Copyright law Patent law Trade secret law

Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) Is the trade group that represents the U.S. recording industry. Its member create, manufacture, and distribute 85 percent of the legitimate sound recordings produced and sold in the U.S.

 Since 2003 , the RIAA has taken

legal action against more than 40,000 people The RIAA justifies its strong antipiracy efforts The RIAA loses about $5 billion and retailers lose about $1 billion worldwide from music piracy.

Just as we must hold accountable the

business that encourage theft. [the] individuals who engage in illegal downloading must also know that there are consequences to there actions. If you violate the law and steal from record companies, musicians, songwriters and everyone else involved in making music, you can be held accountable.

In December 2008, the

RIAA announced it was dropping its aggressive and highly controversial strategy.

The RIAA will alert participating Internet service providers to what it believes to be illegal downloading activities by ISP customers. The ISP will either forward RIAA copyright infringement notices to its subscribers or notify its customers about the notices and ask them to cease and desist.

 The ISP can take a series of

escalating sanctions against repeat offenders, ranging from slowing down the subscribers network speed to terminating service. The RIAA reserves the right o sue flagrant copyright offenders.

It is a term used to

describer works of the mind that are distinct and owned or created by a single person or group.

A law protects authored

works, such as art, books, and music

A law protects

inventions

A law helps safeguard

informati0n that is critical to an organizations success.

It was established through the U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 8, clause 8. to promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Rights to their respective Writings and Discoveries.

 Works created after January 1,1978, Works created but not published or

registered before January 1,1978 Works created before 1978 that are still in their original or renewable term of copyright

 Architecture, art, audio visual works,

choreography , drama, graphics, literature, motion pictures, pantomimes, pictures, sculptures, sound recordings, and other intellectual works, as described in Title 17 of the U.S. Code.

 The fair use doctrine allows

portions of copyrighted materials to be used without permission under certain circumstances.

The purpose and character of the use (such as commercial use or nonprofit, educational purposes) The nature of the copyrighted work The portion of the copyrighted work used in relation to the work as a whole The effect of the use on the value of the copyrighted work

(PRO-IP) Act of 2008 increased trademark nd copyright enforcement, and substantially increased penalties for infringement.

The original GATT was signed in 1947 by 150 countries This agreement also created the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva, Switzerland to enforce with the agreement.

Many nations recognize that intellectual property has become increasingly important in trade. As a result, the WTO developed the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of intellectual property Rights. Also know as the TRIPS

FORM OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

KEY TERMS

COPYRIGHT

Computers programs are protected as literary works Patent protection is available for any invention Trade secret and other types of undisclosed information

PATENT

TRADE SECRET

The WIPO, headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland is agency of the United Nations established in 1967. WIPO is dedicated to developed a balanced and accessible international IP system.

 It was signed into law in

November 1998 It was written to bring U.S. law into compliance with the global copyright protection treaty from WIPO

Circumvent a technical protection Develop and provide tools that allow others to access a technologically protected work Manufacture, import, provide, or traffic tools that enable others to circumvent protection and copy of protected work

It is a grant of a property right issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USTPO

Is the process of taking something apart to understand it, build a copy of it, or improve it. Analyzing it to create a new representation of the system in a different form or a higher level of abstraction.

Is any program whose source code is made available for use or modification as users or developer see it. A common use of open source software is to move data from one application to another and to extract, transform, and load business data into large database.

Open source software

7-Zip Audacity Blender Eraser

Purpose
File Compression Sound editing and special effects 3D modeling and animation Erase data completely

Firefox
Open Office

Internet browser
Word processing, Spreadsheet, Presentation