Online Copyright Infringement

Cyber security has become a burning issue over the years courtesy of internet loopholes, and thus giving room to cyber security threats like online copyright infringement. There are many forms of cyber security. In this study, online copyright infringement will be majored on. Online copyright infringement takes place in different forms with some forms taking place without the committer knowing whatever he/she is doing is a crime. The crime has been growing as years pass by and there seems to be no solution to this crime but instead people are learning to normalize it. Without proper control measures, the menace will end the value of the media industry on the internet. Online copyright infringement is a crime that goes against the ethical conduct on the internet with the major victims to this menace being intellectual property owners like artists. If not well controlled, these artists will come to a point of earning nothing from their works. Online copyright infringement is expounded through examples and illustrations which will help the reader understand the intensity of the crime.