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The Electronic Frontier Foundation expressed concern that free and open source software projects found to be aiding online piracy could experience serious problems under SOPA. [75] Of special concern was the web browser Firefox , [ 40 ] which has an optional extension, MAFIAAFire Redirector, that redirects users to a new location for domains ...
Some organizations feel that the passage of bills such as the Pirate Act would give private industry groups (such as the RIAA) unnecessary aid from the government. By using the financial advantages provided by the DOJ, the Act would put the responsibility of funding the war on intellectual property piracy on taxpayers, rather than the content ...
Retailers have lost over a billion dollars, while piracy has resulted in 46,000 fewer production-level jobs and almost 25,000 retail jobs. The U.S. government was also reported to suffer from music piracy, losing $422 million in tax revenue. [92]
The regulatory proclivity to restrict access to copyrighted material has built up over time. There has been a continual increase in number of cases pursued and the seriousness of the penalties imposed by the U.S. government, which has recently announced its intention to prioritize criminal prosecution of copyright infringers.
Online piracy or software piracy is the practice of downloading and distributing copyrighted works digitally without permission, such as music, movies or software. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] History
Counterfeit products -- such as fake watches and bootleg DVDs -- are illegal, but they may have some unintended economic benefits, according to a new report from the General Accounting Office.
The NET Act amended the definition of "commercial advantage or private financial gain" to include the "receipt, or expectation of receipt, of anything of value, including the receipt of other copyrighted works" (17 USC 101), and specifies penalties of up to five years in prison.
The law currently imposes penalties for circumvention of such measures [7] as well as the manufacturing [8] and distribution [9] of tools to enable it. DRM may be legally circumvented under a few distinct circumstances which are named as exceptions in the law: permission of the rightsholder; enabling interoperability with copyrighted software