Hello, As you know my name is ****. My topic for the law seminar is Piracy. Piracy is the unauthorized duplication and distribution of copyright-protected items. These items can be Music, Software, Games, and printed works. I will talk about the penalties of piracy, the way it effects the economy. Now the 2 main questions. (Show the Over Head) Maybe you have downloaded a song from the Internet lately. And perhaps that song that you downloaded was …showed first 75 words of 714 total…

…showed last 75 words of 714 total…Whose job is it to enforce the Copyright laws. Currently it's being done by private groups who are civilly suing people who download pirated items. The Internet service providers are not taking the blame for any of this because they depend on illegal downloads. The police claim that they are not funded enough to embark on hunting down people who break copyrights. So Currently its being enforced by private interest groups such as the RIAA.