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Reverse Engineering
Economic Effects
Music Piracy
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What is reverse engineering?
Reverse engineering is the process of discovering the technological principles of a device, object, or system through analysis of its structure, function, and operation.
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$750
What is the minimum penalty by the RIAA for stealing one song?
100
What is Napster and name 1 co-founder.
A pioneering P2P file sharing internet service that emphasized sharing audio files, typically music, encoded in MP3 format. Co-founded by Shawn Fanning, John Fanning, and Sean Parker
200
Name one threat to the legality of Reverse Engineering.
Option 1: Shrink-wrap licenses Option 2: the DMCA
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a product of the intellect that has commercial value
What is Intellectual Property?
200
Who is the RIAA and what do they do?
Recording Industry Association of America- a.) trade organization that represents recording industry distributors in the United States b.) They create, manufacture and/or distribute 85% of all legally sold recorded music in the US
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Why aren't patents an issue for reverse engineers?
Patents aren't really an issue in terms of reverse engineering because they require a public disclosure of an invention, so they can be studied without using RE.
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Limewire, napster
What sites can be used to illegally download music?
300
Piracy’s real effect on music sales is difficult to accurately assess, give two reasons why this is so…
a.) the fact that the cost of digital distribution has decreased significantly from the costs of distribution by former methods. the majority of the file sharing community will distribute copies of music for a zero price in monetary terms b.) Some people, like many in China, illegally download music because they cannot afford to purchase legitimate copies, and the ones that do, are sometimes untraceable.
400
Give 4 ways that Reverse Engineering can be applied to the real world.
Options: interfacing, military use, product improvement, obsolescence, modernizing software, academic/learning purposes, product security, creating duplicates/clones, technological intelligence, determine copyright/patent infringement, create similar but cheaper products, uncover undocumented features
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RIAA
What is the main organization that deals with music piracy?
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Give 2 of the 3 reasons why Napster was being sued through the RIAA for
1.) Its users were directly violating the plaintiff's copyrights 2.) Napster was responsible for contributory infringement of the plaintiff's copyrights 3.) Napster was responsible for vicarious infringement of the plaintiffs' copyrights
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What does DMCA stand for, and what does this law do?
It stands for: Digital Millenium Copyright Act, and prohibits the creation or dissemination of tools or information that could be used to break technological safeguards that protect software from being copied.
500
- Disincentive for creativity - job loss - stocks drop - investors lose trust
What is one negative affect that piracy has on our economy?
500
Give 2 of the 3 goals of the RIAA (Give 3 of 3 and receive 50 point bonus)
1.) To protect intellectual property rights and First Amendment rights of artists. 2.) To perform research about the music industry. 3.) To monitor and review relevant laws, regulations and policies.