The Pros And Cons Of Copyright And Intellectual Property

Let’s face it, copyright and intellectual property use is was one of the messiest, entangled webs between content owners, providers, and consumers. One of the biggest issues involved with copyright and intellectual property is with illegal infringement on use of property. I would venture to say that presently, the majority of people, under the age of 40, have been guilty of illegal use of such material.

Talking from personal experience, I have been a repeat infringer. Starting when I was in 8th grade, I would download music by using a Youtube to MP3 convertor. However, I never once used a site, like Limewire, to download music illegally. Even now, since I have access to free streaming services, like Spotify, I have no incentive to illegally download music.

On the other hand, movies are a

This is why I believe out of the three options, that Option One is the best solution. Changing the licensing scheme for copyright is not a perfect solution. But it is a step towards a compromise on both sides. Hypothetically with this option you could share copyright material with others.

Let’s take a movie you bought for example. With this new copyright scheme in place, in addition to the Blu-Ray disc, included would be a code for you or another to watch the movie online. There would be a set limit to how many times the code could be used, either by month or year. This would be similar to how people share a Netflix account, but it would come with a time limit.

For music, you could share an album with a friend and it would stay in that person’s music library for a set amount of time and then if they wanted, they could have the opportunity to buy it or just let it delete off of their library. The one problem with this solution is that it would be abused (i.e. someone would figure out how to keep the code active forever). Moreover, it wouldn’t necessarily stop everyone from illegally streaming/downloading