Allison LEROY Clara MANSUY Nabila MENSOURI Jérôme MIHOUBI

ILLEGAL DOWNLOADING

Definition: illegal downloading consists in downloading music, videos or software which are not free without paying.

Statistics in France: 40% of people download illegally.

Illegal downloading concerns especially music (20%) and videos (13%).

France is the most affected country.

Then we have the USA and the UK

INTRODUCTIONClara MANSUY

ILLEGAL DOWNLOADING DANGERS

Jérôme MIHOUBI

« Millions of wrongs, don't make it right »

Contrary to popular opinion, illegally downloading or copying copyrighted music is the same as stealing

→ there is no difference.

  It's illegal and the consequences are real :

  Illegal downloading is against the law

Illegal downloading betrays the songwriters and recording artists who create it

Stealing music stifles the careers of new artists and up-and-coming bands

Illegal downloading has some effects on us

What is copyright ?

→ it's a term of intellectual property law that prohibits the unauthorized

Duplication

adaptation

distribution of a creative work.

 

Does copyright law speak against “peer-to-peer” services?

ILLEGAL DOWNLOADING AND THE LAW

Jérôme MIHOUBI

Illegal copying hurts the songwriters and recording artists who make the music.

These people depend on royalties.

→ new artists could be stifle

  The explosion in illegal copying is affecting

the entire music community

Some opinions … (document)

ILLEGAL DOWNLOADING AND THE ARTISTS

Jérôme MIHOUBI

Our computer is open to : unwanted pornography security breaches viruses

  Penalties : RIAA ((Recording Industry Association of

America)) Hadopi law

ILLEGAL DOWNLOADING AND THE ARTISTS

Jérôme MIHOUBI

THE HADOPI LAWAllison LEROY

« Haute Autorité pour la Diffusion des Œuvres et la Protection des Droits sur Internet ». Adopted in May 2009

To control and punish internet users who download illegally

Gradual sanction. Goods results in the USA and the UK

Many opponents. The text has been criticised.

New text adopted in June 2009: Hadopi 2

Guilty or not, only the subscriber is responsible for what is going

on on his PC

Sanctions : the subscriber will be deprived of his internet

access for one year maximum and won’t be authorized to

subscribe to another internet provider

Statement against illegal downloading

Some solutions:-streaming -legal downloading -Websites like Beezick

CONCLUSIONNabila MENSOURI