The term piracy holds two main connotations to it. On one side it equates the copyright violators to the pirates who stole ships and on the flip side it stresses on freedom and liberty.
The advancement of technology has made it easier to experiment with a variety of things. While stealing of the creative material had been prevalent in the society from the start, internet has just made it easier for the normal public.
While the production companies shout out loud the inconveniences caused by piracy, and define it as stealing. The normal public doesn't want to dissolve this. As quoted "I don’t think we are a part of stealing because for me the person who has uploaded the copy might have taken it through some means I don’t know. And we are just sharing it. So I think I am a part of file sharing and not stealing." Hawa, a college student speaks out.
"I think piracy doesn't make a difference, cause anyways if I wanted to watch a movie that am not very passionate about I would just borrow the original DVD from a friend who has it. And if I really want to see a movie, there is no question about watching it home. It has to be given its due respect by only going to the theatres" Alefya Hussaini says.
Even though the production companies would like to bad mouth piracy, the facts show completely a new picture. Piracy actually acts as a promotional medium for companies and saves a large part of their revenue. As the unauthorized copy available on the internet is for free, a large number of audiences might download the movie which they would otherwise not have bothered to experiment with.
"I think it increases sales because many people actually try out the pirated copy and then buy the real one." Anonymous. For instance games lover, they actually just try out their hands on the pirated copy to check it out but for them it’s a matter of pride and honour to hold a real copy of the game. Same goes with movies, books, music etc
.
A major chunk of the audiences might not even want to experiment with a cross culture movie at a price. But when it is available for free there is no hesitation in doing the same. As a result, the popularity of the respective company increases.
This shows that piracy just does not decrease the sales of the creative copies but also increases them, but in a much more indirect manner. It dose not seem like piracy is going to stop in the years to come but nevertheless the companies should not stop from trying to curb it.
The advancement of technology has made it easier to experiment with a variety of things. While stealing of the creative material had been prevalent in the society from the start, internet has just made it easier for the normal public.
While the production companies shout out loud the inconveniences caused by piracy, and define it as stealing. The normal public doesn't want to dissolve this. As quoted "I don’t think we are a part of stealing because for me the person who has uploaded the copy might have taken it through some means I don’t know. And we are just sharing it. So I think I am a part of file sharing and not stealing." Hawa, a college student speaks out.
"I think piracy doesn't make a difference, cause anyways if I wanted to watch a movie that am not very passionate about I would just borrow the original DVD from a friend who has it. And if I really want to see a movie, there is no question about watching it home. It has to be given its due respect by only going to the theatres" Alefya Hussaini says.
Even though the production companies would like to bad mouth piracy, the facts show completely a new picture. Piracy actually acts as a promotional medium for companies and saves a large part of their revenue. As the unauthorized copy available on the internet is for free, a large number of audiences might download the movie which they would otherwise not have bothered to experiment with.
"I think it increases sales because many people actually try out the pirated copy and then buy the real one." Anonymous. For instance games lover, they actually just try out their hands on the pirated copy to check it out but for them it’s a matter of pride and honour to hold a real copy of the game. Same goes with movies, books, music etc
.
A major chunk of the audiences might not even want to experiment with a cross culture movie at a price. But when it is available for free there is no hesitation in doing the same. As a result, the popularity of the respective company increases.
This shows that piracy just does not decrease the sales of the creative copies but also increases them, but in a much more indirect manner. It dose not seem like piracy is going to stop in the years to come but nevertheless the companies should not stop from trying to curb it.
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