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Digital Identity Digest (January 2019)

By Monique Rodrigues on February 15, 2019 | Tagged with Copyright, Copyright Act, copyright infringement, Digital Identity Digest, facebook, media piracy, piracy, privacy, privacy breach, screen addiction, screen time

What is the best educational measure against piracy? Canada’s government has amended its Copyright Act to clarify that piracy notices can’t demand cash from Canadians. The piracy-notice system took effect in 2015, allowing “copyright holders to send warning emails to people suspected of illegally downloading content such as movies or music,” CBC explains. According to […]

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Digital Piracy – What is the Definition of Piracy? (Part 1)

By Jason Cheung on May 24, 2018 | Tagged with authoritarianism, content ownership, copyright ethics, copyright infringement, information as a public good, legitimacy of information ownership, liberalism, libertarianism, media piracy, piracy

Piracy vs Copyright Infringement When we talk about piracy, there are two definitions that are commonly used. Piracy, in the traditional sense, refers to maritime piracy, or the plundering and theft of goods from ships and other vessels. While traditional piracy is still common today, contemporary conceptions of piracy are a little bit different. According […]

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