Piracy is a very difficult thing to combat, it appears to make online copyright obsolete. Paul Tasso stated “It can’t, is the short answer, and one these companies do not want to hear as they put their fingers in their ears and start yelling. As technology continues to evolve, the battle between pirates and copyright holders is going to escalate, and pirates are always, always going to be one step ahead.” Basically, piracy is inescapable; people develop new ways to take copyrighted information every day and will continue to do so. There are always loopholes in security systems and there are so many people with access to the internet that at least one is going to find a way through. According to Timothy J. Seppala “For the past decade, if you wanted to download copyrighted material and didn’t want to pay for it, it’s likely you turned to The Pirate Bay.” Things like The Pirate Bay were more cost effective to use and people knew that. People want to avoid spending money however they can and there’s no way the police can catch every single person who downloads copyrighted programs without paying. The numbers soar to the millions and only continue to grow as people learn of new platforms to access free movies, games, and other copyrighted things. Lastly, to paraphrase what Zachary M. Seward said in his article is basically that people enjoy being at home watching movies. They were able to see The Interview which wasn’t aired in many theaters. Also, a number of people felt that they would be able to properly enjoy the movie at home than in a crowded movie theater. Streaming things for free is a lot more appealing than going to another place that’s crowded, maybe messy and costs about fifteen dollars a person. It may not be in the creators’ best interests but people don’t know the work that goes into the making the things that are put out there. They don’t care to appreciate the work and the work being copyrighted doesn’t change that opinion because people just wish to entertain themselves.
Apr 16