Argumentitive Essay on the RIAA/File-Sharing Controversy

The DMCA, which is an acronym for The Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998, was signed into law by president Clinton on October 28, 1998. It implements various copyright and intellectual property standards and applies them to digital media. The act was controversial from the start; drawing tremendous support from the entertainment and recording industries (RIAA), yet heavily criticized by academics, organizations, and others who saw the potential consequences of such an act. In the last few years, …

…who chaired the Commerce Committee hearing, was talking about the attempts by gay porn producer Titan Media to rid the Internet of its copyrighted works, which are typically swapped on peer-to-peer networks with file names such as "Gay-Titan-Pumped_Up-B-rip-Divx-Complete.avi." Under the DMCA, any person who claims to be a copyright holder worried about alleged piracy can unmask the accused infringer without filing a lawsuit. http://news.com.com/2100-1027_3-5078609.html?tag=st_rn