No different than that of the general public. Students do not get special legal allowances. They do however face the additional restrictions imposed by educational institutions such as by-laws, application terms and other agreements entered into when a student (a) participates in services offered by the institution and/or (b) participates in the use of facilities or services offered by the institution (labs, networks, dorms, etc.)
The two biggest issues in modern copyright are the increasing challenge of protecting your work from infringement, and the challenge of creating laws that are flexible enough to react to technological advances without being so vague as to be useless.
Generally, only pay sites such as iTunes and Amazon will be safe and legal.
No, the song Drunk drunk again is not in the public domain because of the copyright infringement issues.
Saying something has a "copyright issue" is usually a nice, slightly oblique way of saying "copyright infringement." For example, if a YouTube video is taken down because of copyright issues, it means the rightsholder of some portion of it has asserted that the use is infringing.
In the United States copyright law is almost exclusively handled in federal district courts, other than copyright of sound recordings published prior to 1972 and other possible issues that are handled under state laws because they are not pre-empted by the federal laws.
Although they do not specifically mention copyright as one of their specialties, they do provide assistance with legal issues. I would suggest contacting your local office to see what their recommendations are.
No, creative works acquire copyright upon creation, however, registration establishes legal evidence of the date of creation when issues like infringement arise. Also, the © symbol stands for a registered copyright, so when marking unregistered works, you need to use "Copyright (date)" in full.
What was the issues surrounding the US?
Yes. Assuming the music in question is still under copyright protection you must seek proper permission to perform it in public otherwise you run the risk of prosecution for infringement.
Of course it does, but all of those issues are not the immediate concern every day, many of them only need to be addressed once (e.g. filing legally required forms, resolving primary ethical issues).
Copyright Act, 1957, and Copyright Rules, 1958, as amended.
They didn't quite shut down as you can still visit the website, but you can no longer read manga due to copy right issues. You can still find other websites like it, such as Manga Fox or Mangareader.net