Piracy and Bootlegging

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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orization from the copyright owner. The second right is that of preparing derivative works. This prevents others from recasting, transforming, or adapting the underlying work. Thus, only the owner of the copyright can produce or authorize a translation of the original work or the adaptation of a novel into a motion picture. The third right is that of public distribution. This is similar in nature to the right of reproduction. The fourth right is that of public performance. Only the owner of the copyright can authorize the public performance of a work. The fifth right is that of public display. Similar to the right of public performance, this allows only the copyright owner to publicly display a visual work. In June 1991, the Copyright Act was amended to grant limited additional rights to authors of certain types of works, even if they have parted with copyright ownership. Called author's rights or moral rights, these rights are applicable only to works of visual art which exist in single copies or multiples of up to 200. These 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 del
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Approximate Word count = 9326
Approximate Pages = 37 (250 words per page)

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