ATS2456 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Kazaa, Blu-Ray, Peer Pressure
27 Oct 2018
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Week 5 digital piracy and intellectual property theft. Intellectual property > an original idea that involves some form of creative expression. In certain mediums, becomes tangible property viewable by others e. g. written works, painting, sculpture, audio/visual recordings. Intellectual property can be protected by theft, many countries provide automatic protection. Legal protections and registrations of property: copyright, trademarks, patents. Digital piracy > the unauthorised and illegal copying of digital media without explicit permission of the copyright holder including software, music, movies, all forms of media. Digital file sharing > unlike digital piracy, it"s not always illegal. 1970/80s > people could record audio/television on vhs tapes, video cassette records, audio tapes but couldn"t be shared far. 1980s > pirates called warez doodz warez (pirated software) shared through. 1990/2000s > cds, mp3 format compression and media players, dvd and. 1990s > p2p (peer to peer) software and irc (internet related chatroom) became key resource napster, limeware, kazaa.
