Piracy

There are two sides of the coin when it comes to piracy. Some believe that it is acceptable because they have paid for the software to do so and there are companies who think that it is “bad” and will ruin the film, music and game industry.

There is the argument that if people steal movies, games and music then there is less money going into the industry and then there will therefore be less money to make such media. There is also the fact of copyright. It is illegal to download or copy films because they are copyrighted and only allowed to be sold by those who own those rights. Copyright laws are available on this website http://www.riaa.com/physicalpiracy.php?content_selector=piracy_online_the_law.

On the other hand there is software and hardware sold to enable us to do this so why is it illegal to do so? I mean there are programs that people can purchase to copy media and there is hardware available to put that media onto disc. Why sell them if we are then not allowed to use them? It seems that there would be fewer problems if this was not available.