Online
piracy is illegal, it affects people all over he world and has many
views about it. The internet is a place of anonymity, people can do
things they cannot normally do, they can look at news from sources
other than those from their country. They can learn, watch, read, and
listen to new things. But under all of this the anonymity is useful
for some, online piracy is the act of illegally downloading content
such as movies, games, or t.v shows of the internet. Piracy is a
global issue because it can affect the revenue of an artist, company,
or actor. Online piracy is basically theft of intellectual property,
it is causing companies to lose revenue, but it offers that
intellectual property to be seen by millions that would not have
normally seen it
There
are two sides to online piracy:
The
first side to online piracy is that it should be stopped, this is the
view of many congressmen in the United States, they think that it is
stealing from the producers of the product. Many people want to pass
SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) which will shut
down all sites that have any illegal content, but in the process it
will shut down huge sites, such as Wikipedia or YouTube. Many people
online are against SOPA, but they have no way to express it other
than online.
The
second side to online piracy is that it shouldn't be stopped, some
game developers allow their games to be illegally downloaded to give
the players a demo of sorts, they are expecting however that the
player will buy the game afterwards. Also if you live in a different
country, and cannot access a certain movie or game unless you pay a
huge amount of money, that is not fair. But even if those people in
those countries don't normally buy music or movies, then does the
industry really lose any revenue? No, because that demographic
wouldn't buy the movie either way, so they don't lose any revenue
whatsoever.
I
think that Piracy is not acceptable and should have more laws
restricting it, there is proof that piracy affects the economy in
that it costs the U.S. economy between $200 and
$250 billion per year and is responsible for the loss of 750,000 jobs
annually in the U.S. I don't think that we should act as drastically
as passing SOPA, but instead take smaller steps to minimize online
piracy globally. This can be done by shutting down smaller sites.
Libraries lend books to people, it causes a loss of revenue for
publishing companies, but there is no act to close libraries. I am
not saying it is the same thing, but it is similar, it is like
“lending” the illegal software or media
But
in the end, piracy is illegal and should stay that way, it will not
cause loss of revenue if there is much less of it. There are many
problems in the world today, and piracy shouldn't be one of them, it
can be resolved and doesn't need drastic measures such as SOPA.
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