Movie, Music and Software Piracy

File sharing is distributing and receiving digital information, most commonly over the internet. At its simplest level it can be swapping files on removable media, or downloading from centralized computer servers, but the most common and efficient away is through peer to peer (P2P) programs. Peer to peer networking is where there is no central server; each computer in the network simultaneously downloads and uploads to every other computer. File sharing in itself is completely legal; however not having to rely on expensive server equipment means anyone with a computer can upload any file. In the late 1990s, when mp3 music was growing in popularity, users began to ...  Read the complete review

***This is a discussion and I will assume that most people are aware of piracy and how it works in today's technological society. I intend only to convey my opinions and not the fine details. Lastly, I do not encourage piracy and I have taken great care to remove anything that I think might explain "how to" do it.*** Piracy is bad. The creative industries estimate the current number of people in the uk who regularly file-share copyright content to be around the 6 million mark. They tell us this costs billions to the entertainment industry. It "costs" them nothing. The vast majority of people who are ...  Read the complete review

I would like to talk mainly about music piracy here. The music industry would have you believe that this is a major problem and perhaps they are right. Many years ago, music was released on vinyl records and this was prohibitively expensive to copy but then came along various new music formats. One was the cassette player which the music industry didn't like because there was of course the cassette recorder. Now you can record your favourites from the radio. This never killed the music industry. The next major format war ended with the CD being the victor and the music industry embraced these little discs, even charging more for them when they cost ...  Read the complete review

Well whether we say or not, we have probably all been tempted to save money by, buying something on the cheap, such as: video games, music, DVD, etc. I my self rather listen to a song on You tube, as it will soon be out of date and new songs will come out. I believe I have put thousands into the music industry with all of the CD's I have bought before. I think that it is so easy to produce pirate music and media now, and it should be the people that make it so easy they deal with, not the people producing it. That way they get the problem at the start. I know that in the UK you are aloud to make a back-up copy of your disc, ...  Read the complete review

The age old argument of trying to justify or condemn movie, music and software piracy... well I will try to keep this concise. I am not personally admitting to downloadng anything illegally. However, I see nothing wrong with the following scenario. If one was to download a computer game. The game turns out to be very very poor. How much happier would the downloader be that they hadn't wasted £20, £30 or perhaps even £50 on a five minute wonder. Shame on the publisher for releasing such trash. If on the other hand, the game is a gem. You find yourself playing it day in, day out, then you go out and buy the original. The publisher has then been rewarded and ...  Read the complete review