Topic 11: Is downloading movie/music wrong?

Lecture: Is downloading movie/music wrong?
Had a discussion on whether its wrong to download music and movies
Watched Steal this film 2-
Steal this film 2 talks about the technological and enforcement end of the copyright wars, and on the way that using the internet makes you a copier, and how copying puts you in legal jeopardy.
Quote from Mark Getty (Getty Images)
"Intellectual property is the oil of the 21st century" Declared war on the copy write laws
New media adapts itself to the suppression of information
sharing is at the heart of communication, the human urge to communicate is so strong we're pushed the tools available to us to the limit then gone beyond that.
Joseph Licklider (1972) came up with the concept of networking computers.
Arpanet- networking computers back in the past
Packet switch networks, todays computer networks.
In fighting file sharing the industry is fighting the fundamental structure of the internet
The league of noble peers is everyone, the general public

Tutorial: There was no tutorial task today

Reading: Article on Napster
When Pigs Fly: The Death of Oink, the Birth of Dissent, and a Brief History of Record Industry Suicide Blog by Demonbaby, Wednesday October 24th 2007.
Is a blog thats a commentary on the music industry - piracy, distribution, morality. Demonbaby was prompted to write the blog when the international police and anti-piracy groups shut down the world torrent site OINK was shut down. He speaks about the amount of money big record companies hes worked for throw around and how its an industry of excess. In the past mp3 file sharing was new and only due to having a cd collection of your own could u have digital music. He speaks of not conforming to digital file sharing and clinging to the old days of buying cds, then it all shift and has completely immersed himself in digital music, almost never buying cds anymore.