Evolution of Piracy and Corresponding Legislation
Prior to beginning work on this assignment, read Chapter 5 in the textbook and view the Digital (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMaXj1Kjis8), Piracy (Lhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMaXj1Kjis8) and Steve Wozniak: Digital Piracy (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJRSjFqu-8Q) videos.
In this paper, you must
Analyze the technical evolution of digital piracy including the impact of new digital formats such as CD, DVD, MP3, and MP4 to intellectual property piracy.
Explain the growth of innovative file sharing such as peer-to-peer (P2P) and Internet Relay Chat (IRC) and their impact on the methods for detecting and preventing intellectual property piracy.
Trace the evolution of legislation and organizations such as the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the Copyright Act of 1976, No Electronic Theft (NET) Act, and Directive 91/250/EEC/2009/24/EC designed to curtail and prevent digital piracy.
