Lab Section Exercise: Technology & Political Economy

• Peer to peer technology brings many challenges to copyright protection as in the convenience of the filing sharing, and the secret world of illegal public networking.

• Because most of these filing sharing programs lack permission from the copywriter/ owner, a law called the Digital Millennium Copyright act is enforced to punish those who use the filing sharing programs illegally.

• P2P technology as a substructure fits much like the economy does. The P2P technology determines the DMCA in that the act must be updated to keep up with these new advances in technology. The DMCA works has a superstructure in that ultimately influence the economy.

• The three laws of dialectics are played out in this conflict because the filing sharing programs are forced to look at quality in stead of quantity because they may get caught. Also, this issues has many opportunities for both sides to come together to agree on something. And lastly, The p2p and DMCA can, over time, keep going back and forth in their agreements as more and more discussions and offers arise.
  

• I feel that the TAMU campus regulations are appropriate mainly because this is a educational environment, and if we as student cant respect their computers, then I guess they are forced to regulate. I believe these regulations are fail to both (student) internet users and copyright holders.

• DMCA interests reflect and protect the rights of the Record Labels as well as the producers and artists/actors of the music or movies them self. The people's interest witch is over looked here could be addressed in a way to compromise the amount of filing sharing. Maybe only allowing 4 shares per day or something to that effect.
  

• If I were a policy maker- I would regulate a policy that has more effect on the prosperity of our country poverty wise. Not just a policy acting as a watchdog so to speak on illegal downloads.