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Should you be a Pirate?
Works Cited
Software Piracy. Retrieved April 18, 2016, from http://cs.stanford.edu/people/eroberts/courses/cs181/projects/1999-00/software-piracy/personal.html
Givon, M., Mahajan, V., & Muller, E. (1995). Software piracy: Estimation of lost sales and the impact on software diffusion. The Journal of Marketing, 29-37.
Think piracy is killing the music industry? This chart suggests otherwise. (n.d.). Retrieved April 18, 2016, from https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2013/10/07/think-piracy-is-killing-the-music-industry-this-chart-suggests-otherwise/
Online Piracy in Numbers - Facts and Statistics [Infographic]. (2011). Retrieved April 18, 2016, from http://www.go-gulf.com/blog/online-piracy/
2010 BSA Piracy Study. Retrieved April 18, 2016, from http://globalstudy.bsa.org/2010/downloads/study_pdf/2010_BSA_Piracy_Study-Standard.pdf
Its easy and quick to do
- Downloading a torrent client
- Visiting your favorite torrent sites
- Quick downloads
Risky Downloading
- Malicious software may be lurking in the files
- Cracked copies of software might have unwanted features without your knowledge
Economic Reasons
-Stuff is expensive; Textbooks, video games, movies, and software
programs like AutoCad and Adobe can cost up to $4200
Spread the word
-Free publicity and exposure for small time musicians
Total Revenue of the Music Industry
Should you illegally download media?
(London School of Economics Media Policy Project) ~Washington Post
Consequences of Pirating
- Fines can be around $22,500 per song (Appeals Court)
- Spending 10 years in Jail
- For pirating movies, if sued for civil copyright infringement, the penalty is up to $100,000 per title infringed and if charge with a criminal violation the fine is up to $250,000 per title of 5 years of imprisonment.
Financial Depreciation in Movie/Music Industries
Unlimited Resources
-Different types of media are not always available to purchase
-Old recordings are hard to find through digital markets
Examples- Foreign music, videos, and video games
Repurchase Redundancy
-Buying something a long time ago and having to re-buy it again later
- Costs the music Industry $12.5 billion per year
- Costs the movie industry $20.5 billion per year
- Responsible for the loss of 71,060 jobs per year
- If there was a 10% piracy decrease in film and music over 4 years then there would be:
- 1.5 million more jobs
- $64 billion in taxes
- $400 billion in Economic Growth
- That is money that could have been used to develop the next album, game, or movie