This may also be described as intellectual property
violations. Digital technology makes it very easy to perfectly copy creative
products such as music or films and the internet provides a free and almost anonymous
means of transmitting or exchanging these pirated materials around the world.
According to research from Business Alliance (BSA) an international leading
software and e-commerce developers, global software piracy is an 11.8 billion
dollars problem that’s only get bigger.
Cyber piracy has two different meanings in the cyber
security community: The
general definition of cyber piracy is any instance where the internet is used
to copy a digital document without authorization. Some examples of cyber piracy
in include: copying and distributing music or video without the copyright
holder’s permission, or copying software onto a CD without paying for it.
A more specific use of the term is in
the phrase trademark cyber piracy” also known as cyber squatting. This is when
somebody tries to make money by registering, selling or using internet domain
names that belong to trademarks. An example is a teenager who registered the
domain name www.apleimac.com only
two months after Apple released its Imac Computer. Apple Corporation was able
to sue this person on the basis of the Trademark Cyber Piracy Prevention Act.19
Section 1(1) of Copy Right Act20 provides that the following shall be
eligible for copy right: -
a.
Literary works;
b.
Musical works;
c.
Artistic works;
d.
Cinematograph
works;
e.
Sound recording;
and
f.
Broadcasts.
The Act, however is silent on cyber piracy which is a
recent development in copy right and trademark violation. This is happening
when other countries have updated their respective laws to accommodate this
trend.
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