ONLINE MOVIE THEFT
For the first time a Japanese court has found a man guilty of piracy and sentenced him to a year in jail. Yoshihiro Inoue, 42, downloaded movies off the Internet. He made copies of the movie A Beautiful Mind, and then shared them with others. This is considered a crime in the U.S., Japan, and most other countries in the world. Inoue's case sets a precedent for anyone who distributes films illegally. His crime was stealing intellectual property. This kind of property, which is someone's creative invention, is protected by copyright law.
Today over eighty nations have copyright laws. These laws protect filmmakers, writers, photographers, and other innovative professionals. People who download and copy these works often do not understand or care about the financial loss to many of these artists. To protect artistic works within the U.S., the Copyright Act of 1976 was created. Most recently the Family Entertainment and Copyright Act of 2005 was signed into law. In addition, there are treaties and conventions to protect intellectual property between nations. One of these is the Universal Copyright Convention. Without these laws, piracy would go unchecked. Some of the many types of piracy include making DVDs, duplicating VHS tapes, using hand-held video cameras in movie theaters, and even receiving satellite signals without authorization.
Yoshiro Inoue is not the first person to steal intellectual property, but he is the first to be charged with a crime for doing it. The movie industry in Hollywood and Asia are particularly interested in this case because they have a lot to lose. For a number of years the recording industry has pursued anyone downloading music from the Internet. Now the movie industry is following their example because piracy costs them almost $3 billion each year.
A major film costs about $80 million—$55 million to make and $27 million to advertise and market. Although many people believe that the film industry makes enormous profits, almost half of all films do not earn enough money to pay back their investors. If people continue to download movies off the Internet instead of paying to see them, the movie industry will have trouble surviving.
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Task. Brainstorming Vocabulary for Speaking & Writing
Use the chart below to categorize the words and phrases in the text that you think mightt be useful when talking/ writing about the topic.
law | property | computers and technology |
- legal - break the rules - commit a crime - find (someone) guilty of (a crime) - charge (someone) with the crime of ... - use punishment against .. - enforce the law - break the law - with/without authorization - court - case - send/ go to jail - fine - sentence (someone) with (amount of time) in jail/ prison - treaties and conventions - sign into law | - own a copyright - possession - steal/ protect intellectual property - financial - investor - (v/n) copyright - make / lose profit - ... is protected by law | - download - share files - distribute files - program - download off/from the - Internet - invention - innovative - duplicate/ copy - satellite |
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