1) Downloading a particular TV show for personal uses is ok?
We feel that this is still illegal as the copy of the show downloaded would be from an illegal source. In a way we personally feel that to some extent this is okay.
2) Is it okay if i download a TV program, watch it, then give to my friend in exchange for money?
in answer to this question we feel that to sell a show that was downloaded for free and then sold for profit is wrong because they don't have the right to sell and profit from the product and also we feel that it is morally wrong.
Both are illegal, but to sell the TV program as well as download it effects the production company more so, which is worse.
3) What is the role of the Copyright and Trade Marks Act 2002?
The Act brings about some rationalisation of these criminal provisions by removing some of the differences. The three areas in which rationalisation is provided by the Act are maximum penalties for certain offences in intellectual property law, police search and seizure powers relating to offences and court orders on forfeiture of illegal material that may have been seized during investigation of offences. The Act does not make any changes to the scope of criminal offences in intellectual property law so that the type of behaviour that can give rise to an offence remains the same.
4) What is the role of Ofcom?
Ofcom, is the independent telecommunications regulator and competition authority for the communication industries in the United Kingdom They regulate the TV and radio sectors, fixed line telecoms and mobiles, plus the airwaves over which wireless devices operate.
5) How do you think downloading TV programmes and Films for free have effected the TV and Film industries?
It has effected the TV and Film industries as the production companies aren't making any profit. Which in turn means that there is less money for more TV programmes or films to be produced as the companies won't have the funds to make more.
6) Do you agree with the new copyright proposal on downloading set out by Ofcom? Why? 'Broadband customers who are caught downloading copyrighted material three times in the same year will have their names passed to rights holders, under the new proposal outlined by Ofcom. We don't agree with this as it depends whether you are then distributing the downloaded item for a profit, then the names should be passed on. But if it is for personal use, then it should be more acceptable but still be seen as illegal, with less of a consequence.
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