Your Position on Pirated Movies

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Putting a Stop to Film Piracy

Introduction

Film piracy is one of the most lucrative forms of intellectual property theft in the United States and in the rest of the world . Movies are illegally copied , reproduced , and mass distributed in different ways such as in replicated DVDs or through the Internet for financial gains Piracy is an act of stealing and it includes the unauthorized copying distribution , performance or other use of copyrighted materials ' such as movies and television shows (Motion

Picture Association of America These practices result to negative impacts on consumers , the film industry , and to the whole economy . No matter how enticing are the reasons why people support pirated movies , film piracy remains to be a punishable crime for it is equal to stealing the properties and hard work of other people . Therefore , people who produce and distribute pirated movies for illegal purposes should face the consequences of their actions

Reasons Why People Engage in this Crime

There are several ways how to pirate films . These movies are produced either by recording inside the theater , post-production leaks or leaks from an awards screener , stealing film print , stealing legitimate DVD prior to official date of release , or by ripping a legitimate DVD of any protective code (Treverton 37 . These stolen copies of the movies are then burned or replicated in more DVDs or uploaded in the Internet without the consent of their original owners and then sold at cheaper prices or...