Policy Memorandum to Member of Congress

Passage of online piracy legislation (Summary)

As a Political and Policy Consultant, the purpose of this memorandum is to expand the boundaries of our knowledge and explore some relevant facts and figures related to passage of online piracy legislation. This is policy memorandum to Member of Congress regarding the pros and cost of current legislation on online piracy and policy recommendation for the related issue. Whether music, movies, books, comics, software or games we've all downloaded Internet content. The issue of piracy is the most actively debated issue around the world and not without reason, since there are millions of dollars involved. But the hype and speculation are common because it is essentially impossible to quantify exactly what happens (Dover, pp. 21-26). According to the Law on Copyright and Related Rights of for violation of copyright laws and use them without permission of the author provides two types of liability. The first is if the person who has rights to the song and someone else publish it without his or her consent on the Internet may request twice, in the case of culpable violation of three times salary. In addition, the court may order the violator to pay an additional amount for the Fund for Promotion of Creative. The second legal liability is talking about criminal liability offense. In the event of unauthorized use of someone else's materials, it threatens with a fine and penalty of imprisonment for 2 years. Additionally, if the profits are derived from duplicate materials and made them a source of income, the person might get punishment up to 5 years imprisonment. In U.S, the issue of online piracy has cost billions of dollars to the organizations and entities whose content has been stolen and pirated with their consent. This has given rise to a number of arguments regarding the effectiveness of current laws and policies on online piracy (Cheeseman, pp. 12-18).

Background of the problem

Young people want their music, TV shows and movies and, without delay, even if it means obtaining them illegally. A recent survey found, in fact, that 70% of respondents aged 18 to 29 year olds said they had bought, copied or downloaded music, TV shows or movies unauthorized, compared with the 46% of all adults who have done the same. With a deeply rooted attitude, what can you do about widespread piracy over the Internet? Certainly the judicial authorities have gone after these offenders, punishing them with fines and in some cases, even imprisonment. The U.S. Congress is considering controversial bills against piracy, among other things, prohibit search engines to connect to Internet sites. There are also disputes of powerful media against Internet companies. It stresses the multimillion-dollar lawsuit against YouTube by Viacom. But there is a radical concept to consider: what if the young people who steal content were not seen as the problem? What if they and those who promote maximum access to the network could persuade the entertainment industry to stop holding so hard his coveted ...