Piracy, Bootlegging, & the Entertainment Industry

This paper will discuss the issue of piracy in the entertainment industry. The focus of this paper will be upon the international aspects of this problem. The first part of the paper will examine the various types of piracy in the film and music industries. The second part of the paper will discuss the protection of copyright under United States law. This section of the paper will include a discussion of the fair use exception with regard to parody. The third part of the paper will look at the international aspects of the piracy problem. This section will discuss the international agreements which have been drafted and signed in response to the problem. The last part of the paper will look at the situation in China as an illustration of the continuing problem. This section will examine Chinese law concerning copyright protection and the response of the Chinese government to pressure by the United States. This paper will not discuss the piracy problem with regard to computer software. The reason for this is that the copyright issues involving software are very complex and have raised questions which are different from those surrounding film and music copyrights.

The piracy of intellectual property has become a major business throughout the world. The use of digital technology in mass entertainment ironically has made the creation of high quality copies easier and less expensive t

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ese rights to do not apply, however, to works made for hire. These rights are those of attribution and integrity. Attribution is the right of the author to have his or her name attached to or deleted from a particular work. Integrity is the right to prevent mutilation or distortion of the work which would prejudice the author's honor or reputation. Infringement occurs anytime someone violates the exclusive rights of a copyright owner. The owner has three years to file a federal suit for infringement. The test for infringement through copying has two parts. First, the owner must show that the alleged copier had access to the copyrighted work. Second, the owner must then show that the two works appear substantially similar to their hypothetically intended audience. It can be seen, then, that infringement through copying depends upon circumstantial proof. Proof of infringement of other rights is easier to prove directly through evidence of the infringing acts. Limitations and Exemptions on Copyright: Fair Use and Parody Fair use is the most frequently litigated statutory defense in the law of copyright. It is a blanket limitation on all of the exclusive rights granted by Section 106 of the Copyright Act. Under Secti
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Approximate Word count = 9601
Approximate Pages = 38 (250 words per page)

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