1. Neha Kapoor Sarah Weingarten Daymanuel Sampson Christina Miller

2. What is Copyright Infringement?  unauthorized or prohibited use of works covered by a copyright law  often refers to production/acquisition of any illegal derivative of the work  Text  TV and Film  DVDs  Music  Bootleg Copies  Samplings  Piracy - unauthorized reproduction and distribution of electronic and audio-visual media Courtesy of Wikipedia

3. Basics of Copyright Infringement Ownership Of a Valid Copyright Plaintiff establishes ownership by authorship It is an original work of authorship that is fixed in a tangible medium. Books or Musical Recordings Actual Copying Plaintiff establishes copy with (in)direct evidence. Direct is through admission or witness testimony Commonly, relies on circumstantial evidence Plaintiff may prove distribution over large geographical area Misappropriation Copyrighted work may contain elements which are not copyrightable i.e. facts, ideas, themes, content in public domain Must first demonstrate that defendant appropriated from the copyrighted work, which was protectable Plaintiff must show that the intended audience will recognize substantial similarities between the two works. Prima Facie

4. The first official copyright law only pertained to books. This copyright law, known as the Statute of Anne, gave the rights to copy, redistribute, or import a book to the author of that book.

5. With the rise of computers, networks, and the internet, it's become really easy to create new works, to steal other's, and to redistribute illegal copies of other people's property. Piracy and copyright infringement exponentially grew when data went from hardcopy to digital.

6.  Measures to counteract copyright infringement:  Registering material as copyrighted  Copyright laws  Statute of Anne gave 14 years of protection to books  Watermarks over pictures  Plagiarism-checking web sites  Elimination of Youtube.com

7.  Is copyright infringement an issue?  Works are allowed to be accessed if used under “fair use”  Why it is:  Takes credit for someone else’s work (blatantly or not)  Theft  Why it is not:  Works were made to be accessed by others  Free advertising!

8. We believe copyright infringement is completely wrong. UNFAIR INAPPROPRIATE VIOLATION OF EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS/ILLEGAL SHOULD NOT TAKE ADVANTAGE OF SOMEONE ELSE’S HARD WORK IMMORAL

9.  UNFAIR It is unfair to download material without the approval of the author. No individual should be more privileged than any one else by downloading the material for free.  INAPPROPRIATE It is inappropriate to steal someone’s work.  ILLEGAL VIOLATION OF EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS It is the unauthorized downloading of copyrighted material.  SHOULD NOT TAKE ADVANTAGE OF SOMEONE ELSE’S HARD WORK They should be able to benefit/profit from their own work.  IMMORAL Stealing goes against good values.

10. If you want to stay out of prison… …then do your own work! Copyright infringement is for people that aren’t as intelligent and talented as Carnegie Mellon students, anyway. (=

11. Note that the pictures used are not ours. It would be horribly ironic for us to infringe upon copyrights. Pictures from:  http://www.pdnonline.com/pdn/photos/stylus /70085-faireyapcase.jpg http://www.pdnonline.com/pdn/photos/stylus /70085-faireyapcase.jpg  http://buildingtheergonomicguitar.com/wp- content/uploads/Blog-Notes/Splogger- Content-Theft.gif http://buildingtheergonomicguitar.com/wp- content/uploads/Blog-Notes/Splogger- Content-Theft.gif  http://ashtoncoleman.files.wordpress.com/20 08/04/298043.jpg