Online piracy is being a threat to the business of the music, movie, and software industries. From Dictionary.com (n.d.), the definition of piracy is the unauthorized reproduction or use of a copyrighted book, recording, television program, patented invention, trademarked product. The focus of this paper is in the music, software, and e-book industries. Importance of Online Piracy to the Field of International Management The problem with online piracy is that companies are being affected by it and billions of dollars in revenue are lost (Upshaw and Babin, 2010). The authors mentioned that the psychological and ethical reasoning permits piracy to remain an accepted behavior (Upshaw and Babin, 2010). International business is interested in reducing software piracy rates (Hamister & Braunscheidel, 2013). Music Industry According to Upshaw and Babin (2010), states that it takes moderately a shorter time to pirate music due to the ease of downloading and sharing online than other forms of digital files, such as a software. Their study focused on information on causes, attitudes, and reasons for online piracy, which can help companies be better prepared to face piracy and stimulate legal commerce of their products. They proposed that secondary incentives, which may be harder to pirate or may not be pirated, would possibly make sales more competitive with the “free” offerings of piracy. As well as tying and online store to a software that manages music and playlists would likely increase sales. So the authors assume that a hardware associated with a particular software, like the popular iPod hardware and iTunes software combination of Apple Corporation may convey consumers with an easier, more trustworthy, and preferable alter... ... middle of paper ... ...oftware 2010 piracy study. Washington DC: Business Software Alliance. Retrieved from Google Scholar Goldman, D. (2010). Music’s lost decade: Sales cut in half. Retrieved from http://money.cnn.com/2010/02/02/news/companies/napster_music_industry/ Hamister, J., & Braunscheidel, M. (2013). Software piracy and intellectual property rights protection. Academy of Information & Management Sciences Journal, 16(1), 15-35. Retrieved from EBSCOhost Dictionary.com. (n.d.). Piracy. Retrieved from http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/piracy Upshaw, D., & Babin, L. A. (2010). Music downloading: Competing against online piracy. International Journal of Business & Public Administration, 7(1), 14-26. Retrieved from EBSCOhost Zimerman, M. (2011). E-books and piracy: Implications/issues for academic libraries. New Library World, 112(1/2), 67-75. doi:10.1108/03074801111100463
It is first beneficial to know the definition of piracy. Piracy has been characterized multiple ways from multiple disciplines. For the purpose of this paper, I will apply the definition of piracy from the 1982 United ...
Exploring Software Piracy Software Piracy refers to the unauthorized use or copying of software. When a user purchases a software program, he does not purchase the software itself, but the right to use the software. This right is governed by a licence. When you purchase a boxed software product, you receive a CD, manuals and a licence agreement. This licence generally allows you to use the software on one workstation.
Many have heard tales of daring, swashbuckling pirates sailing the seas on adventurous quests for buried treasure, but few people, however; have heard of the horrific buccaneers roaming in the waters. Some of the most beloved pirates today are loved and well-known for their great displays of audacity and selflessness. Pirates like these have been romanticized, and created to seem better than pirates and piracy actually are. Romanticized pirates have turned thoughts away from the true gravity of pirating, and how vicious and cruel the nature of pirating truly is. There are many misconceptions about pirates due to romanticized ideas.
An “analyst” was quoted in the case (in 2002) as saying that “people will pay for music on the Internet, eventually.” This person was skeptical of the willingness of consumers to pay for
In this paper, I will attempt to describe the piracy problem in China, discuss how the Chinese government is dealing with it, present the global effect, and finally arrive at what would be an ethical solution to piracy fitting for China's situation.
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Piracy has remained the same for hundreds of years. No matter if it’s a corsair raiding a ship for its booty in the 1550s or a hipster illegally downloading a song nobody has heard. The only thing that has changed is how it is executed: by the swing of a sword, the shot of a gun, or the click of a mouse. To understand the effect piracy had in the past and continues to have on our modern economy, we have to find why new methods of piracy arose.
If there is one topic that will spark debate amongst PC gamers today, it is piracy and the impact its economic impact on the gaming industry. Nearly everyone has an opinion on the topic, ranging from complete acceptance and support for piracy to utter disgust and disapproval. In the past years, since the SOPA and PIPA legislation was proposed to Congress, this issue has reached its critical mass, with a different PC game developer blaming piracy as a present danger to the industry every other day. As someone who has played games for almost my entire life, I must confess I am rather upset when reading the innumerable discussions and articles on piracy.
Despite these factors global software piracy rates are on the decline. However, the number of illegal applications installed continues to grow, according to the Business Software Alliance (BSA) and the Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA). In 1998, 38 percent of applications in use globally were pirated, down from 49 percent in 1994. Yet, 231 million business software applications installed were pirated, 2.5 million more than in 1997. This led to an eleven billion dollar loss in revenue by software companies (Paquet). Jason Penchoff, a BSA spokesperson, states, “Software piracy affects company productivity and jobs. For every free package or unlicensed package of software, companies are losing money. If an automaker lost 38 percent of its revenue, there would be a huge outcry” (qtd. in).
As policy makers turn their attention to the viability of the U.S. economy in the global marketplace, it seems obvious that the problem of music piracy should be afforded a high place on the policy agenda in coming years. “(Stephen E. Siwek)
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The first reason why downloading and uploading copyrighted materials from the Internet should be legal is that downloading copyrighted materials positively affects the economy. The European Commission Joint Research Center reported that the profits of music companies would be 2% lower if uploading and downloading copyrighted materials were banned. However, music companies are able to acquire more profits despite illegal downloading because many people tend to purchase CDs or DVDs after watching or listening to copyrighted materials for free. Moreover, the research showed that people who download music illegally spent more money to buy music than people who did not download illegally. In addition, research conducted by the Swiss government informed that one-third of Swiss people downloaded copyrighted materials from the Internet because personal use of copyrighted materials is legal in Switzerland. Even though there is a fact that many people can download copyrighted materials from the Internet legally in Switzerland, the amount of money that people spend to buy copyrighted materials is not f...
What are pirates of the internet? Have you ever participated knowingly or unknowingly in piracy through the worldwide web? Reading through the textbook Move Fast and Break Things I became aware of a lot of issues that should be acknowledged and are a large concern for the internet community and the American people in general. The largest issue and concern I read upon thus far in the text is about pirates of the internet. Many internet users have, at some point heard the concept pirates related to the internet. Yet, they may not have a clear understanding of the term. Which in turn, could lead an individual to participate unknowingly in piracy within the internet. With that being said, the pressing issue within this essay are illustrating pirates of the internet and how we as a nation can fix this concern and
The music industry started in the mid 18th century with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Through the decades there has been a great increase in this industry; however, the revenues for this industry have declined by half in the last 10 years. This has been caused by music piracy, which “is the copying and distributing of copies of a piece of music for which the composer, recording artist, or copyright-holding record company did not give consent” . After 1980’s, when the Internet was released to public, people started to develop programs and websites in which they could share music, videos, and information with...
With the popularity of the Internet, sales for CDs, DVDs, Movies, and many other products have increased. Along with the increase of sales has brought forth an ever increasing problem of illegal media being downloaded. Programs such as Bittorent, Kazaa, and other direct-connect networking programs have allowed the transferring of such illegal media. Downloading song files from the Internet over a free peer to peer network is the moral equivalent of shoplifting music CDs from the local mall.