COPYRIGHT AND PIRACY FROM

MORAL AND LEGAL

STANDPOINTS

WHAT IS COPYRIGHT
AND PIRACY?

A brainy person does not

abuse copyright; instead they
respect it and uphold it.
- Maximillian Degenerez

WHAT IS COPYRIGHT AND

PIRACY?

Copyright is a form of legal

protection that grants people who
create and produce material (e.g
author, composer) the exclusive
rights to control certain uses of
that material from being reproduced,
distributed, published or sold without
the permission of the copyright
owner.

WHAT IS COPYRIGHT AND

PIRACY?

Piracy is the unauthorized use of material or

intellectual property that is covered by
copyright law, in a manner that violates one
of the original copyright owner's exclusive
rights, such as the right to reproduce or
perform the copyrighted work.
Piracy is a special crime categorized under
sections of copyright violations; it is in fact
severely detrimental for growing music and
video industries

WHAT IS COPYRIGHT AND

PIRACY?

Examples of copyrighted works:

Artistic works
A novel
A poem
A photograph
A movie
Lyrics to a song
A sound recording
A painting
A plan for a building

Computing
Computer software application
PC games
Software code for a programming tool or
software application
Software code for a website
Software code that manages a database

WHAT IS COPYRIGHT AND

PIRACY?

Types of piracy:
Counterfeiting

Internet Piracy

The illegal duplication,

distribution and/or
sale of copyrighted
material with the
intent of imitating the
copyrighted product.

When unauthorized
copies are
downloaded over the
Internet. If downloads
are made available on
the Internet, make
sure that the
publisher has
authorized this
distribution.

WHAT IS COPYRIGHT AND

PIRACY?

End-User Piracy
When users
copy software
without
appropriate
licensing for
each copy or
authorisation.
This includes
both casual
copying and
distribution
between
individuals.

Hard-Disk
Loading
This occurs when a
business sells new
computers with
illegal copies of
software loaded
onto the hard disks
to make the
purchase of the
machines more
attractive.

Client-Server
Overuse
This type of piracy
occurs when too
many users on a
network are using a
central copy of a
program at the same
time.

MORAL AND LEGAL

STANDPOINTS OF
COPYRIGHT

MORAL AND LEGAL

STANDPOINTS OF
COPYRIGHT

From a legal standpoint, its a group of laws

designed to protect the exclusive rights
(e.g right to copy, right to be credited) and
incomes of creators
From a moral standpoint, its essentially the
same as protecting the rights of creators.
Copyright violations are so easy and so
frequent, law enforcement has no chance of
monitoring and prosecuting every violator;
thus, it functions more on the honor system

MORAL AND LEGAL

STANDPOINTS OF
PIRACY

MORAL AND LEGAL

STANDPOINTS OF PIRACY

From a legal standpoint, its a violation

of federal law and punishable by fines
From a moral standpoint, its violating
the rights of the people whose works
youre pirating. Basically, youre
devaluing their intellectual
property (the original work such as
ideas and inventions).

REASONS FOR
PIRACY

TO ENJOY SERVICES OR
ENTERTAINMENT AT LOW
COST PRICES OR EVEN ZERO
COST TO THE CONSUMERS

A lot of consumers
download music,
videos, games,
softwares from the
Internet primarily
because they want to
enjoy the services or
entertainment without
having to incur high
costs.

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FOR PROFIT OR COMPETITIVE

ADVANTAGE

Pirates more often than

not seek for financial
gains and rewards
through sales of pirated
materials at cheap and
competitive prices
compared to those sold
for original copies on
the Internet or high
street store.

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FOR ACTS OF SABOTAGE

People sometimes
opt for piracy as a
mean of to sabotage
businesses of
opponents or
competitors in order
to intentionally
frustrate and ruin the
rivals business (e.g
affecting profits)

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THE LAW

Malaysias Copyright Act 1987 came into effect on 1

December 1987, replacing the Copyright Act 1969. The
1987 Act confers copyright on and protects computer
programs (softwares, intellectual properties).
The 1987 Act provides for copyright enforcement by the
Enforcement Division of the Ministry of Domestic Trade
and Consumer Affairs, apart from the police. Copyright
owners may lodge an official complaint supported by the
necessary documents to the Ministry's Enforcement
Division if they suspect infringement. The Division will

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