Jurist Law Professor

As the use of Internet for television and film has grown in the past ten years, controversy has increased about whether online rebroadcasts of television programs and movies violate copyright laws. Increased broadband capacity and faster download speeds have allowed the streaming of TV shows and movies online. Although rebroadcasts of television shows and movies have facilitated easier viewing of the TV shows and other programs at a lower cost and to a wider audience, the producers of these programs face revenue losses because fewer users pay for the content that they view. This has sparked considerable debate in the industry over the role of copyright law.

Over the last few years, copyright laws have undergone a variety of changes to strengthen the rights of creators and providers of original content. Although it is still too early to tell how new legislation will affect the “pirating” of TV shows and movies, imposing legal limits on the use of certain technologies, or instituting additional statutory guidelines ultimately might be necessary to reduce the alarming rates of Internet rebroadcasting of the TV shows.

To allow for continued technological development while at the same time limiting opportunities for the infringement of copyright, a compromise between lenient and structured regulation of online TV shows and movies will be needed. Over time, it will become more clear how changes to copyright law will affect activities in the age of electronic intellectual property.

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