Issues in Publication and Design: The War of The Giants, and The Artist.

Kim Dotcom and Megaupload sued for copyright infringement by music labels

Regulations and governments are perhaps quite synonymous in meaning as they both come together. If I were to argue on the reasons why human beings and society required or should not be governed by law and regulations this blog post would probably be too long – let us take that regulations are a norm today and that it is alright for the way regulators are doing things today. (Sanchez, 2012)

The internet is a relatively new technology introduced into the world a few decades ago; was perhaps only about 15 years back that it made it to the consumer market. In fact it isn’t even fair to say that half the world has access to the internet as it is unable to reach really rural communities. That said, regulators today are still facing with a challenge that is internet law and regulations. With the internet being widespread across the globe and that government are unable to extend their regulations outside of their countries, it is becoming exceedingly difficult for regulators to tackle the issue of infringement of intellectual property and data (Sanchez, 2012). To add on, even accounting regulators are facing issues with newly invented assets I.e. virtual assets and their accounting treatments.

That said, with this high amount of regulation grey area, it is no wonder why there are so many loopholes and exploitations happening in the internet law today; this is especially prevalent with computing innovators such as KimDotcom, the creator of Mega, or even ThePirateBay. However so, some may argue that the internet should be a place where information moves freely; I would definitely agree so – however I would disagree that copyrighted materials be shared without the consent of its owner(s).

Some may argue that the allegations made by the music labels and governments are simply corporate red tape in order to shut down internet freedom – this may hold true in some aspects however the real concern is really, the people whom are not doing the legal stuff, but creating the artworks. (Ahrens, 2011) Metaphorically speaking, wars will always involve two parties, but it’s the third party that gets all the damage, the party that contributed to abundance – the artists; unfairly paid, not getting recognition and having their properties stolen, be it by pirates, or the corporations and their legal methods.