What's Legal?

Whenever a new movie or hit song comes out our immediate reaction is to get it. With our reaction we want to get it cheap or no cost at all. This is where illegally copying and downloading music and movies comes in. Sites such as LimeWire or Kazaa illegally allow you to do this. When you illegally download a song or movie from the internet you are stealing from the company that produced that song or movie. Although that is not how people look at the problem. Others think it is alright because no one will know. College Students have been sued for hundreds of thousands of dollars for Copyright Infringement. And anybody has the chance of being caught and having to spend a ton of money. Be smart and don’t illegally download music, movies, or games.

Copyright Case: Viacom vs. YouTube

Viacom the owner of Comedy Central, Spike, MTV, Nickelodeon, and more channels sued YouTube for having episodes and video clips of Spongebob. Viacom thought that this might have engaged negotiations to license Spongebob to YouTube. They filed a $1B lawsuit against YouTube for copyright infringement. This is a work of audiovisual. The results of this case is that YouTube was not guilty and the weight of the matter rest on the shoulders of Viacom.

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