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The following is information i found on copyright for our power point presentation:

With file sharing it is next to impossible to know exactly what you are getting. Although the filename may suggest a movie or song you want, until you have downloaded and installed it onto your computer, you are not sure as to what you are getting or the quality. You may be downloading a virus or something completely different to what you think you are downloading.


Something is protected by copyright if it is:
* A form of expression covered by the Copyright Act,
* Recorded or “fixed” (for example, written down or saved in a digital file), and
* The result of some skill and effort, and not merely copied from somewhere else.
It must also be first published in a country, which is a party to an international copyright treaty, or made by a national of such a country. Most countries are a member of one or more copyright treaties, so it is extremely rare that a work first published overseas, or by an overseas creator, is not protected.
No, it's 100% legal. In no state in the United States or in any other country is file sharing illegal. However, if you're sharing content that is protected by copyrights to other users that is illegal. Below are some good examples of where file sharing becomes illegal in many places around the world.
1. Downloading or sharing a copyrighted movie.
2. Sharing copyrighted songs (music) to other people who have not purchased those songs or downloading songs from other people when you've not purchased that song.
3. Sharing or downloading computer software (programs, games, etc.).
4. Downloading or sharing a copyrighted TV show or program.
The programs and/or technologies behind file sharing are not illegal, it's data being shared that may be illegal. Using bittorrent or other file sharing programs to download a software patch or update a game demo, movie trailer, etc. is legal. However, using that same program to get a new hit song or a movie still in theaters is illegal.
With filesharing it is next to impossible to know exactey what you are getting. Although the filename may suggest a movie or soong you want, until you have down,oaded and installed it onto your computer, you are not sure as to what you are getting or the quality. You may be downloading a virus or something completely different to what you think you are downloading.