Students, Music And The Net: A Comment On Peer-To-Peer File Sharing
- Topics:
- Case Management
- Tags:
- Consumer Electronics,
- Personal Technology,
- Peer To Peer (P2P),
- P2P File Sharing,
- P2P,
- Music,
- Internet,
- Duke University,
- Digital Media,
- Recording Industry
- Source:
- Duke University
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Overview: With the wide proliferation of the Internet, peer-to-peer online file sharing has become the order of the day. The practice of recording music from the Internet while making it available in turn to others is a kind of ‘piracy’, to use a term favored by the industry. The recording industry has lately filed civil suits alleging copyright infringement against hundreds of individual defendants across the country. The recording industry may prevail in these suits. It is an open question, however, whether the industry will survive its victory. The paper examines these issues in detail.
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Format: PDF | Size: 57KB | Date: Jan 2003 | Pages: 8
