This document is an addendum to an outline for a paper analyzing media piracy laws. It summarizes three body paragraphs that will support the thesis that media piracy laws have not fundamentally changed even as technology advances, and that duplicating or selling someone's media without permission has always been illegal. The paragraphs will discuss how digital technology has made media sharing easy but artists' rights still need protection, how the internet makes all media readily available without thought of ownership, and examples throughout history of people avoiding copyright payments.

1. Lambert 1
(Robert) Curtis Lambert
English 101
Professor Bolton
25 June, 2012
TEXT Analysis Addendum to Handwritten Sheet for Outline:
BODY paragraph 1: The vast majority of the media that is duplicated is done legally and
the artists whose work is being recorded, in any fashion, is compensated according to the law.
However, it has become increasingly difficult to monitor and protect the rights of artists in the
media industry, due largely to the fact that digital technology changes and advances at lightning
speed in today’s market…[the] media savvy youth culture sees nothing wrong with Peer-2-Peer
file sharing. It is an accepted practice, largely by teens and college students, to download and
share files among themselves, without ever paying for the data or media being shared.
This statement above corresponds directly with my thesis:
I contend that the precedent for media piracy laws have been set since before the
turn of the 20th century, and although the type of media continues to develop and progress
at a pace beyond our ability to keep up, the basic statute of the law has not changed: if one
duplicates and/or sells or uses someone else’s media, in any form, without their written or
express permission, then they are breaking the law.
BODY paragraph 2: The Internet has made every artist’s work readily available at the
click of a button. No thought is given to who owns the work on the Internet or how to pay for it,
and there is no sense of urgency in legislating these artist’s rights.

2. Lambert 2
I use the statement above, which correlates with my thesis, as well as my research article,
to support my claim that there is a need for attention to the time factor that has always plagued
media piracy in developing technology.
BODY paragraph 3: Lessig gives a myriad of examples on how, throughout history,
people have been going to great extremes to avoid paying royalties attached to media copyright
laws.
My topic sentence for BODY paragraph 3, again, restates my claim, based on my thesis,
that historically people have gone to great lengths to avoid copyright payments. I cite the
author’s [Lessig] example of how Hollywood came in to being: by running from patents in the
film industry owned by Thomas Edison.