Music Piracy Group - Blog 2

I gathered several sources this week to use in our paper. One of them details the method the RIAA uses to catch pirates. This technique involves using an automated program. [1] I found a good quote from Gigi Sohn, the president of Public Knowledge, that can be used in conjunction with this article: "we don't think that any automated process will be able to determine whether a consumer's fair use rights are being violated." [2] Another article I found discusses the case in which a Harvard professor is battling the RIAA regarding the constitutionality of its attack on individuals. [3] The last source I found is an available copy of the Digital Millenium Copyright Act of 1998, passed into law by President Bill Clinton. [4]

1. Rampell, C. (2008, May 13). How it does it: The RIAA explains how it catches alleged music pirates. The Chronicle of Higher Education. Retrieved March 2, 2009 from http://chronicle.com/free/2008/05/2821n.htm

2. Kravets, D. (2007, October 15). Google unveils YouTube copyright filter to mixed reviews. Wired. Retrieved March 2, 2009, from http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2007/10/google-unveils-.html

3. Koman, R. (2008, October 29). Harvard's Charlie Nesson raises Constitutional questions in RIAA litigation. ZDNet. Retrieved March 2, 2009 from http://government.zdnet.com/?p=4152

4. The Digital Millenium Copyright Act of 1998: U.S. Copyright Office Summary. (1998, December. United States Copyright Office, The Library of Congress. Retrieved March 2, 2009, from http://www.copyright.gov/legislation/dmca.pdf