One of the goals of copyright law is to encourage creativity by allowing creators a chance at ascribing value to their imagination and hard work.
For the user, this encouragement of creativity gives us more choices: because it is possible to make a living as a photographer, there are more photographers to choose from.
Some infringers are "bad actors," meaning they know it's wrong but do it anyway. I would suspect, however, that the vast majority of infringers genuinely do not know what the law allows, and believe what they're doing is fine.
Usually because it's easier, cheaper, or both to do the wrong thing than to do the right thing.
Most often because it's cheaper and easier than doing the right thing. In other cases, people don't understand what they're doing is violating someone else's rights.
Copyright is federal law; violating it is a federal offense.
Ignorance and greed
Yes, It is breaking copyright laws.
Reading parts of books online is illegal because of copyright. sorry.
No. Copyright is federal law.
Copyright itself is not illegal; in fact, it's the law.
That would be a breach of copyright, which is illegal everywhere. WikiAnswers will not assist in any such breach, so no, we cannot.
Some torrents are illegal on the internet due to copyright issues. Sharing files on the internet that are copyright protected without the copyright holder's express permission is illegal.
No, it is illegal
It is violation of law. This is the reason that anything illegal is illegal.
Yes, it is illegal. The person who uploaded the video is violating copyright, and you are violating copyright in downloading and burning it. The law against copyright prevents you from *copying* things - ie. uploading them to YouTube, or burning them - without permission. So it does not matter where you get a copy of The Lion King from, if you copy it yourself by burning it without permission of the copyright holder, ie. Disney, you are breaking copyright law.
Yes jail breaking is very illegal.
If you are not the creator of the work, you cannot claim copyright on it.
Nothing about it is "legal." Copyright infringement is illegal.