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Blown to Bits Chapter 5 & 6Describe William Demler's class action lawsuit - correct answer ✔Florida
prison authorities violated the promise made by a music service by switching
to a new music system, which prevented inmates from transferring previously
purchased music, and forcing them to repurchase their music collections.
What is the Recording Industry Association of America, and what does it
control? - correct answer ✔The RIAA is a trade organization representing
music publishers that together control over 90% of music distribution in the
US.
What are the minimum damages that a court must award for copyright
infringement, per infringing act? - correct answer ✔$750
What happened at MIT in 1993, that lead to a trial that served as a precursor
to the 1997 No Electronic Theft Act? - correct answer ✔The MIT machines
acted as a file-server bulletin board, a point where people around the Internet
were uploading and
downloading files.
Who is Shawn Fanning, and what did he do that made some consider him a
genius, and others a criminal? - correct answer ✔Shawn Fanning was a
student at Northeastern University that began distributing a new file-sharing
program called Napster. Napster made it easy to share files, especially music
tracks, over the internet and at a large scale.
What is Secondary Copyright Infringement? - correct answer ✔Secondary
Copyright Infringement is contributory infringement, which is knowingly
providing tools that enable others to infringe, and vicarious infringement,
which profits from the infringement of others.
, In 2005, how did the Supreme Court rule in MGM vs. Grokster? - correct
answer ✔MGM
What is Digital Rights Management, and how is it implemented? - correct
answer ✔DRM is a general technique for distributing content, along with
controlling information that restricts its use. For example, Adobe can control
whether people reading a PDF file reader with Adobe Reader are allowed to
modify the file.
What is a Trusted Platform Module chip, and what features does it have? -
correct answer ✔A TPM chip helps prove a user's identity and authenticates
their device. Two features are trusted boot to prevent the computer from
booting if the storage has been modified, and sealed storage to restrict
encryption to files that can only be decrypted on particular computers.
Name two concerns presented about Digital Rights Management. - correct
answer ✔1. It gives Fortress a level of control over use of its materials that
goes far beyond the bounds of copyright law.
2. DRM increases opportunities for technology lock-in and anti-competitive
mischief.
Why is the DMCA seen by many as an anti-competition law? Provide at least
one example. - correct answer ✔The DMCA prohibits technology that is
designed for the purpose of circumventing a technological measure that
controls access to a work protected under copyright. This law was the basis
for a Lexmark lawsuit against another company for making replacement toner
cartridges for Lexmark printers.
How long does copyright exist for its creator? State the initial and the current
law. - correct answer ✔A copyright lasts until 70 years after the author's
death. Its initial length was 28 years.
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