Copyright Infringement

Online Copyright Infringement and the Electronic Commerce

Online Copyright Infringement in the Online Business Law

Copyright Infringement

Overview of Copyright Infringement in relation to cyber crime: [1]Under pressure from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), the Software Business Alliance (SBA), and other lobbying organizations concerned about the pirating of music, movies, and software, the U.S. Congress and federal courts have steadily strengthened laws protecting these kinds of intellectual property. This is resulting in a crackdown on companies that create or make available peer-to-peer services specifically with intent to defraud copyright holders. Several thousands of these people have been successfully caught, prosecuted, and fined for copyright infringement, and some of the worst violators have even received prison sentences under U.S. law.

Resources

Notes and References

1. By Marianne Buehler

See Also

• Types of Cybercrime
• Cybercriminal

Further Reading

McQuade, S.C. (2006). The social and economic impacts of cybercrime. In Understanding and managing cybercrime (pp. 295–301). Boston: Pearson Education, Inc.; Parloff, R. (2003, September). Killer app. Fortune, 148(4), 111–116, ABI Inform/Proquest Direct; ''We the people,'' Celebrating the Constitution. (n.d.). United States Senate Web site: (internet link) senate.gov/.

Resources

See Also

• PPC Advertising
• Social Networking
• Online Business Law
• Internet Law
• Spam
• Startups
• Internet Tax
• Crossborder Commerce
• Technology Law
• Terms of Use