Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chapters: What is copyright infringement? -- What facilitates copyright infringement? -- What are the effects of copyright infringement? -- Are copyright laws effective?

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Essays. Copyright : an overview / Copyright Clearance Center -- Plagiarism is different from copyright infringement / K. Matthew Dames -- Online music piracy is copyright infringement / Matthew J. Oppenheim -- Movie piracy is copyright infringement / Motion Picture Association of America -- Software piracy is copyright infringement / Software & Information Industry Association -- Counterfeiting consumer goods is copyright infringement / Laura Palotie and Alexandra Zendrian -- Peer-to-peer services facilitate copyright infringement / Alan C. Chen -- Peer-to-peer services can be legitimized / Knowledge@Wharton -- Viral video often constitutes copyright infringement / Scott D. Marrs and John W. Lynd -- Many viral videos use copyrighted materials legally / Patricia Aufderheide and Peter Jaszi -- The growing market of counterfeit goods facilitates copyright infringement / Tim Phillips -- Copyright infringement of movies hurts the economy / Stephen E. Siwek -- File-sharing copyrighted music hurts music sales / Alejandro Zentner -- File-sharing copyrighted media helps to advance technology / Ken Hunt -- Copyright infringement of software has serious consequences / Frank Washkuch Jr. -- Some believe the piracy of copyrighted software may have benefits / Network World -- Counterfeit goods hurt the economy / Joe Knollenberg -- The statistics of counterfeit goods may be exaggerated / Felix Salmon -- Copyright laws are effective / Jennifer Horner -- Copyright laws should be abolished / Joost Smiers -- The Digital Millennium Copyright Act is effective / June M. Besek -- The Digital Millennium Copyright Act is not effective / Deirdre Mulligan ... [et al.] -- The Piracy Design Prohibition Act would protect the fashion industry / Narciso Rodriguez -- The Piracy Design Prohibition Act would threaten the fashion industry / Kal Raustiala and Christopher Sprigman.