Case Study:
Lab - Digital Milennium Copyright Act: Napster
Review the following case study on the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and Napster.
Napster was a company that used peer-to-peer networking to provide a filesharing service that gave users the ability to share music. The company existed only from June 1999 to July 2001.
In December 1999 the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) took legal action against Napster for copyright infringements. RIAA, the plaintiff represented all major record labels in this action.
It claimed that Napster violated "exclusive rights for reproduction and distribution of their copyright works." RIAA claimed that Napster made a "direct" infringement on its copyright and that it was liable for "contributory infringement of the plaintiff's copyright and for "vicarious infringement of the plaintiff's copyright."
The law stopped Napster from continuing its operations is the Digital Millennium Copyright Act that was enacted in 1998. The act addresses treaties signed in 1996 at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Geneva conference and it contains other provisions. Software and entertainment
industries supported the law, but many others opposed it, including academics, scientists, and librarians.
Source: Digital Millineum Copyright Act
As cybersecurity manager you are responsible for staying up-to-date with laws that may affect ABC organization legally.
Your CISO has asked you to create a presentation for the next board meeting where you will present information about this act and how it could affect your organization which is a software company that specializes in multimedia applications which can be downloaded or accessed for a subscription via the web. Create a PowerPoint® narration (voice) report of at least 10 slides based on your findings about this law (not including the cover page and reference page).
If you do not own a copy of Microsoft PowerPoint use a comparable slide software or Google Slides . If your tool does not offer the ability to put audio on the slides utilize another tool to
record the audio portion, i.e., VLC Media or another tool that will allow you to
record .mp3 file format that transitions with the slides.
In the presentation, address the following:
1. Provide the five most important factors about the law.
2. Find something about the law that is a little known fact that directly affects ABC organization which puts the organization at risk.
3. Give information about the following: History of the law ABC's responsibility for complying with this law What is ABC's liability for failing to follow this law
4. Make a recommendation for how ABC can ensure they observe the law especially with their subscription service which is available on the web. Make sure to provide a reference slide that provides APA citations of any sources used in the PowerPoint presentation. This slide does not require narration.
Written Requirements
Your PowerPoint narration presentation should be 10 or more slides in length.
Be sure to use appropriate APA format and cite your Reading or other sources that you used in your presentation.
The presentation should contain sufficient information to adequately answer the questions and contain no spelling, grammar, or APA errors.
Remember that the slides will contain summary information of what you provide in your narration. Points deducted from grade for each writing, spelling, or grammar error are at your instructor's discretion.
Also review the university policy on plagiarism. If you have any questions, please contact your professor.