Exam 5: Virtual Pirates

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_______________ is the process of converting streaming data into files which can be stored locally and is an increasingly popular strategy for piracy.?

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This privacy-enhancing measure allows users to hide their IP addresses by rerouting network traffic, thereby bypassing attempts by regulatory bodies to block access to websites hosting or indexing pirated content.?

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In terms of scope and scale, this commercial sector reports the largest financial losses to piracy at $52.24 billion according to 2016 data.?

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_______________ is a type of technology used to prevent illegal copying of digital files.?

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The following are all factors that have possibly contributed toward the low prosecutions of piracy except for _______________.?

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This website generated controversy by hosting a free-to-access repository of scholarly publications.?

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Despite issues surrounding the measurement of cybercrime generally, piracy statistics are surprisingly accurate and trustworthy.?

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In the early 2000s, the UK released a series of anti-piracy ads featuring a singing troubadour slandering a man for engaging in activities like buying counterfeit goods and downloading pirated movies, dubbing the man _______________.?

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Which of the following is NOT a motivation for piracy as described in the textbook.?

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In 2013, Electronic Arts caused controversy after their "always-on" copy-protection mechanisms locked legitimate users out of this game.?

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In 2001, Bram Cohen released this decentralized protocol for peer-to-peer filesharing that was extraordinarily resilient to shutdown attempts.?

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The UK introduced _______________ that required ISPs to send warning letters to customers who had been identified of breaching copyright.?

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All of the following pieces of legislation deals, in some capacity, with piracy except for _______________.?

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Created in the late 1990s, the _______________ was crafted to address copyright issues in the age of the Internet by providing legal protections for copy-protection mechanisms.?

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Shawn Fanning developed this peer-to-peer service in 1999 which lead to a massive increase in illegal music downloads.?

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Copyrights, patents, trade secrets, and trademarks are best classified as forms of _______________.?

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What is a major reason peer-to-peer file-sharing remains extraordinarily resilient to shutdown attempts?

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What is the BSA's "No Piracy" program?

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According to recent estimates, 80 per cent of all music downloaders consumer music legally.?

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Which organization was implicated in one of the earliest cases of software piracy?

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