving commercial purposes or the fabrication or modification of devices that prevent or restrict to make illegal copies of works of authorship Article specifies that the sanction is not fewer than two years or more than eight years in jail and fine of 60 to average daily income wages.
Article provides the prior seizure of illegal copies and the devices or means employed to commit the crime. In addition, the law allows a judge to order a raid where the crime is being committed, at the Public Ministry's request. In case of a condemnatory sentence, the illegal duplications could be given to the titleholder whose copyright has been violated. This delivery won't have the character of indemnity.
However, these provisions are not actually imposed as a matter of practice by Peruvian judges. In a few cases involving video piracy, defendants have been issued sentences ranging from one to two years in jail.
The results in these cases have been that the courts suspend the defendant's sentence. The only deterrent factor is that the defendant is prohibited from leaving the country even this deterrent is suspended if the defendant files and appeal. Peru is a signatory of the most important conventions subscribed in copyright matters.
Peru has been a party of this convention since March 6, This treaty doesn't prejudice any rights and obligations under any other treaties. Article 20 of this convention established that this treaty would enter into force three months after 30 instruments of ratification or accession by States have been deposited. Today, this convention is fully effective. The revenue lost to piracy and other intellectual property rights infringements made it clear that a more effective solution to the piracy crisis was necessary.
The GATT option to international copyright infringement offers legally binding obligations, creating a much higher standard of relief by international agreement than in the Berne Convention, its amendments, or the UCC.
Many developing countries did not and still do not, fully comprehend the concept of copyright. A special police unit was created in May to fight piracy and other economic crimes, and this unit was trained in Intellectual Property Rights IPR enforcement issues.
The IPR industries agree that there is a need to create a special IPR unit in the police in order to conduct effective anti-piracy investigations. In early , a huge CD plant commenced operations in Lima.
After investigations were conducted by the recording industry, a judge agreed to issue a search warrant to raid this CD plant, suspected of manufacturing pirated CD product of major artists for export to Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia, Ecuador, and the U. At the time of the raid, , pirate CDs had already left the plant.
The success of this raid was the result of industry's patience in waiting for the right time to work this case with a judge, prosecutor and select police officers that were willing to enforce the copyright law.
The CD plant had admitted its problems and has committed to implement strict methods to protect copyright. Regarding the and pending criminal cases, the court issued five decisions. In June , the Peruvian National Police, raided el Hueco market and seized more than 1 million CD-Rs, almost ,00 cassettes, 76, jewel boxes, 2 million inlay cards, and over 24, pirated music videos.
Before that, there was only one IPR prosecutor for the entire country, and this prosecutor was limited in his jurisdiction to the city of Lima. The action of the administrative authority charged with enforcing the copyright law, the INDECOPI Copyright Office 1 st instance is promising, and for some of the copyright industries, did actually improve with respect to running raids. Main problems to combat music piracy, effectively, in Peru.
Delay in judicial system. Even though this would appear merely to reflect the traditional inquisitorial role played by judges in Civil Law jurisdictions, and therefore it is unlikely to change merely for the sake of enforcing Copyright Law.
Another problem exists at the prosecutorial level. After the police conduct the raids, the system breaks down. The prosecutors pursue few cases through judgment. In Peru and many countries of Latin America, judges have had very little exposure to technology. Many judges, unfamiliar with the development of science, may lack a clear understanding of the economic harm resulting from copyright infringement.
Thus, it is a common practice for Peruvian judges to make an undervaluation of the harm caused to the right holder. The Judiciary does not appreciate the complexities of calculating torts, damages and indemnities that are the products of contractual and extra contractual responsibility. Peruvian authorities don't make an exhaustive control of their borders.
They permit that illegal products to enter the domestic market. The contraband of goods is killing the national industry and in this case, is directly affecting the music industry. Investigations show that every week thousands of blanck tapes and CD-Rs are smuggled into the country through Tacna from Chile Iquique-Arica and then are distributed for illegal duplication around the country.
Additionally, music piracy also has been linked to organized crime and passive tolerance of piracy worsens crime and public safety. Often money paid for pirate CD's will be channeled into the drugs trade, money laundering or other forms of serious organized criminal activity. In fact, in late Latin American authorities tore down an illicit CD- producing factory in Paraguay.
Taiwanese nationals employed by a Chinese organized crime syndicate ran the factory, which produced CD's for the Brazilian market. Music piracy is often considered a victimless crime because the infractors often come from the working class. Street vendors are people without a formal job. They do not choose to work illegally in the streets without benefits such as medical or pension plans.
Street vendors perform this kind of activity because of necessity, as a way of surviving. At the same time, pirated products are cheaper, so even the low-income families can purchase music. The general concept of a pirate is that of a good person who makes music accessible to people and music is indispensable for Peruvians. There is also a problem of strategy for those who fight piracy. The authorities pursue only street vendors or producers at small scale.
However, they do not take on the «big fish», the manufacturers at large scale. Without a rethinking of the strategy of fighting pirates, the war is already lost.
Even though Internet has provided great solutions to increase the number of commercial transactions and reduce its costs; to get families and friends closer no matter the distance; to be better informed about what is happening all around the world; to make our lives easier to the entire world ; it also has posed the biggest problem to the music industry in its way to combat and eradicate music piracy.
Those business models promote widespread unauthorized copying of music without permission from or payment to the record companies, composers or artists that developed the music. It' s taking the music created by others and distributing it around the world without the artists having any choice in the matter.
It is providing the means to trace the identity of the person who downloads a copyrighted file which appears on an unauthorized website. Consumers can find albums on these websites that are not longer in the retailers' stores because they are out of catalog. It is also questionable how much the consumers are willing to pay for these services. Online piracy in Peru is «rudimentary» yet because access to computers is a privilege that few Peruvians has and access to Internet is a dream that has not come true for millions of Peruvians.
There is still time to find a real solution to Internet music piracy. As we can see, music piracy does not differentiate between third world countries and developed countries. For instance, Italy and Spain occupy the unhonorable sixth and seventh positions in the world's largest pirate markets. United States has a piracy problem too. Piracy is an issue worldwide. The problem is the same in Eastern Europe or in South Asia.
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