Depression Quiz
Piracy Of Digital Media
Piracy of media in the film industry- Piracy negatively affects every single person working in these industries and their supply chains. There is less money to invest in new software, developing music artists, and movies. There is less work for developers, testers, sound engineers, videographers, actors, scriptwriters, musicians, assistants, set designers, security guards, stores, salespeople, website developers and every other type of person who goes into creating, packaging, advertising, distributing, supporting, promoting or reviewing these products and services.
Most of the people who lost work because of piracy and stolen profits will struggle for the means to support their families. The loss of income means they aren’t going out to eat and shop to help keep their local community’s economy healthier. This loss of income may shut the door on the restaurants and stores they once visited in your hometown. Since they can no longer afford home remodeling, new plumbing, repaving or new furniture, these businesses will also suffer along with everyone who works in the housing industry. The loss of income may force families into foreclosure, dropping the value of all homes in the area, including yours. And the loss of income may mean these families cannot afford to send their kids to college and create a brighter future for themselves and the country.
Copying software or digital content without permission of the content creator is stealing. It is no different than shoplifting the same program from a computer store. It doesn’t matter whether you copied copyrighted material from a friend, illegally downloaded from the internet, or purchased from a person who was selling illegally made copies; it is all theft.
People who copy digital content they do not have permission to use are digital pirates. This includes:
Most of the people who lost work because of piracy and stolen profits will struggle for the means to support their families. The loss of income means they aren’t going out to eat and shop to help keep their local community’s economy healthier. This loss of income may shut the door on the restaurants and stores they once visited in your hometown. Since they can no longer afford home remodeling, new plumbing, repaving or new furniture, these businesses will also suffer along with everyone who works in the housing industry. The loss of income may force families into foreclosure, dropping the value of all homes in the area, including yours. And the loss of income may mean these families cannot afford to send their kids to college and create a brighter future for themselves and the country.
Copying software or digital content without permission of the content creator is stealing. It is no different than shoplifting the same program from a computer store. It doesn’t matter whether you copied copyrighted material from a friend, illegally downloaded from the internet, or purchased from a person who was selling illegally made copies; it is all theft.
People who copy digital content they do not have permission to use are digital pirates. This includes:
- Copying digital content a friend has bought - like music, pictures, videos, movies, games, books or software.
- Copying digital content from peer-to-peer networks or file sharing servers.
- Buying content from a source that stole the content and made copies to sell – like counterfeit versions of games, movies, music, books, or software – is buying stolen goods.
examples of the expenses piracy has caused- - A whopping $59 billion dollars’ worth of software was stolen worldwide in 2010, 20% of all software installations in 2010 were pirated copies that cost the software industry $9.5 billion dollars.
Piracy primary research
With this primary research being complete i have come to an conclusion that piracy DOES impact the media but not as much as we think.