The Effects Of Piracy On The Business Of Music And Film

Illegal Piracy has been a problem for many musical artist. The law is not really enforced on piracy. Many people get away with it and very few get prosecuted with a fine . Musicians spend time to make music for people and to make money for their own reasons, like for food or clothes. Movie makers are also victims of Illegal Piracy, along with many others, piracy to them should be

Music piracy has been detrimental to the music industry and I believe it will only get worse with time. Music has become much easier for people to steal off the internet without paying the artist a dime. Technology continues to improve exponentially every year, because of these improvements in technology piracy has become much more accessible to music pirates. Overall album sales have gone down from 500 million units sold in 2007 to 200 million units sold in 2016. If this trend continues it will eliminate some of the smaller artists who depend on album sales to pay for studio time and other expenses. These lesser known artists also usually lack the funds to try to prosecute these music pirates and get their music off of the sites they are being

According to Fritz Attaway, one of MPAA’s top executives who works to develop the movie industry’s anti-piracy policies, “We have no illusions that we will be 100 percent successful. Piracy has always been and will always be with us.” Continuing he talks about what their alternative goal is, “Our goal is to keep it under a reasonable level of control where we can make enough revenue in a legitimate market to recoup expenses and continue to make new movies” (Van der Sar, 2010). There is no way to eliminate every pirate in the world and so Attaway’s proposal is the only remaining thing to

Piracy, in music industry, is a huge problem that gets worse instead of getting better. According to The Guardian newspaper, 90% people between 14-25 years old, make music copy. Most of these copies are made in MP3 for personal music collections. The growing average was 300% in the last two year, in comparation to 150% of growing in two years previus. All of this, shows piracy is unstoppable.

In the recent year, illegal downloads have been dominating the music industry not only in the UK but worldwide. In 2015, numbers showed that a massive 62% of people in the UK either illegally download or steam music online, this affect artist’s income when it comes to illegally downloading music as when they see how much money they have made it will be plummeting each month. Throughout the UK many people were surveyed and results showed that, 26% of the people surveyed downloaded music illegally online. In the USA, The Recording Industry Association of America (also known as RIAA) reported that music sales have dropped massive 42% ever since illegal download was invented. This can affect the music industry in many ways some may be that if illegal downloads keep rising it will make sales lower and potentially make it harder for artists getting worldwide recognition and will make it harder for new upcoming artist to get signed by record labels. Spotify, the world largest streaming service, could be affected by people illegally downloading music as Spotify will end up losing money which will be used to pay artist royalties but won’t be able

Have you ever wondered what music piracy, or did you already know but never knew both sides? Well music piracy is the large scale, of unauthorized duplication of recorded music with the intent to defraud the copyright holder of his/her royalties; this includes the composers, lyricists and performing artist. The importance of music piracy is that it impacts the music industry causing them to lose billions of dollars each year. Some people feel like music piracy is stealing , and should be illegal because it causes millions of people to lose their jobs due to the lack of money being made.

Thomas F. Lee, President, American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada (2015) stated, “No one is eager to see copyright infringement lawsuits against individuals. But copyright infringement hurts many thousands of other individuals. Most musicians who depend on CD sales and legal downloading are not wealthy mega-celebrities. They are artists struggling to succeed without a ‘day job’. They are ordinary session musicians who depend on union-negotiated payments that fall drastically when sales fall”. The Livelihood of smaller and lesser known artist are being affected because the illegal download of their music, the illegal download of their music means that there not getting any royalty causing them to suffer financially .This surge in the illegal download off music means that many smaller and less recognizable musicians will now suffer because of the difficult to make money in the industry because of the illegal download off music. “In October, members of 5.7 million U.S. households downloaded at least one unauthorized song using P to P services, according to NPD, which tracks PC usage from 11,000 households” (www.pcworld.about.com,2015) Many artist are having their songs downloaded causing them to lose money, and without the incentive there is no reason for them to keep recording. Artist lose lot of money to illegal downloads and with them not making any money many small band will stop putting out albums. The illegal downloading of music it taking away the incentive for many artists this lowers the amount of new talent coming out and is seriously affecting the music industry. With no incentive and the livelihood and wealth off the music

Producers of musical content cannot undo the adverse effects that piracy has had on the industry. Because of the internet and the way individuals have manipulated it to obtain music, many people are unwilling to change their habits. Here lies the issue between the producer and the consumer. Acts like the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and PROTECT Intellectual Property Act (PIPA) work against the incentive of many consumers by telling them that they cannot do what maximizes their utility. Producers are thus working against the likings of the consumer. This is wrong.

Cloud streaming services provide access through subscriptions which are often paid. Meanwhile piracy offers users free and unlimited access to all music without any limitations. Almost all consumers of pirated music claim that the practice of piracy does not hurt the music industry at all. The book Moser on Music Copyright (2006) argues that piracy does in fact hurt the music industry by examining a study produces by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The RIAA estimates that piracy costs the music industry $300,000,000 in the United States alone. While the United States loss may seem large, the Global loss amounts to roughly $5,000,000,000. In 2004 alone, roughly 34%, of all CD sales, were pirated copies (p. 83). Consumers feel okay with justifying piracy because of the way the music industry appears to be thriving. The music industry appears to be thriving because of

In today’s world of conflict and international tension, music can aid to bring people together. This generation enjoys access to extensive communication with people around the world, through calls, text messages, and social media. Social media especially plays a vital role in bringing people from all parts of the world together over common interests and beliefs. Music is playing a major role in the unity of people through social media (Lachman, 2014). Music is often shared through Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and Tumblr, allowing thousands of people to access new and old music alike. This music acts as a commonality between people in different parts of the world.

In 2013, game development company, Greenheart Games, released their game, Game Dev Tycoon, alongside a cracked version of it “on the number one torrent sharing site.” This revealed that within a day of the game release, 93.6% of users playing their game were using the cracked version that they uploaded” (Klug). These stats are terrifying when trying to make a successful business on a digital platform. Seeing that a majority of industries make some revenue off the internet, piracy is something that must decrease in order for more businesses to make a profit on this relatively new platform. Piracy has been a concern for much longer than the internet as “[i]nventions such as the photocopier, CD burners, and the Internet has made the copying of books, music, and movies inexpensive and easy and the enforcement of copyright more difficult” (Adermon). This has only increased due to the accessibility of the internet. In order to decrease piracy, one must first understand why it happens in the first place. The main reasons for people to resort to piracy rather than the legitimate acquisition of products is that piracy is free, piracy is more convenient, and piracy is anonymous. There are many ways to try to counteract these positives of pirating, but with such a large number of pirated digital goods, how is it even possible to lower the effects of piracy?

In recent years, a major growing concern for the music industry is illegal downloading. Users go to sites like Napster or LimeWire and get songs without paying for them. This is made easy because the Internet makes it simple to share files peer-to-peer (“The Effects of the Internet and Digital Downloading on the Music Industry”). Copyrighted songs do not allow sharing this way, so this is and always has been illegal. However, since there is no real way to stop it, pirating of music still thrives (“The Effects of the Internet and Digital Downloading on the Music Industry”). In theory, when songs and albums are downloaded illegally, the music industry loses money; as people are not buying them and giving money to the artists. Despite this, some studies say that piracy is not harmful and may actually be beneficial to the music industry (“The Effects of the Industry and Digital Downloading on the Music Industry”). According to the European commission, “…findings indicate that digital music piracy does not displace legal music purchases in digital format. His means that although there is trespassing of private property rights (copyrights), there is

The music industry has been on the decline ever since new ways to pirate music have become available. In fact, the Recording Industry Association of America estimates that six percent of the U.S. gross domestic product is generated by the entertainment industry and that the music industry contributes significantly to this. Bender and Wang found that a one percent increase in piracy results in a 0.6 percent decrease in music sales, which could put major companies out of business. While the walls of text appear intimidating, the reasoning and explanations proved to be valuable and precise. Bender and Wang's article emphasizes the importance of not supporting music piracy, but the dull text loses its intended effect by boring the reader. Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI) are a threat to all age groups and can be caused by a multitude of things. In fact, 1.4 million people suffer from it in the United States alone. These are typically found in car crashes and sports incidents with concussions and are normally nonlethal, but still damaging. Thankfully for those who do receive a TBI, music education, which can be anything from listening, singing, producing, or even performing music, can benefit their recovery. Patrick Bennington establishes many times that music can be beneficial, but there is a severe lacking as to how it is beneficial. In fact, the main concern of the article seems to focus on identifying a TBI and understanding if it is acceptable to have someone who has sustained

Media Piracy is a major issue in the world today, involving all kinds of people from all reaches of the world. Canada and the US take different approaches to combat piracy, Canada’s method is superior with a focus on preventative measures as opposed to criminal enforcement. Preventative measures mean that a crime can be prevented or stopped before its even committed. Using this argument, the investment into preventative measures would mean less crimes are committed which, in turn is more beneficial to society and the budget of the government than pursuing a route of discipline. The United States’ approach involves tracking those who have committed the crime and punishing them. Net neutrality also plays a big part in the fight to battle piracy, with both countries taking interest in the idea of ending net neutrality.

Every aspect of creating a film takes long days, weeks, and even years. Spending countless amounts of hours ensuring that every scene looks perfect, every outfit goes without malfunction, or making sure you don’t forget any of your lines all takes hard work and dedication. Therefore, being shorthanded by “free movie websites”, “jailbroken” firesticks, and more are all aiding in the growing problem of movie piracy. The purpose of this paper is to inform people on exactly what movie piracy is in the hopes to stop it for good.