I Believe that Piracy Should Be Legal

Piracy has become a major issue in the United States. For every motion picture that has been featured in theaters also has been pirated onto the Internet the next day, and for every new musical album that is released, yet there is a free torrent file of the album within the same hour. Even though these online pirates steal music and movies from other companies and make a drastic profit, yet these “rogue” websites receive 53 billions visits a year from across the globe according to Creative America. The persistence of the thieves that break copyright laws of the productions has lead the entertainment business to place a definitive complaint to the U.S. government of the constant notion of piracy. While the notion of piracy was not left

One reason why I think people should be prosecuted to an extent is because it is a harmless crime. People in the world have gotten a lesser charge for things that are worst than piracy. Some of the crimes actually can involve hurting others yet they get a lesser crime. On a website

In the global market that we leave in companies are trying to find any and everyway that they can to get ahead in their respective markets. This most of the time brings out the most innovate thinkers that can come up with a way to keep it’s company on top of their market and sometimes we see that there are companies that like to take a short cut by using non legal and malicious methods. According to Lewis, (1985), Software piracy is the illicit copying of the operating instructions and applications programs, which make computers work, is a large and growing industry. The Pirate Bay is part of a European social and political movement that opposes copyrighted content and demands that music, videos, TV shows, and other digital content be free and unrestricted. In the words of the Pirate Party, “the Pirate Bay is a unique platform for distributing culture between regular people and independent artists, and that’s something we want to preserve.”

banned and victims’ lost goods are refunded.” Weiss then goes on to point out how in

In the various media industries there are extreme worries concerning unauthorized downloading and copying of their products known as piracy. Piracy of items has been part of commerce for centuries; counterfeiting of currency for example. With the information age the ease at which media can be pirated has caused an explosion of this phenomenon. This practice is an illegal act that is done by individuals for personal use and also for profit. The first do not seem to see the issues caused by this practice such as; the spreading of viruses and lower quality products. We will use Reynolds' Seven-Step Ethical Decision Making Approach for the breakdown of the ethical reality of software piracy.

I’m afraid that the issues that had to do with the rights for creators of content (authors of music, books, papers, etc.) to be able to profit from their work without being deprived of their livelihoods due to piracy, was confounded due to the ignorance of law makers about the nature of the Internet (the free flow of ideas, the ability to collaborate with people from all over the world and engage in thoughtful discourse and debate, etc.). Further, the influence of money and pressure being brought upon the government to pass the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act (PIPA) by very wealthy and influential organizations (see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_organizations_with_official_stances_on_the_SOPA_and_PIPA ) created undue pressure to get Congress to act without thoughtful investigation into the

Criminals guilty of piracy may be sentenced up to 5 years in prison and fined up to 250,000 dollars. Crimes such as piracy are very serious, as well as the punishments. Businesses who promote and commit piracy and other similar need to be prosecuted, and organizations should do everything they can to win legal battles. Because businesses who steal media promote piracy and creators of the media are losing potential money, it is appropriate for organizations such as the Motion Picture Association of America to use charged language like "piracy" to win legal battles.

The issue with piracy is how hard it is to control and regulate. New release movies should be released in all formats, DVD, online, mp4, Blu-ray, etc. The Copyright Amendment (Online Infringement) Bill 2015

Online Piracy is a federal crime and should be prosecuted as so. The FBI shows warnings to constantly remind people about the consequences of piracy. For example, "Criminal copyright infringement is investigated by federal law enforcement agencies and is punishable by up to 5 years in prison and a fine of $250,000" (12), People for piracy say as well that because everyone is doing it, it's okay. But as the author of a musicians rant says, "last time I checked, when something is wrong, it's wrong. Period."(13). No matter what, Piracy is stealing and stealing is a crime that should be punished as so.

Imagine a group of police officers driving down the road, talking on radios, equipping gear, and getting ready to approach a house. Guns ready, they then walk up to the house and bang on the door, after a couple of seconds the door opens, and inside can be seen a man and his daughter. They seem shocked and afraid, and the police proceed to confiscate the little girl’s “Winnie the Pooh” laptop. All this happened because the little girl unknowingly downloaded a song off the internet. Before this happened though, the man was sent an offer to settle for the theft for a fine of 773$ and a signed non-disclosure agreement to keep him from talking[1]. This kind of overreaction towards internet crimes should not be acceptable, therefore laws regarding piracy should be reformed to make lawsuits less devastating towards those who pirated the digital goods. But many don’t know what the laws about piracy actually say, Quoted from wiseGEEK they are as follows:

Each state exercises its jurisdiction within its territory. Piracy is one crime when a state may exercise jurisdiction, because it is a crime that falls under the definition of jus cogens, considered being so critical to the international order that all nations must fight against it. The acts of piracy do not only have impacts on human life, but it affects the navigation on the seas, the environment and it has severe financial consequences. It is significant to stop the piracy attacks, but who have jurisdiction and rights to do it? The Somali government has been having trouble since 1991 and their priority is to handle the domestic economical and political situation. Unfortunately, the government doesn’t have the strength or capacity to handle the pirates alone. During many years pirates were seen as hostis humani generis – any enemy of all mankind, thus all states should fight them.

Internet piracy is a hot-button topic, but it is not one that we should take lightly. We as a nation need to quell the distribution of these stolen materials. Imagine if someone pirated teaching videos online to learn for free? Then what would happen to teachers? Where would we be without libraries and their indispensable resources? The days of Blackbeard may be gone, but if we, as a nation, fail to take action, well, we are in for some stormy

Online piracy is commonly referred to as a threat to businesses in the creative industries. The WTO Agreement on Trade-related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (a.k.a. “the TRIPS” agreement) defines piracy as:

As the success of services like Hulu and Netflix suggests, consumers are only too happy to pay for content that 's made available in a convenient form, and at a reasonable price. If the content industries want a genuinely effective way to reduce global piracy, they should spend less time and money lobbying for new regulations, and focus on providing innovative services that make piracy unattractive. [5]

The rise of the Internet era opened the whole new market for traditional media full of opportunities as well as threats. Online piracy being one of them because the music and film industry loses £5.4bn in a year and if it was reduced by 10% it could have created up to 13 thousand jobs in the UK. There are various attempts taken to fight with online piracy; a case study of Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement will be considered as well as other legislations attempting to regulate copyrights in the Internet. This