Online piracy bill has free speech supporters up in arms
Artists who use others’ work could be fined or have their websites shut down
By Martha Lufkin. News, Issue 231, January 2012
Published online: 30 December 2011
Published online: 30 December 2011
Washington, dc. A bill being considered by a House of Representatives committee last month could divide the art world into two camps: those who want to protect their creations from being used online and those who like to use the work of others. The legislation, intended to stop piracy on the web, is meeting strong opposition: Wikipedia co-founder, Jimmy Wales, has proposed a blackout on their site. The measure would impose criminal fines and allow the US government and individuals to shut down websites for alleged infringement. Critics say the steps would restrain free speech and cause service providers to filter out content they were unsure of.
Theodore Feder, the president of the Artists Rights Society in New York, says that it backs the bill, saying: “It will help to curtail online piracy, which adversely affects the interests of our artist members.” He says that the law would help “remedy some of the weaknesses” of copyright protection in the digital age.
Music and film producers want the bill to be passed. Online giants like Google, Twitter and Yahoo are opposed and “techies” devoted to a free internet are up in arms.
The bill, the Stop Online Piracy Act (Sopa), introduced by Republican representative Lamar Smith, is designed to fight websites identified as dedicated to copyright infringement. If passed, the attorney general could require US internet providers to deny access to such sites and could require advertisers and payment services, such as Paypal, to stop doing business with them. If the service provider acts reasonably to comply with the order, or voluntarily stops business with a suspected site, it would be immune from liability. The bill also makes it a crime to distribute or reproduce electronically a copyrighted work with a value over $1,000.
Laurence Tribe, a professor of law at Harvard, says that Sopa has “grave implications for publishers and creative artists. It will diminish the availability of art images on the web” and “dramatically chill protected speech”.
“Artists who want to make fair use of another artist’s work, as part of a work posted online, could be threatened,” says Art Brodsky, the communications director for Public Knowledge, a Washington, DC-based organisation that supports digital rights. “Whether it’s an image or a film clip, the hosting site could have its financial support cut off, or even be subject to closure.”
The bill could affect artists who don’t infringe copyright because if an artist’s work is on a site “that also hosts or links to allegedly infringing work, that whole site may become essentially invisible”, says Julie Samuels, a lawyer at the San Francisco-based Electronic Frontier Foundation, a civil liberties group. She says that sites that host user-generated content, like the video site YouTube or the arts and craft marketplace Etsy, “won’t be able to survive”.
Robert Panzer, the executive director of the Visual Artists Gallery Association in New York, which advises artists on copyright, says that while his organisation supports “any legislation that gives new tools to rights holders”, Sopa primarily addresses corporate needs. He says Congress should create a small claims copyright court, to let creators pursue the “thousands of infringements on the web” that are now “too costly to pursue”.
In November, Google, Twitter, Mozilla and other internet companies wrote to Congress asking it to consider “more targeted ways” to combat rogue websites. A letter signed by a founder of the image sharing site Flickr says that Sopa would suppress innovation. The law would empower the US government “to censor the web using techniques similar to those used by China”, the letter says.
A review of the bill by the House Judiciary Committee was adjourned on 16 December, and was due to resume on 21 December as we went to press.
Music and film producers want the bill to be passed. Online giants like Google, Twitter and Yahoo are opposed and “techies” devoted to a free internet are up in arms.
The bill, the Stop Online Piracy Act (Sopa), introduced by Republican representative Lamar Smith, is designed to fight websites identified as dedicated to copyright infringement. If passed, the attorney general could require US internet providers to deny access to such sites and could require advertisers and payment services, such as Paypal, to stop doing business with them. If the service provider acts reasonably to comply with the order, or voluntarily stops business with a suspected site, it would be immune from liability. The bill also makes it a crime to distribute or reproduce electronically a copyrighted work with a value over $1,000.
Laurence Tribe, a professor of law at Harvard, says that Sopa has “grave implications for publishers and creative artists. It will diminish the availability of art images on the web” and “dramatically chill protected speech”.
“Artists who want to make fair use of another artist’s work, as part of a work posted online, could be threatened,” says Art Brodsky, the communications director for Public Knowledge, a Washington, DC-based organisation that supports digital rights. “Whether it’s an image or a film clip, the hosting site could have its financial support cut off, or even be subject to closure.”
The bill could affect artists who don’t infringe copyright because if an artist’s work is on a site “that also hosts or links to allegedly infringing work, that whole site may become essentially invisible”, says Julie Samuels, a lawyer at the San Francisco-based Electronic Frontier Foundation, a civil liberties group. She says that sites that host user-generated content, like the video site YouTube or the arts and craft marketplace Etsy, “won’t be able to survive”.
Robert Panzer, the executive director of the Visual Artists Gallery Association in New York, which advises artists on copyright, says that while his organisation supports “any legislation that gives new tools to rights holders”, Sopa primarily addresses corporate needs. He says Congress should create a small claims copyright court, to let creators pursue the “thousands of infringements on the web” that are now “too costly to pursue”.
In November, Google, Twitter, Mozilla and other internet companies wrote to Congress asking it to consider “more targeted ways” to combat rogue websites. A letter signed by a founder of the image sharing site Flickr says that Sopa would suppress innovation. The law would empower the US government “to censor the web using techniques similar to those used by China”, the letter says.
A review of the bill by the House Judiciary Committee was adjourned on 16 December, and was due to resume on 21 December as we went to press.
Find out the present status at http://judiciary.house.gov/news/01172012.html
Below are 5 questions. A few require research beyond this article. Answer the questions in a post form numbering 1-5, do not forget your name. If you have problems posting, paste in word document and put in your folder in a piracy folder. Due today. Questions:
- Define Piracy:
- In your words, describe exactly why you think sites such as google, morzilla, yahoo, youtube are affected/opposed and what solutions have these companies suggested?
- Research and provide the copyright law for artists.
- What does The Visual Artist's Gallery Associaton in NY believe shoud be created and why?
- A. What is SOPA? B. If we do not have the web to advertise and promote do you think we will go back to print? C. Do you think the web has effected our economy good or bad?
40 comments:
Kira Kasselman
B3
1. Piracy is unauthorized copying and usually distributing of music, art, books, tv shows, movies, or trademarked products.
2. I think Google, Youtube, Mozilla and Yahoo are opposed to the SOPA Act because it will affect them negatively. Many people look up book works, artwork, tv shows or movies on the internet, and if the SOPA Act goes into effect, they will lose a lot of business and users because of the act.
3. Based on what I've read, copyright laws apply to all artists in any kind of industry involving music, art, writing or publishing, movies or tv shows. In order to have protection on their work, they need copyright laws so no one can copy their work and use it to make their own profit.
4. They believe that Congress should create a small claims copyright court, to let creators pursue the “thousands of infringements on the web” that are now “too costly to pursue”.
5. SOPA is the Stop Online Piracy Act. I believe if they pass this law there is a greater increase of print that will come about from this act but I don't think it will drastically increase back to print because our generation is too advanced in society to go backwards, only forward. I think the web has effected our economy positively because it has advertised many things and created a much higher profit for many businesses. I personally believe that artists and musicians deserve more recognition and profit because they work hard to become successful and people are stealing from them. But I don't necessarily believe the web in general has had a positive affect on our society and economy.
Ana Mastropiero B3
1. Piracy is illegally reproducing copyrighted materials.
2. I think that these sites would be opposed to the SOPA laws because they unintentionally host these pirated materials in abundance. By taking them away, a large portion of their sites would be unusable and cause them to lose the support of many users. Overall, these sites would be crippled by the law and could potentionally be caused to shut their sites down entirely. They don't feel that the materials would be judged appropriately either.
3. Artists' Copyright goes into affect once the art is created. This means that once it is finished, one needs permission and/or payment of its creator to be reproduced.
4. Robert Panzer and the executive director of the Visual Artists Gallery Association in New York suggest that a "small claims copyright court" be created in order to dispute the many copyright infringements of the internet. They feel that this would benefit the bill and the sites under investigation.
5.a. SOPA stands for Stop Online Piracy Act. This bill hopes to stop all online distribution of copyright infringed materials. It would shut down sites "dedicated to copyright infringement".
b. If the web isn't available to advertise or promote any longer, I think it would only make sense to go back to print. I don't see how it would be practical after having so much reliance on the internet for it, however there would be no other way to publicize.
c. I think that the web has both helped and hurt our economy. The music industry is a prime example of benefiting and hurting from the internet. On one hand, musicians have gotten more than double the amount of exposure due to the internet than in prior years. However, the pirating of music has hurt CD sales tremendously. I think that the benefit outways the damage, however. Musicians get more exposure leading to more ticket and merch sales. The money they make from these two areas alone outways the money they would recieve from record sales.
Coco Faiella B3
1.Piracy is the taking and using of copyrighted or patented material without authorization or without the legal right to do so.
2.Websites such as Google, Mozilla, yahoo, YouTube, etc, are opposed to the SOPA laws because they essentially become homes to pirated materials little to their own knowledge. The removal of this material would essential remove a large bulk of the information on the websites leading to the diminishing in the number of users and supporters. These sites would essentially be hurt by these laws as it would most likely cause their shutting down.
3.Artists’ Copyright laws are given to all artists. They are put into action once a piece of art is created. This means that once someone finishes a piece of work and it is released to the online or even real print world permission or payments to the creator are necessary in order to use.
4.The Visual Artist’s Gallery Association in NY believes that Congress should create a small claims copyright court which would let the creators pursue all of the infringements on the web that at this time are too costly to pursue.
5.SOPA is the Stop Online Piracy Act that is a US bill to expand the ability of US law enforcement to fight online trafficking in copyrighted intellectual property. Although seemingly impractical, if there are no other means of advertising or promoting products, print seems like the only solution. Right now the web is the primary means of advertising and without it print seems like the only alternative to promote goods. Despite piracy complications, the web has certainly affected the US economy for the better. The web has allowed for the easy purchasing of goods, shipping and transportation of goods. The web has essentially become a tool that makes processes that in print would take a long period of time a very short period and very easy. In regards to music, the web has both helped and hurt. Musicians have been able to get more recognition and exposure from the internet; however, the piracy of music has become a very apparent and harmful problem caused by the availability of music on the internet.
1. Piracy means robbery and the unauthorized reproduction of ones work.
2. Those huge internet companies like Yahoo, Facebook, Google, and Twitter would be against it because they want a free internet. If SOPA were to be passed, free speech will be crushed and web sites will be blocked left and right. Google suggested an alternative: OPEN. OPEN stands for Online Protection and Enforcement of Digital Trade. OPEN is an act made by a Representative of California and it puts the International Trade Commission in charge of enforcing piracy.
3. The copyright law for artists is that they have their own rights to their images, paintings, videos, etc. No one is supposed to reproduce another persons work because its technically illegal. With SOPA, these laws would be enforced greatly and artists and musicians would be extremely happy.
4. The Visual Artist's Gallery Association in NY believe “any legislation that gives new tools to rights holders” should be created because the artists want their rights protected and do not want other people claiming to have took the same photo or painted the same picture.
5. SOPA is the Stop Online Piracy Act that would be dedicated to shutting down websites dedicated to copyright infringement. I do not think we will go back to print because our country has grown so much to go back to that. The web has affected the economy both good and bad. With the web everything is so much easier, but then again the web makes us get into these heated arguments about online piracy.
-Austin Lloyd 3B
Lauren Faherty
B3
1. Piracy – unauthorized use of something copyrighted
2. I think that large, well known sites such as google and youtube are being affected by this because anyone can publish things on those websites. Because these things are not being approved of first, anyone can put someone else’s work up on the web.
3. The copyright laws apply to all artists when they publish something. This prevents the reproduction of their work, distribution of their work, displaying it, or performing it. It is illegal for someone to do any of these things.
4. They think the bill should be created to help “remedy some of the weaknesses” of copyright protection in the digital age.
5. SOPA is a bill designed to fight websites identified as dedicated to copyright infringement. I do not think that we will go back to print, due to the fact technology is always on the rise. I think the web has affected our economy in a positive way because news and current events are always online, in one spot; however, using billboards and magazines are less likely to be read by the general public.
Alana Roolaart
2A
1. piracy is the illegal copies and distribution of photos, music, media, files, etc.
2. these websites are opposed to this bill because their companies thrive off of copies. people get the copied images from those sites. if this act is passed, not as many people will use their search engines.
3. the copyright laws applies for any artist in any industry involved in art, media, music, etc. if this act is passed anyone in those industries will make full profit of their work and will not be plagarized.
4.they suggest that a "small claims copyright court" be creaqted to pursue infringement on the web.
5.SOPA is the Stop Online Piracy Act.i think that this act will benefit the artist from getting profit from their art work. i also believe that it will have many negative reprecussions to the internet. it will most definitely cause a greater increase in print. i think the web has effected our economy in a very great way. it is another way to advertise products
Dequanne Gibson A2
1) Piracy is copying and distributing music, art, tv programs, and etc. without permission.
2)I believe all of these web sites are affected/opposed to the act because it will effect them majorily and cause them to lose business and customers. The solutions they have suggested is to come up with different ways to stop this problem because the law could caused them to shut down.
3)The Copyright law for artist is once the art is created, that means that once it is finished and completed the person needs permission and payment depending of its creator to be distributed.
4)The visual gallery association in Ny believe that small claims should be created for creators to produce the thousands of infringements but it will be costly.
5)Sopa stands for stop online piracy act. If we do not have advertise and promote I believe that we will go back to print because the new law will effect everything and cause us to go back to print but then im not so sure because we are so advance and we really would not go back to the past. I belive the web has effected our economy good because we get more money creating more jobs. If this law is passed because from the internet comoanies could lose jobs making unemplyment go even higher then it is now.
1. Piracy - the illegal copies and distribution of photos, music, media, or files.
2. Websites like theseare opposed to this bill because their companies thrive off of copies. People use google for example to get images(all copies). If the act is passed people can’t use things such as this.
3. The copyright laws that applies for any artist. This act will make anyone in those industries make full profit of their work.
4.They want a small claims copyright court to be created to help prevent infringement of others work.
5.SOPA is the Stop Online Piracy Act. I think we will definitely print more if we cannot advertise on the internet. Internet advertisements create a big impact and help benefit companies. I think this will negatively affect the economy. The internet take a huge place in a successful economy.
Dan Plageman 2A
Bill Terrarosa
1.Piracy is stealing media by copying or downloading it without permission.
2.Much of the Web opposes these bills because they restrict peoples freedoms on the internet. If the entertainment industry has its way, traffic on the internet will wane. Advertisements will cease, and much of the modern economy will be destroyed.
3.Once a work is created by an artist, the copyright laws are in effect. People must immediately pay for it.
4.The Visual Artist's Gallery Association wants Congress to create a small claims copyright court. This court will act seperatly from other parts of government to allow quick action against all infringments upon copyright laws.
5.The Stop Online Piracy Act will stop the release of copyrighted materials on thee web in an unauthorized fashion. This means, Sharing and File Hosting sites will be shut down. If this Act is confirmed, not only will our system become fancy word processors again, but our economy may be disturbed. It will not be cataclysmic, but we will feel the effects.
Stephen Skop
4A
1. Piracy is the unauthorized reproduction or use of a copyrighted book, recording, television program, patented invention, trademarked product, etc.
2. I believe that online sites like Google, Mozilla, Youtube and Yahoo are opposed to the SOPA Act because they will lose a lot of hits on their sites and people will begin using these sites less, having them lose a lot of business. People are constantly looking up these things that will begin to be blocked so it will not be good for them.
3. With what I read, the copyright laws protect artist's works from being misused. They allow someone to copyright a piece of their work. When someone copyrights it, then it is the owner's right to allow the work to be published and brodcasted.
4. They believe that there should be a small copyrights court, so creators of these works can pursue all the infringements that are not too expensive to fight for.
5. SOPA- Stop Online Piracy Act. I think thst this law makes a greater increase of print come out of this act, but it will not make a huge leap in this. This current generation can not go backwards. The web may make people think that the web is a good thing for us, but I feel like the web has been a negative effect on the economy. Artists deserve the credit for what they did and the web has hurt their profits due to things like piracy but they have gotten more exposure and it has made them more famous.
Rebecca Helstern
1.Piracy is defined as the unauthorized reproduction or use of a copyrighted book, recording, television program, patented invention, trademarked product, etc.
2.All online giants such as google, morzilla, yahoo, youtube are opposed to this bill. They won’t be able to survive if SOPA passes because their sites are completely reliant on other sources. They rely on advertisers to stay running, and SOPA would require internets sites to cut off business with them. Jimmy Wales, the co-founder of Wikipedia suggested a blackout to protest.
3.When you create anything visual, including paintings, drawings, photographs, sculptures, and others, the person that created it is the only one who is allowed to copy it. If some sells copies without the creator’s written permission, the creator has the right to take them to court and sue.
4.The Visual Artists gallery Association in New York believes Congress should create a small claims copyright court to allow creators to punish web infringers.
5.A) SOPA stands for Stop Online Piracy Act. B) I think if we do not have the web to advertise and promote, we will definitely go back to print. Personally, I don’t think this would be a bad thing. Newspapers are a great resource and they are rarely read anymore. C) I think the web has effected our economy in a good way because many people have online businesses that they would not be able to run without the web. The web has given job opportunities to people who need to work at home, helping the economy.
Ana Kudless
4A
1. Piracy is defined as the unauthorized reproduction or use of a copyrighted book, recording, television program, patented invention, trademarked product.
2. Sites such as google, morzilla, yahoo, and youtube, are constantly utilized by people to look up books, music, art, and anything associated with the media. Once the SOPA Act is put into effect these sites can no longer foster the materials that users are constantly looking at. This accessible material is responsible for most of their success, and without them these sites would fail. Some suggested that the law should only target bad sites.
3. Once an artist officially publishes something the copyright laws are suppose to protect their property. This prevents others from reproducing their property and gaining recognition/ profits. It is illegal according to the law if someone does reproduce their property.
4. The Visual Artists Gallery Association's director, Robert Panzer, suggested that a "small claims copyright court" should be established in the hopes of resolving the disputes of copyright violations on the internet. It is believed that the court would help the targeted sites as well as the bill itself.
5. a. SOPA stands for Stop Online Piracy Act. The act aims to shut down sites that have committed piracy
b. Without the web to advertise and promote, print appears to be the only plausible solution. Although it would direct the public’s attention away from the web, it may still keep the public economically active.
c. I think that the web has had a positive affect on our economy because it allows information to be transferred in a faster easier way than print. However, there are draw backs to the web, such as piracy. Artists are both harmed and helped by the web.
Gerry Mollo
01/25/12
A4
1.Piracy is defined as the unauthorized reproduction or use of a copyrighted book, recording, television program, patented invention, trademarked product, etc.
2.Almost all online companies, such as Google and Yahoo, are opposed to this bill. If SOPA is approved, these companies will have a hard time because they rely on various other sources. Advertising a huge part of these companies, and SOPA will also damage that. The co-founder of Wikipedia suggested a black out to protest SOPA.
3. Copyright gives you exclusive rights to an item, including the right to reproduce and sell it, and to make derivative works from it (eg paintings adapted from the original) as well as the right to display the copyrighted work in public.
4.The Visual Artists gallery Association believes Congress should create a small claims copyright court. They want this in order to allow creators to punish web infringers.
5. A) SOPA is the acronym for Stop Online Piracy Act.
B) I think we will go back more to print if advertising is not part of the web. It will become much more popular in magazines and newspapers.
C) The web has affected our economy in a good way because it provides a way for people all over the world to communicate with one another. The web also allows for thousands of more jobs and business to exist in society.
Aubrey Robinson 2A
1. Piracy is the illegal use or distrubution of another peron's work, such as writing, art, music, photos.
2. Websites such as Google, Mozilla, Yahoo, and Youtube are opposed to SOPA because there sites mainly function off fo other people's works, and SOPA could ruin their business. The companies have written to Congress with solutions such as finding more targeted ways to stop piracy that wouldn't have such negative affects on their sites.
3. The copyright law for artists basically states that any work done by a person, whether it be a song or photo or anything, the artist needs to copyright it so that no one can illegally use it and must pay compensation to use it.
4. The Visual Artist's Gallery Association in New York believes that Congress should create a small claims copyright court for artists to pursue any infringements that are too expensive.
5. SOPA stands for Stop Online Piracy Act, which will help to end any and all copyright infringment on the web.
I do believe that we would go back to print because companies need a way to advertise, and if print is their only option then so be it.
I think the web has had a good effect on the economy in terms of all of the online shopping and advertising done on it. However, in the cases of these artists it has hurt them with all the access to illegal downloading of art.
Joe Jacques
A4
1. Piracy is the illegal copying and distribution of media, trademarked, and copyrighted products.
2. All of those websites and organization are opposed of SOPA because it will harm their site, and potentially shut them down. Some of these sites don't know they are hosting illegal which SOPA will find right away and take the site down.
3. When a musician, movie producer, or any type of artist creates something the copyright law goes into effect immediately. They get money by people purchasing their songs and movies but when someone hosts the movie over the internet for free, the bands and other artist aren't gaining any money from it, which they deserve. Technically they are stealing from the artist. The copyright law protects the artists work from being copied and used for profit.
4. The Visual Gallery Association in New York believe congress should make a copyright court so they can resolve the dispute and help the targeted sites and the bill itslef.
5. A. SOPA stands for Stop Online Piracy Act and wants to stop the online distribution of pirated content.
B. If the web isn't available to advertise or promote, we would have to go back to print. That would be one of the only other effective ways to advertise.
C. I think the internet has definietly helped the economy because all of the money it has brought in. Even though there was some loss of money because of acts like these, it doesn't even measure close to the amount of money it has brought in which helped the economy.
Mike Malley
4a
1-The unauthorized use or reproduction of copyrighted or patented material.
2-Those websites may have user uploaded content that would cause the website to be punished. They suggested an act to more specifically target the “rogue websites”
3-“First off, the moment you create ANYTHING visual—paintings, drawings, photographs, sculptures, etc—the only person who is allowed to copy that art is you. If you decide to sell prints of one of your paintings, you can. If anyone else does, without your written permission, you have the right to take them to court and sue for damages.
In fact, copyright laws are so strong that your family or legal heirs will still own the copyright to your artwork until 70 years after your death.”(emptyeasel.com)
4-Create a small copyrights court to follow the thousands on the web that are ”too costly to pursue”
5-A-Stop Online Piracy Act
B-I don’t think we’ll go back to print because I believe that someone will create a new way to advertise.
C-I believe that the web has positively effected our economy. It has made trade easier, quicker and more convenient and I wouldn’t be surprised if the majority of trade was through the web.
Brianna Sandorse
4A
1. Piracy is the unauthorized use of something that is copyrighted, such as books, recordings, product, etc.
2. I think that sites such as Google, Youtube, Mozilla, and Yahoo are opposed to SOPA because it will negatively affect them. Anyone can post anything on sites like those, whether it's their's or not. These sites would lose a lot of users if SOPA went into act because all of the pirated material would be removed and eventually, the sites might shut down if they're not getting any business.
3. Copyright laws apply to artists in any industry, including music, art, tv shows and movies, and writing. To protect their work, others need to have permission to use it.
4. The Visual Artist's Gallery Association in New York believes that Congress should make a small claims copyright court.
5. SOPA means Stop Online Piracy Act. If we don't have the internet to advertise and promote work, I think that we will go back to print. I think that the web has effected our economy in both good and bad ways.
1. Piracy is the unlicensed downloading of copyrighted property.
2. I think websites such as google, mozilla, and yahoo are apposed to SOPA for the main reasons that they will lose business and users, and because a lot of people would stop supporting them if they had joined with SOPA. Youtube however is against it because a lot of free user generated content is on there, and it would dwindle as a website/community.
3. While piracy does hurt the industry of art and music, it also gives them just as much, if not more business because people can see their songs and it draws positive press.
4. They believe that there could be a new smaller court for smaller claims to let creators go after people who pirate their art without costing too much money that makes it unworth it.
5. SOPA is the stop online piracy act and it would hurt our freedom of speech. If SOPA passes however it wont stop many people, as our generation will always find ways around blocks and other obstacles. We could do many things such as going through a proxy or war-driving and using different internet spots to download something. SOPA would hurt the internet more than help it.
1. Piracy is the theft of a sort of media for instance music, movies, and photos.
2. They plan to sue Google, YouTube, and Yahoo. This could cause them to be shut down these websites.
3. The person who wants to use another person’s artwork they have to ask the artist for permission or pay the owner to use the media.
4. The association is to help artist with copyrighting. That congress should create a small copyrighting court to defend against piracy.
5. S.O.P.A is a bill that is for anti-piracy. If this bill is passed this could cause us to go back to books and printed documents. I think this would cause the economy to fall even more because most products are sold by these websites like E-bay and google.
Matthew Tuomenoksa
A2
Ricky Jaeger
A2
1. Piracy is the practice of the illegal action of stealing any trademark product of any product from the web that is already legally owned by anothor person.
2. I believe that these sites are opposed to sopa laws since they they are sites open to the public and it is not their fault if people use them to post a piece of work. This law would cause a massive loss in production to open search sites.
3.Copyright laws protect all forms of art work ranging from music, books, shows, and artwork in general that is on the web. In order to gain protection they must obtain copyright laws.
4.Create a court built to handle copyright infringemnet cases only.
5. Stop Online Priacy Act in my opinion will never be passes because it contains to much public censorship and will cause a massive outbreak of protest against government trying to control public lives.
Ayana Spina
A4
1. Piracy is the act of stealing and/or using copyrighted material.
2. Websites such as Google, Mozilla, etc would be directly affected by SOPA because they are hosts to and connections to copyrighted material searched for and used everyday. Therefore, their sites would be, typically, useless to the majority of the population. They have suggested a more direct approach to the pirated material and its offenders.
3. Immediately following the production of a piece, the copyright law for artists goes into effect. It is then illegal to reproduce the the art work.
4. The Visual Artist's Gallery in New York suggest that a "small claims copyright court" be created to dispute any infringment claims.
5. A. SOPA is the Stop Online Piracy Act. B. If we do not have the web to advertise, television and print will be our greatest dependants. C. The web may have contributed to the harsh economy but I do not think that it was a significant factor.
Sam Marascio
B3
1. Piracy is the unauthorized copying or use of a copyrighted or trademarked product.
2. I think sites such as Google, Youtube, Mozilla ans Yahoo are oppossed to this bill becuase many people like to look up other peoples artwork for ideas, and help. Also people usually use these sites for their own personal gain and not for piracy. This will affect them because many people might not want to use these websites becuase they might be scared that they will be accused of piracy.
3. The copyright laws suggest that a person cannot reproduce, distribute, or make a derivative work or arrangement for public use in any form of someone elses art work.
4. They believe that the congress should help stop copyright infringememnt to a certain extent becase stopping it all together would be too costly and difficult.
5. SOPA is the bill to stop online piracy and is supposed to stop websites and other programs based on copyright infringement. I do not think that this will cause us to go back to print as much as we used to use it but i think that it will cause a decline to computer generated artwortk and most artwork now will be printed since it wont be able to be put on the web and advertised as much as it is now. I personally do not think this will help the economy or hurt the economy becuase i dont think that it will cause any drastic increase or decrease.
Linda Garcia
B3
1. Piracy is copying material without the permission from the owner or legal right to do so.
2. I think sites like Google, Mozilla, Yahoo, and YouTube are opposed to the SOPA laws because there sites are used to look up information on books, music, and videos, but once the law goes in affect most of these sites will have lose the information they have. Eventually these sites will shut down due to no people going on them.
3. The copyright laws for artists are protection by the U.S. on their art work and they are the only one to have a copy of the art and are the only one to make copies off of it.
4. The Visual Artist’s Gallery Association in NY believes that smaller claims copyright court should be created to let creators pursue the “thousands of infringements on the web” that are “too costly to pursue.”
5. A. SOPA is the Stop Online Piracy Act that is designed to fight websites identified as dedicated to copyright infringement. B. I think that print will increase due to no advertisement in the web. The web has been a good and bad affect to the economy because as buyer you can find book, music, and art for cheaper prices or even free, but as a seller this has been a bad affect in the economy because they do not get credit or losing profit.
1. Piracy refers to the act of copyinng and distributing copyrighted material.
2. I think major internet corperations such as Google, Mozilla, and yahoo are opposed to such a bill because it could potentially target them. Content illegaly pirated and uploaded by users could make these companies targets of the bill.
3. Copyright laws are designed to protect artists. By copyrighting material, they can ensure that profits stay with the artists. If their work is not protected, people could make profit by copying it.
4. The Visual Artists Gallery Association believes in the creation of a small claims court. The court is designed to settle copyright infrigment cases originating on the internet.
5. SOPA is the Stop Online Piracy Act. This bill is meant to end piracy on the internet.(b) I believe that this bill could possibily encourage a switch to print. Advertising is an essential part of today's economy and it will continue no matter the form.(c)I think that the internet has had an immense positive impact on the economy. It has brought the economy into the twentieth century by creating new outlets for profit. Also, it has revolutionized and inevitably changed many industries such as advertisment and the music industry.
Gunnar Wainwright 4a
Frankie Juliano
B3
1. Piracy is unauthorized coping of copyright protected media and then distributing it.
2. Websites such as Google, Mozilla, and Youtube are opposed to SOPA. They are opposed to this because they are hosting alot of things that could be taken down if they pass SOPA. This will lead to people not coming to those sites as much because what they are looking for has been shutdown.
3. The act stats that in order to have somone elses work you will need to get the persons permission first.
4. The Visual Artist’s Gallery Association in NY believes that Congress should create a small claims copyright court.They think that this is better because of cost and time that they need to put in.
5. SOPA is an act that is trying to be past in order to stop online piracy of peoples works.I think that we would have to go back to print because there would be no other way to get things around because there is no way to put them on the internet. The web has affected our economy in a good way. There are many things that we can do now thanks to the internet that we would not do before. It is a great way to share peoples creations and works that people make in a easier way then printing.
Chris Napoli
A2
1.The unauthorized reproduction or use of a copyrighted book, recording, television program, patented invention, trademarked product, etc.: The record industry is beset with piracy.
2.All of the website’s could/most likely would be sued for copyright infringement.
3.Under the copyright laws, in the basics; a person must have full agreement by owner of the copyright, and must oblige to the terms and agreements of their contract.
4.He says Congress should create a small claims copyright court, to let creators pursue the “thousands of infringements on the web” that are now “too costly to pursue”. This allows the artists to have the ability to go after ‘their copyrighted material’ without having to spend a lot of money in doing so.
5.SOPA stands for Stop Online Piracy Act, which the congress has voted on. Yes print would be a priority option for advertisers and promoters. The website has affected our economy both good and badly. It has lowered the price of goods and necessities, but it also allows information to get out faster, which affected the Arab Springs.
Chris Napoli a2. 1. Define Piracy:
The unauthorized reproduction or use of a copyrighted book, recording, television program, patented invention, trademarked product, etc.: The record industry is beset with piracy.
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All of the website’s could/most likely would be sued for copyright infringement.
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Under the copyright laws, in the basics; a person must have full agreement by owner of the copyright, and must oblige to the terms and agreements of their contract.
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He says Congress should create a small claims copyright court, to let creators pursue the “thousands of infringements on the web” that are now “too costly to pursue”. This allows the artists to have the ability to go after ‘their copyrighted material’ without having to spend a lot of money in doing so.
5.
SOPA stands for Stop Online Piracy Act, which the congress has voted on. Yes print would be a priority option for advertisers and promoters. The website has affected our economy both good and badly. It has lowered the price of goods and necessities, but it also allows information to get out faster, which affected the Arab Springs.
Chris Napoli a2. 1. Define Piracy:
The unauthorized reproduction or use of a copyrighted book, recording, television program, patented invention, trademarked product, etc.: The record industry is beset with piracy.
2.
All of the website’s could/most likely would be sued for copyright infringement.
3.
Under the copyright laws, in the basics; a person must have full agreement by owner of the copyright, and must oblige to the terms and agreements of their contract.
4.
He says Congress should create a small claims copyright court, to let creators pursue the “thousands of infringements on the web” that are now “too costly to pursue”. This allows the artists to have the ability to go after ‘their copyrighted material’ without having to spend a lot of money in doing so.
5.
SOPA stands for Stop Online Piracy Act, which the congress has voted on. Yes print would be a priority option for advertisers and promoters. The website has affected our economy both good and badly. It has lowered the price of goods and necessities, but it also allows information to get out faster, which affected the Arab Springs.
1. Piracy is the unauthorized use or reproduction of a copyrighted work.
2. Websites such as Google, Mozilla, Yahoo, and YouTube are strongly opposed to SOPA, because most of the content on their sites is copyrighted material. These websites may not advocate the use of copyrighted material on their websites, but the government is holding them responsible for the actions of their users. SOPA gives the government the power to shut down any one of these sites if the government believes that they are not doing everything in their power to stop or control online piracy. If SOPA is passed, these websites will be negatively affected, as Internet use will most likely decrease.
3. The current copyright laws for artists protect the work of all artists. As soon as an artist has created some form of art, they are protected by copyright laws. In order for the piece to be distributed or sold, the artist must give their permission.
4. The Visual Artists Gallery Association wants laws to be passed that protect artists. However, they do not support SOPA, because they believe that it meant for corporate businesses instead of artists. Instead, they suggest that Congress create a “small claims copyright court.”
5. A. SOPA is a bill that was recently introduced to Congress. It stands for Stop Online Piracy Act, as it is meant to control online piracy and copyright infringement.
B. I think that if we lose the right to express ourselves freely over the Internet, people will naturally turn to other options, such as print. I do not, however, believe that the use of print after SOPA is passed will in any way compare to how much it was prior to the Internet. Society has greatly advanced as a result of the Internet. These advancements are irreversible.
C. I do not think you can restrict the effects of the Internet on our economy to being simply good or bad. It has helped and hurt the economy. Some businesses, such as magazines and newspapers, have suffered greatly as a result of the Internet. However, the Internet has also created and promoted many other businesses and jobs.
-Elise Schoening B3
Tajhi Toamaino 3B
1. Piracy is the illegal use or distrubution of another peron's work, such as writing, art, music, photos.
2. Websites such as Google, Mozilla, Yahoo, and Youtube are opposed to SOPA because there sites mainly function off fo other people's works, and SOPA could ruin their business. The companies have written to Congress with solutions such as finding more targeted ways to stop piracy that wouldn't have such negative affects on their sites.
3. The copyright law for artists basically states that any work done by a person, whether it be a song or photo or anything, the artist needs to copyright it so that no one can illegally use it and must pay compensation to use it.
4. The Visual Artist's Gallery Association in New York believes that Congress should create a small claims copyright court for artists to pursue any infringements that are too expensive.
5. SOPA stands for Stop Online Piracy Act, which will help to end any and all copyright infringment on the web.
I do believe that we would go back to print because companies need a way to advertise, and if print is their only option then so be it.
I think the web has had a good effect on the economy in terms of all of the online shopping and advertising done on it. However, in the cases of these artists it has hurt them with all the access to illegal downloading of art.
Evan Wilson A4
1.) Piracy is illegally copying or stealing someone else’s work without their consent.
2.) I think big corporations such as Google, YouTube, Yahoo, and etc. would be opposed to the SOPA Act. This act will harm their sites and maybe leave them ruined. This is because these sites are filled with copies and it is how they obtain so much popularity. If the law is passed they will be affected greatly in a negative way.
3.) Copyright laws are a set of exclusive rights granted to an author, musician, writer, or publisher protecting their original work.
4.) They think that Congress should make a small claims copyright court that would dispute many copyright infringements on the internet
5.) SOPA is the Stop Online Piracy Act. This act would shut down websites dedicated to copyright infrigment. I do not think we will go back to print. This is because technology is advancing daily. I think the web has had a very positive effect on our economy. It is a very good way to advertise and spread news.
Evan Wilson A4 2-2-12
1.) Piracy is illegally copying or stealing someone else’s work without their consent.
2.) I think big corporations such as Google, YouTube, Yahoo, and etc. would be opposed to the SOPA Act. This act will harm their sites and maybe leave them ruined. This is because these sites are filled with copies and it is how they obtain so much popularity. If the law is passed they will be affected greatly in a negative way.
3.) Copyright laws are a set of exclusive rights granted to an author, musician, writer, or publisher protecting their original work.
4.) They think that Congress should make a small claims copyright court that would dispute many copyright infringements on the internet
5.) SOPA is the Stop Online Piracy Act. This act would shut down websites dedicated to copyright infrigment. I do not think we will go back to print. This is because technology is advancing daily. I think the web has had a very positive effect on our economy. It is a very good way to advertise and spread news.
Zack Cusack
2A
1. Piracy is the unauthorized reproduction, distribution, or use of copyrighted or patented material, meant for profit.
2. Online media giants such as Google, Youtube,Yahoo etc. are strongly against the SOPA Act because much of the material that ends up being pirated is actually hosted on their sites. With censorship, this would largely take away the material, that can be viewed, thus decreasing support for the hosts.
3. Essentially, copyright laws provide artists (whether it is music, photography, video, etc.) with the authorization to have their works to be protected. In this way, it makes it illegal to use the work without permission unless the artist is making a profit.
4. They essentially believe that a small claims copyright court should be established so that artists themselves can pursue the ‘pirates’ using their copyrighted work illegally. As a broader government tracking program would be far too costly to establish, so artists can take it upon themselves to ensure justice.
5. SOPA stands for “Stop Online Piracy Act”. The acts major goal is to put an end to the illegal hosting of copyrighted material, and censor anything on the web that even has to do with the material. In an extreme case, such as the event where the internet “shuts down,” it would only make sense to go back to print, even though it would be less efficient. It is hard to say whether the pros outweigh the cons in terms of how the web has affected our economy. As far as promotional purposes go, it has helped significantly to recognize new talent such as music or video, but with the uncontrollable piracy, it makes it difficult to say. In my opinion, the web has ultimately affected our economy for the better.
Michael Harran B3
1. Piracy is a way of distributing and copying of music that you did not buy.
2. I think companies such as google and youtube will be affected because people copy songs of them and you can usually find anything you want on both of them and download. They will be opposed to SOPA because it will basically shut them down.
3. Once an artist completes work, one must have permission to reproduce it.
4. The directors of the Visual Artists Gallery Association suggests that a small claims court be created because it might help copyrights.
5. SOPA is the Stop Online Piracy act. If they pass it i believe that we will go back to print, but the internet helps our economy in some ways. Not in a way that people do not have to pay for many things on the internet but it gets alot of things out there.
Paul cusa period 3B
1. piracy: unauthorized copying and distributing of another's work
2. I think many big search engines oppose this act because much of their business relies on relaying info, much of this info may be considered "pirated" material
3.Copyright laws are laws that apply to any ones creative works that they do not want to be used/shared without their permission.
4. Create a copyright claims court for artists to try to protect their work
5. SOPA is an act that is trying to prevent online piracy by banning certain websites and the material they contain. i do not think this act will ever work and i dont think we will be going back to print anytime soon. i also believe that the web has had both good and bad effects on the economy
Brittany Somol A2:
1.) Piracy is the unauthorized copying or use of copyrighted media or patented inventions.
2.) These sites are opposed to SOPA because they rely heavily on pirated material. The vast majority of things found on search engines are pirated materials so by attempting to rid the internet of them, you would also weaken companies like Google, Yahoo, Youtube, etc.
3.) Artist Copyright laws requires payment or permission to use the artist's work. These laws apply to all industries and are put into affect when the peice is completed.
4.) The Visual Artist's Gallery Association believes that congress should create a small claims copyright court to handle all the piracy and help the bill congress is trying to pass.
5.) A.)SOPA is the stop online piracy act.
B.)I definatly believe we will go back to print if the internet is crippled the way SOPA was planning. I also believe that this wont be such a bad thing. It would be harder to get information but it would benefit in a lot of other ways.
C.)Its definatly had a negative effect on the economy because so any things can be pirated that should be paid for such as books, movies, tv shows, music, and other information and media that would have otherwise been paid for.
Max Paris
B3
1. Piracy is unauthorized copying of music, files, media, trademarked products, etc.
2. I feel that Google, Youtube, Mozilla and Yahoo would oppose to SOPA because they would want a free internet. These huge internet companies would have most of there sites blocked and free speach would be non-existant. The information that people look up on the internet would be limited if SOPA were in affect.
3.From my research, Artists' Copyright goes into affect once the art is created. Meaning that once it is finished, one needs permission and payment of its creator to be reproduced.
4. The Visual Artist's Gallery Associaton in NY believe that Congress should create a small claims copyright court to let creators fix these infringements on the web for a more reasonable price.
5. SOPA is the Stop Online Piracy Act that would be dedicated to shutting down websites dedicated to copyright infringement. I feel that we will not go back to print because our generation had gone to far into internet advertisments. I feel that the web has effected this econmy badly because it makes people more lazy when information is just a "click" away. Usually this information is based off pure knowledge and learning but now we have the information right infront of us on the computer.
Nolan Mendoza
1. Piracy is the illegal copies and distribution of photos, music, and media of other types.
2. Websites like google, twitter, facebook, and other sharing websites are opposed to this bill because their companies have success in corilation to the sharing. One key example is google, everyone uses it for images. If the act is passed people won't be able to share or access these pictures.
3. The copyright laws that applies to an artist to protect their work. This act will make anyone in these industries make full profit of their own work and full credit.
4.A small claims copyright court is wanted to be created help prevent infringement of others work.
5.SOPA is the Stop Online Piracy Act. I think we will definitely print more if we cannot advertise on the internet. Internet advertisements helps companies make money, so this would result in a negative impact with the economy.
Jake Cullinane
1. Piracy is defined as the unauthorized reproduction or use of a copyrighted book, recording, television program, patented invention, and a trademarked product
2. Sites such as google, morzilla, yahoo, youtube are opposed to SOPA because it would basically ruin their websites. They use other site’s information in order to run. Without the use of other site’s materials, they would not be able to operate. These corporations have suggested an act to more specifically target the “rogue websites”
3. Copyright laws for artists state that when you create anything visual (paintings, drawings, photographs, sculptures, and others) the person that created it is the only one who is allowed to copy it. If some sells copies without the creator’s written permission, the creator has the right to take them to court and sue.
4. They believe that Congress should create a small claims copyright court to allow quick action against all copyright law infringements.
5. A. SOPA is the Stop Online Piracy Act.
B. If we do not have the web to advertise I do think we will go back to print. I think
C. I think the web affected our economy in both a good and bad way. It allows online businesses to flourish and allows companies to advertise on websites, promoting their products. On the other hand, it takes away profit from newspaper and magazine businesses. People don’t order newspapers anymore because they can just access the information on the internet.
1. piracy means unauthorized reproduction of someones art, music and etc.
2.I think that google and youtube and mozilla and yahoo are against the SOPA act becuase it will have affect on their bussiness's.
4.copyright laws apply to all kind of artist, in order to have protection they should use copyright laws so no one can steal their work and use it to make money.
5. In my own opinion SOPA stops online privacy law and i think if the law is passes that the chances of them losing money and and increse of print will come about from this act also. generally in my own opinion i dont think that artist and musicans dont get enought credit or profit and the genrally the internet does not have a very positive affect on our enconmy and society.
Deion Martin
4a
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