Copyright Infringement

Paper Summary:

The paper discusses how the problem of unauthorized copying and sharing is widespread. The paper reviews the studies carried out on the extent of software piracy, plagiarism and losses suffered by owners of copyrights due to illegal peer-to-peer sharing of music, videos and video games. The paper maintains that software piracy requires action from both software producers and software users. Software needs to be intelligently priced to meet the buying power of potential users. The paper suggests that plagiarism among students in completing their school or college assignment can be minimized by teaching ethics and also by making the plagiarism counter freely available via the Internet.

Outline:
Abstract
Introduction
Scope of this Review Paper
Software Piracy
Plagiarism
Peer to Peer Sharing
Conclusions
Suggestions for Further Work

From the Paper:

"Plagiarism is not a new problem. Works of literary masters, copies of famous work of art have always been blatantly copied by unscrupulous people since time immemorial. Worldwide access to intellectual property gave the plagiarists a field day. It became possible to steal ideas, copy intellectual work, complete school assignments without much effort. Technology has developed to identify if a work has been plagiarized but this does not compensate the intellectual property owner."

Sample of Sources Used:

• BSA Study, First Annual BSA and IDC Global Software Piracy Study, July 2004, [On Line] Retrieved from Internet on 20th March 2006, http://www.caast.org/resources/IDC_Global_Software_Piracy_Study_2004.pdf#search='Research%20Studies%20on%20Software%20Piracy'
• Dyrli, O. E., Confronting Online Plagiarism, Matrix: The Magazine for Leaders in Higher Education. Volume: 1. Issue: 3. Publication Date: October 2000. Page Number: 19.
• Foster, A.L., Up to 14% of Australian University Students May Be Plagiarizing From Web, Chronicle of Higher Education, November 20, 2002, [On Line] Retrieved from Internet on 20th March 2006, http://chronicle.com/free/2002/11/2002112001t.htm
• Heim-Smith, M., Peer-to-Peer File Sharing Since Napster, Georgia State University College of Law, [Online] Retrieved March 11, 2006 from the World Wide Web: http://gsulaw.gsu.edu/lawand/papers/fa02/heim-smith
• LaRose, R., Lai, Y.-J., Lange, R., Love, B., and Wu, Y. (2005), Sharing or Piracy? An Exploration of Downloading Behavior Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 11(1), article 1. [Online] Retrieved March 11, 2006 from the World Wide Web: http://jcmc.indiana.edu/vol11/issue1/larose.html

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