Business Ethics           Discusssion Project on "Intellectual Property" and "Piracy"

Consider the following propositions:

A.  It’s not wrong (ethically speaking) to “pirate” digital content (books, music, movies) available on the Internet, even when this is illegal.

B.  We should reform our system of intellectual property law to reduce or even eliminate protection of things like books, movies and music?

1. Produce the best argument you can in favor of each statement.
2. Produce the best argument you can against each statement.

[Don’t forget to produce a sheet of paper with everybody’s name on it.]