Something big is bound to happen when concerning copyright law. Now that all digital media is available through download on one’s computer how can the media corporations control the material which is out there? Log on to Youtube once. How often do users have copywritten material on their page, whether they modified it or just redistributed them. Right now media corporations are pushing for US laws to include anybody guilty of piracy getting their services cut. The point has been brought up that not only does this cut people off from downloading, but it also severs their access to the modern world. The corporations don’t seem to be boding well as the fight against the tidal wave. How can they go with the flow of change in order to capitalize on this change?
One large legal battle is taking place at the moment. Pirate’s Bay, a bit torrent site, is being sued by Sweden for violation of copyright law. The owner’s of Pirate’s Bay are not taking the charges seriously, even throwing a party in Sweden as they are on trial. The vast majority of torrent files on Pirate’s Bay are legal. The nature of torrent files also means that there is no illegal materials on the website itself, torrent files point to files elsewhere. The site was established out of necessity and the administrators do not control the information, it is user generated. Not only that but copyright laws vary from country to country. It looks like there is going to be no way that they can be pinned down, but only time will tell.
Material from this blog was derived from the TWIT podcast: http://twit.tv/
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Kenai, What is a bit torrent site? I could look it up, but I'd rather ask you.
ReplyDeletetorrent are large files, a bit torrent site is like a file sharing site where the files direct you to files on other's comps
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