Sharing of Music Files is a Violation

Sharing of Music Files is a Violation

Introduction

Every piece of creation is a result of inspiration and innovation and it comes out of unique creativity of each and every individual who creates it. An individual who creates something wants to have appreciation of his or her creativity so, in order to receive that appreciation he or she makes the public display of its creation. This public display may involve certain susceptibility of risk of theft and stealing of idea and misrepresentation of ideas. To combat this issue we take the aid of laws. Different laws provide protection to our creation. But laws are ever changing in order to avail the protection of laws properly we must understand laws very well. Copyright is the right that automatically arises whenever an individual produces a creative piece of work. Sharing of music files is very common nowadays and has become a serious violation of the copyright laws. This has become an issue because this trend is increasing day by day and it is causing a lot of problem for the people who are the original producers of the music content.

Discussion

This part of the paper will discuss the different copyright laws according to which sharing of music files is illegal. A new section SI 2498 that was inserted in the copyright designs and patent Act 1988 provides protection against such sort of conduct. The law of copyright restricts under this section the communication of any creation in the field of music or in the form of a sound recording to public by adopting the means of electronic transmission in a manner that allow general public to access and utilize that piece of creation at any time and from anywhere. This means that general public have control to ...