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In this post, i will do a review on a post in an e-commerce blog. I have chosen a post about illegal download. What is illegal download? Is downloading music and movies from the internet considered illegal? I will discuss some information about illegal download in this post. According to the e-commerce blog, there are estimated around 6 million people are downloading files illegally in UK. These illegal downloading of music and movies are costing the industry to lose million of pounds in revenue every year. However, what is the actual definition of illegal downloading?
According to Christian Music Trade Association, Piracy is any form of unauthorized duplication and/or distribution of music or movies including downloading, file sharing, and CD-burning. When it comes to stealing digital recordings of copyrighted music, people somehow seem to think that it is unethical. Illegally downloading or copying copyrighted music is the same as stealing, there is no difference.According to The Star December 4, 2007, if you download material illegally from the Internet, be prepared to fork out a minimum fine of RM250,000. This is the warning from the Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry to Malaysians who continue to illegally download songs, videos and the like. Besides that, illegal downloaders may have a chance to be prosecuted.
However, it is not only Malaysian who downloads from the Internet. Internet user from all around the world would download songs, videos, movies and other digital files from the Internet. This illegal action will have many negative impacts to many parties.
In my opinion, the party that will most affected by this illegal download would be the artists, songwriters, producers and so on. This is because it betrays songwriters and producers who have produced it. Since many Internet users illegally download copyrighted products, therefore music and movie industry will be affected. Many Internet users just download their favourite song or movies for free therefore they do not need to purchase it. By doing so, the cost of producing song or movies cannot be recovered because revenue is low.
Besides that, it also indirectly will affect us as fan of some singers or artists. This is because when the cost cannot be covered, then they will not able or even stop producing song and movies. Hence, we will not able to enjoy those beautiful art.
Lastly, I would advice Internet users to not to be selfish and ruin the whole industry. We should not be the "Pirates of the Industry" !!!
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Ker Pei,
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7 comments:
Well written. Keep it up! =)
Sometimes, ppl doesnt have that much $ to buy the original cds or dvds, that's why they download from the internet. Moreover, some cds or dvds dont worth the price, and that makes ppl download from the internet. fast, troublesome, and cost-free.
Ya, it's true. But think for long term, if the number of illegal download is increasing then maybe we will not have the chane to listen or watch nice songs/movies.
Anti-pirate..is rational good deed.
Hey, Thats an awesome post dude !! U have made an interesting blog. Thanks a lot for sharing !!
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really interesting...
I really excited to get this blog for know about the illegal downloader process.
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