Newspaper/Magazine Articles

Eskicioglu, Ahmet. "Protecting Intellectual Property in Digital Multimedia Networks." July 2003. IEEE Computer Society. 20 Aug. 2008 http://csdl2.computer.org/persagen/dlabstoc.jsp?resourcepath=/dl/mags/co/&toc=comp/mags/co/2003/07/r7toc.xml&doi=10.1109/mc.2003.1212689

This was an interesting article that went into detail about protecting intellectual property in various forms of mediums. It becomes a difficult task to protect intellectual property once it hits the Internet. This article goes to lengths to discuss the ways in which many businesses have tried to avoid getting full pieces of work from hitting the Web site. I thought that this was an intriguing article because it gives the reader some feel for what businesses and artists go through to save their work from being exploited in this area. I believe that this article can give a great background to a writer that needs some assistance with problems in intellectual property.

Granelli, James. "AT&T to target pirated content." Los Angeles Times. 13 June 2007.20 Aug. 2008 http://articles.latimes.com/2007/jun/13/business/fi-piracy13.

Wow. I am amazed with this article. I read it over about five times and it is incredible that some of the things have happened the way they have in intellectual property law. I loved the writing that Mr. Granelli provided to the reader. This article is about AT&T, the largest Internet provider in the United States, has teamed up with the major U.S. movie and music studios to find the most frequent offenders. According to this article, the major U.S. studios lost $2.3 billion in 2006 to online piracy and an additional $3.8 billion to bootleg DVDs. They are now fighting back, by tracking users and monitoring their illegal habits. They do all this without breaking any privacy laws. This is a must-read article for anyone writing material for intellectual property law.

Crutsinger, Martin. "12 Nations Put on Copyright Piracy List." Washington Post. 30 Apr. 2007.20 Aug. 2008 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/30/ar2007043000501.html.

This was another great article that brought to light the struggles the United States has with international copyright laws. The Internet has the ability to reach anyone across the globe. This may be an amazing tool, but it has also been a curse for people involved with intellectual property. The fact that the Internet does not have boundaries means that all areas of the globe can get access to free materials. Once material has hit the Web, protection for the intellectual property can become very shaky. There are many nations that do not always hold up their part of the copyright protection laws. This is the reason why President Bush placed 12 nations on a watch list to monitor their control of copyright piracy. These countries have allowed their residents to basically steal property of American artists without any repercussions. Great article.