Merriam-Webster ’s Collegiate Dictionary defines piracy as‚ "an act of robbery on the high seas or an act resembling such robbery" (885). From this we can define software piracy as an act of robbery on the information superhighway. Many people do not see it as such. Even though the average person would never consider going into a convenience store and stealing a stick of gum‚ many have no qualms about stealing thousands of dollars worth of software. In a study done by the Canadian Alliance Against
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The Impact of Music Piracy According to the Recording Industry of America (RIAA) the record industry loses $4.3 billion dollars‚ worldwide‚ due to music piracy (RIAA‚ 2003). The American Federation of Artists claims that on-line music piracy has caused some record store sales to drop by 20% and that 20.6 billion illegal downloads occur every month (AFM‚ 2004). Many experts believe that music piracy is currently the number one threat to the music industry. RIAA sources claim 278 million people
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Tamara Rodgers Professor Jackson English 1010-542 26 April 2014 Somalian Piracy: A Problem and a Solution Piracy is one of the oldest forms of crime. Since there have been ships on the sea there have been maritime pirates. The vast majority of piracy within the last few years has occurred near Somalia and the Gulf of Aden. These are not the pirates of Hollywood with peg legs who say shiver me timbers. In fact‚ Somalian pirates are extremely aggressive and organized. The International
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Online Piracy Online piracy has continued to grow in this digital age. You’ll find a large majority of homes equipped with a computer and access to the outside internet. This is for the most part harmless for the average user‚ but as technology continues to pave the way‚ a greater ease of access to content is available to anyone who chooses to pursue it. Among this available content is illegal distributions of music‚ movies‚ games‚ and applications‚ which normally could only be found at a local
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Digital Music Piracy Every day people through out the world are downloading millions upon millions of digital music from the Internet illegally. Using a Peer-to-peer file-sharing program integrated in websites like 4shared.com and MEGAUPLOAD.com. As having friends in the Music Industry‚ I do believe people should not break the copyright law and instead pay the music artists for their work. Although this ongoing issue is in a way hard to control‚ record label companies‚ Internet service providers
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT The researchers would like to acknowledge where in one way or another helped to make this term paper be possible. Because of the help of the people who allotted their time and effort‚ this paper achieved its goal. What types of CDs/DVDs are being sold in Quiapo? * What is more in demand‚ local or foreign movies? * What is the difference of the pirated CDs to original CDs cost? What is the profile of people who sells pirated CDs/DVDs in Quiapo? * How much capital
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he music industry has typically borne the brunt of online piracy‚ because the smaller file sizes of songs make them easy to download and share. According to the British Phonographic Industry (BPI)‚ which represents the interests of the UK music industry‚ online copyright infringement cost the music industry over £200 million in lost revenue in 2009‚ and the cumulative total losses between 2001 and 2012 are estimated to be £1.2 billion (see BPI‚ File-sharing FAQs). For a number of years‚ peer-to-peer
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A Study of Software Piracy: the Forms and the Impacts to Taiwan BUS 6170 Information System Management Instructor: Professor Ryan LaBrie 12/10/2009 Seattle Pacific University Gini Cheang Table of Contents Abstract 2 Introduction 3 Discussion 4 Types of Software Piracy 4 Statistics 5 Impacts 7 Conclusion 11 References 12 Appendix 1 13 Appendix 2 14 Appendix 3 15 Abstract Software piracy has seriously affected the global
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Global Entertainment REPORT on Music Piracy 05.11.2013. Music piracy Industry Comparative Study – Piracy Table of Content INTRODUCTION This report purpose is to analyze the piracy‚ and the industrial response to it‚ in the music industry concentrating on three pre-selected regions. The structure of the report consists of the analysis of the global context of the music industry‚ a more detailed analysis of the product and distribution situation
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Therefore‚ the situation in Somalia is very chaos and insecurity. The most impressive incident happened in the world is piracy off the coast of Somalia. Since the second phase of Somali Civil War in the early 21st century‚ it has been a great threat to international shipping services. Piracy disturbed the delivery of shipments and increased shipping expenses. According to Oceans Beyond Piracy (OBP)‚ shipping companies costing
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