Edward Smongeski
Emma Hartman
Jieun Lee
Charles Conlin

• What is copyright?
• The exclusive legal right to reproduce, publish, sell, or distribute the matter and form of something (as a literary, musical, or artistic work) by merriam-webster
• Includes media pirating and plagiarism

• Humans have always stolen from each other
• Modern day laws try to stop it
– Lawsuits for stealing ideas, either physical or in academic work
– United States Constitution says, "To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to
Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries."

• United States Constitution says, "To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive
Right to their respective Writings and
Discoveries."

• Free stuff
• Gets the word out about new artists
• Doesn’t force users to waste money on something they might not like
• Sharing is good

• Detracting from income of creator
• Stealing
• Taking credit for work you didn’t do

• Many view file sharing as “sharing, not duplicating or copying. They view it as being generous with something they already possess
• Others feel it is stealing
• Some feel it is not stealing as the owner still has it, but it is still not right

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_Copyrig ht_Infringement_Liability_Limitation_Act