Monday, February 22, 2010

Tech Research Class - February 2010

Tech Research Class Copyright Lab Task:

Review the following Youtube videos and compare/contrast using the sheet provided in class.
My Sweet Lord” performed by George Harrison, “He’s So Fine” performed by The Chiffons, “I Want a New Drug” performed by Huey Lewis and the News, “Ghostbusters” performed by Pay Parker, Jr.

Using Handout: YOU BE THE JUDGE!
Case 1: 1976, George Harrison was found guilty of copyright infringement for his song, “My Sweet Lord”. Did he copy the Chiffon’s hit, “He’s so Fine?”

Case 2: 1981, Huey Lewis who created “I Want a New Drug”, accused Ray Parker, Jr. of copyright infringement after he released, “Ghostbusters.”

HOMEWORK:
Copyright Article: Due by next class...Read the following article and respond to this blog post by commenting on the following:
Courthouse Rock by Steve Levy

Do you think that suing pirates works to stop piracy? This article was written in 2003...looking at how sharing music is handled in 2010, was the music industry out of touch with consumers or is it the same? Does it matter morally?

17 comments:

Emily Mazza said...

I think that sueing pirates does help stop pirating because if people see how much money people are losing after pirating they will eventually stop. I think this article does a good job of showing the consequences of pirating.

Beth-Anne Amerault said...

No, I don't think that sueing pirates will stop piracy, because if it has something that the persn realy wants, than they might try to get it no atter what the consequences may be.

Julia B said...

I think that the industry needs to take up this problem with the people who are illegally selling the music to customers. I think the thieves are the pirates, not the people making the downloads. Its not fair to sue people for billions of dollars if they were unaware that the purchases they were making were illegally sold.

Julia B said...

Also, piracy needs to be delt with because stealing is wrong and not fair to the creators and owners of the music.

Tammy said...

I think that the musuic industry should sue the people that are illegally selling the songs because they are basically stealing the music from the companies However I dont believe in suing the people who download music online because they are charging are large amount of money. Instead they should give them a warning and a smaller fine. suing the pirates will hopefully prevent them from selling more music and will remind them what they are doing is wrong.

E.M.H said...

I think it was wrong suing them becasue everyone can do, why are they get suing them and nobody else?

Samantha Dejean said...

I think it was wrong for copying the same rhythm as someone elsesnmusice without giving them credit, but also its not completely stealing because the singers had completely different lyrics and added extra instruments to the songs.

Kirsten R(: said...

I think that this article proves the music industry goes a little over board when sueing people. I think this is not going to stop piracy. I think the music industry was out of touch with consumers because they woulde have realized way before that much money was spent. I think it does matter morally because you are stealing peoples "hard work" so to speak and you have to choose if thats something you want to do.

Emily A said...

I think that this article shows how far the music industry will go to protect it's music. However, i think they've gone a little to far with all of the law suits. They should sue the creators of the online websites, rather than the people getting the music from there. However, people should stop using these sights, because it is stealing which is morally wrong.

KJM Tech Class said...

Suing pirates will not stop all pirates from pirating music. For example, people are aware of the law forbidding bank robbery. Still, people continue to rob banks. Because of the privacy found in music piracy, many feel that the law cannot be broken in their own home, that they cannot be caught there.

Cindy Truong said...

I am absolutely positive that the number of people who illegally download music has gone up since this article was written. The music industry should sue the people actually pirating songs instead of the people downloading them. It doesn't make sense, suing one's customers. However, suing pirates will not stop them. There are probably other pirates who are off the radar and finding new ways to pirate music.

Shannon Glynn said...

Sueing pirates will most likely stop the piracy, but there are millions of other people that are doing it aswell, also music is expensive now adays, so teens might not care about what the consequences may be and just download the music. There parents are the ones who will have to pay the money, or face the consequences.

Nathalie(= said...

I think if the industry has anyone to punish, its the people who are actually creating websites for people to download the songs from. Its really unnecessary that the company is suing so much money just for downloading one song. At least maybe send out a smaller fine, not fines that are around thousands of dollars, which some families can't afford. I do believe that people shouldn't be illegally downloading songs either since its unfair to the people who actually recorded the song.

Alyssa J said...

I think that sueing the pirates does not help stop them from pirating. If anything, I think it will increase the chances of them pirating. They will have lost money and wanting to regain it, they will pirate more. Morally, they do not care about illegally selling music, they just want to make the profit for themselves. So no, I do not think suing will stop the pirates. The consumer should not be sued though, it should be the person putting the illegal music out there for purchase.

Eliza McDonald said...

The act of suing pirates established the idea that stealing music is, in fact, illegal. As more illegal downloaders become aware of the serious legal and financial consequences of this act and see evidence of the consequences they will face if they continue to download against the law, hopefully this will reduce the incidence of this crime. Seeing first-hand the specific legal action taken by the music industry against illegal consumers, will serve as a warning for those who are involved in pirating music and should also be a warning to the file-sharing companies. Stealing music does matter morally as it is unfair to those people who follow the law and pay for music as well as to the artists who perform the songs. Stealing the music itself is no less a crime than stealing the iPod that plays it. When there are real consequences to something that many thought was an illegal act that could be “overlooked”, things can begin to change.

Erin Nunes said...

i think sueing pirates does help to stop piracy, although it does not completely stop it. people may not be aware of the consequences of piracy, so it is important to make sure they are known. pirates might continue what they are doing no matter what the consequences are, but sueing them does help decrease the number of pirates, and give the pirates a proper punishment for what they did.

Emma Byrne said...

I think that sueing pirates will decrease the number of pirates. They can see that the consequences for their actions are great and will not do it again.