* References for the project
1. What is piracy? – definitions and current situations; It’s kind of old, but the RIAA also have statistics of music piracy in PDF format.
http://www.ifpi.org/content/section_views/what_is_piracy.html
http://www.riaa.com/physicalpiracy.php
( http://76.74.24.142/6BE200AF-5DDA-1C2B-D8BA-4174680FCE66.pdf)
Scholarly Journal about music piracy from the view point of comparison classical music era with modern music era – “Facing the music” http://ehis.ebscohost.com.citytech.ezproxy.cuny.edu:2048/ehost/detail?vid=3&hid=5&sid=c9c561a6-e73d-4265-830e4c2ba6d32aa8@sessionmgr104&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=a9h&AN=35655948
2. An interesting pole regarding “Is downloading music ethical?”
http://www.helium.com/items/1460164-music-piracy-is-downloading-music-ethical
Influence of music piracy in an economic point of view – “Music Piracy Costs U.S. Economy $12.5 Billion”
http://www.informationweek.com/news/internet/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=201801704
Digital music consumption patterns http://www.zdnet.com/blog/itfacts/music-consumption-statistics/14580
3. Lawsuits – “RIAA pays out $107,951.03 in music piracy lawsuit”
http://www.geek.com/articles/law/riaa-pays-out-10795103-in-music-piracy-lawsuit-20080819/
(It was once controvercial issue, rootkit in the copy protection system – “Sony sued over copy- protected CDs” http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4424254.stm)
RIAA v. The People (http://www.eff.org/riaa-v-people)
The effort of the music industry for amendment (UK) – “Government panders to music industry in copyright debate”
http://www.v3.co.uk/v3/news/2259385/government-panders-music
Marcelo & Soo 