4e. Suppose the movie industry asks a court to order a website to remove links t

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4e. Suppose the movie industry asks a court to order a website to remove links to other sites that review movies and provide unauthorized (complete) copies of the movies for downloading. Give arguments for each side. What do you think the decision should be? Why? Suppose a religious organization asks a court to order a website to remove links to other sites that have copies of the organization’s copyrighted religious documents and discussions of the religion’s doctrines. Give arguments for each side. What do you think the decision should be? Why? If your decisions are the same for both causes, explain what similarity or principle led you to that conclusion. If your decisions differ for the two cases, explain the distinction between the cases.

4f. Read the member agreement or policy statement of a website that hosts user videos. Give the name and the Web address of the site you chose, and briefly describe it if it is not a well-known site. What does its statement say about posting files that contain or use works of others without authorization?

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4e)

Suppose the movie industry asks a court to order a website to remove links to other sites that review movies and provide unauthorized (complete) copies of the movies for downloading.

FOR:

Piracy is an act of theft and is illegal.

The artists associated with the movie suffer huge financial losses due to piracy.

Against

Piracy is not just theft. It is a demand for access to a highly valued social commodity, a demand triggered and facilitated by technology.

‘Sharing’ is an altruistic act.

A good movie should be spread widely for diverse audiences. Everybody is not privileged/rich enough to purchase the movie they want to see.The lack of money should not stop them from seeing movies they love.

My opinion:

I agree with the movie industry’s demands to order the website to remove links to other sites that review movies and provide unauthorized (complete) copies of the movies for downloading. This would ensure that the artists, who puts in lot of hard work and creativity to their work are awarded well, by doing a good business. This would keep them motivated to produce good quality stuff for their audiences.

Argument: The religious organization's demands are justified.

FOR:

It might contain contents which may hurt the sentiments of some religious group/organization. Thus, leading to unrest.

The pirated contents might be misused to intentinally hurt the religious sentiments of people.

AGAINST:

‘Sharing’ is an altruistic act.

A religious documents/discussions should be open to everyone, so that they can enlighten themselves with the wisdom of these documents.

It should be open to everyone for analysis, so that what is “right“ should prevail.

My Opinion:

My decision in both the cases are same. The copyrights exist for a reason which are mostly noble. Although it may be annoying for most people, they exist for a greater good. For any constructive act, these movies/documents could anyway be purchased.

4f)

Name : Youtube

Website address : http://www.youtube.com

About: YouTube is an American video-sharing website. YouTube now operates as one of Google's subsidiaries.

Youtube terms of service for the upload of contents:

Disclaimer: The Youtube terms of service for the upload of contents, has been taken from Youtube's Terms of Service. Link - https://www.youtube.com/static?template=terms

You further agree that Content you submit to the Service will not contain third party copyrighted material, or material that is subject to other third party proprietary rights, unless you have permission from the rightful owner of the material or you are otherwise legally entitled to post the material and to grant YouTube all of the license rights granted herein.

YouTube does not endorse any Content submitted to the Service by any user or other licensor, or any opinion, recommendation, or advice expressed therein, and YouTube expressly disclaims any and all liability in connection with Content. YouTube does not permit copyright infringing activities and infringement of intellectual property rights on the Service, and YouTube will remove all Content if properly notified that such Content infringes on another's intellectual property rights. YouTube reserves the right to remove Content without prior notice.

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