In class, I learned that piracy is a very serious crime. I thought all you had to do was pay a fine if you got caught, but it turns out you can actually go to jail for up to five years. And if your found copywriting something in college you could get expelled. I also found out that having your friend burn a cd for you is also considered copywriting.
There was a big lawsuit filed on Youtube.com by Viacom. Viacom owns MTV,VH1, Paramont, and Dreamwork studios. They were saying that youtube has illigally posted music videos and movies on their website. This is copyrited because now people can get on youtube and watch those for free. So the company suffers by not making anymoney. They also did not get permision from the artist. Th lawsuit was thrown out by the judge. It was thrown out because although it is copyrite infringement, it is not youtubes fault. It is the peoples who upload thems. Due to youtubes user agreement.
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