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Movie Piracy is Stealing Essay

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With the growing number of internet users participating in movie piracy, this creates a network of users who no longer need to go the movie theatre or video store to watch a movie. Movie piracy has grown enormously in the past few years making it easier than ever to find box office releases with the simple click of a button. This creates a world where it is okay to steal billions of dollars from movie producers, because most of those participating in piracy see nothing wrong with it. Although there are consequences for downloading copyrighted content, it is nearly impossible to prosecute each user who is downloading a particular movie. Instead of relying on punishing those who are downloading the content, it is most important to make this …show more content…

Both of these ways allow access to a movie while it is still in theatres affecting box office sales dramatically.
“The MPAA estimates that piracy costs Hollywood $3.5 billion a year in lost ticket sales and home video rentals” (Bowles). This may not seem like much of a problem to those not involved in the MPAA, but as Dan Glickman, head of the MPAA said, referring to piracy, “..an A-list actor isn't going to be hurt by it. This industry employs 750,000 people, most of whom don't make a ton of money. They're hurting everyday folks just trying to make a living” (Bowles). And, although many internet users do not see anything wrong with piracy, it is stealing. Piracy could be compared to walking into a video store and stealing a video rather than purchasing it. I’m sure many people would find this to be wrong, but would still continue to pirate movies.
As I have already mentioned movie piracy happens everyday and costs Hollywood billions of dollars a year. Aside from costing actors money, piracy is also stealing. Piracy affects many internet users destroying their moral values, enticing those to steal who never in their right mind would think of doing so. Many of those users may not see anything wrong with piracy, because the problem is so widespread. This is why we must stop the problem before it hits home. By decreasing the number of pirated releases we can diminish piracy, and

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