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'''Online piracy''' is the practice of illegally reproducing and sharing information on the internet.<ref>{{cite web |title=Definition of: Internet piracy |url=https://www.pcmag.com/encyclopedia/term/63907/internet-piracy |website=[[PC Magazine]] Encyclopedia |accessdate=26 October 2018}}</ref> |
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==History== |
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Nathan Fisk traces the origins of modern online piracy back to similar problems posed by the advent of the [[printing press]]. Quoting from legal standards in [[MGM Studios, Inc. v. Grokster, Ltd.]], he notes that there have historically been a number of technologies which have had a "dual effect" of facilitating legitimate sharing of information, but which also facilitate the ease with which copyright can be violated. He likens online piracy to issues faced in the early 20th Century by [[Stationery|stationers]] in England, who tried and failed to prevent the large scale printing and distribution of illicit [[sheet music]].<ref name="Fisk2009">{{cite book|last=Fisk|first=Nathan|title=Understanding Online Piracy: The Truth about Illegal File Sharing: The Truth about Illegal File Sharing|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZZJxDwAAQBAJ|date=8 June 2009|publisher=[[ABC-CLIO]]|isbn=978-0-313-35474-8}}</ref>{{rp|9-10}} |
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==Scope== |
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The groups and individuals who operate piracy website potentially earn millions of dollars from their efforts. While these sites are occasionally shut down, they are often quickly replaced, and may move through successive national legal jurisdictions to avoid law enforcement. These efforts at detection and enforcement are further complicated by the often prohibitive amount of time, resources and personnel required.<ref name="Scott2016">{{cite book|last=Scott|first=Gini Graham|title=Internet Book Piracy: The Fight to Protect Authors, Publishers, and Our Culture|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o6glDAAAQBAJ|date=22 March 2016|publisher=Allworth Press|isbn=978-1-62153-495-2}}</ref> |
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Some jurisdictions, such as [[Thailand]] and [[Malaysia]], have no legislation in place to address online piracy, and other, such as the [[Phillipines]] and [[Vietnam]], have oversight regimes in place that have proven largely ineffective.<ref name="Ballano2015">{{cite book|last=Ballano|first=Vivencio O.|title=Sociological Perspectives on Media Piracy in the Philippines and Vietnam|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0oxNCwAAQBAJ|date=26 December 2015|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-981-287-922-6}}</ref>{{rp|62-5}} |
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==See also== |
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* [[Privacy in file sharing networks]] |
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* [[Trade group efforts against file sharing]] |
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==References== |
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[[Category:File sharing]] |
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Revision as of 13:58, 26 October 2018
Online piracy is the practice of illegally reproducing and sharing information on the internet.[1]
History
Nathan Fisk traces the origins of modern online piracy back to similar problems posed by the advent of the printing press. Quoting from legal standards in MGM Studios, Inc. v. Grokster, Ltd., he notes that there have historically been a number of technologies which have had a "dual effect" of facilitating legitimate sharing of information, but which also facilitate the ease with which copyright can be violated. He likens online piracy to issues faced in the early 20th Century by stationers in England, who tried and failed to prevent the large scale printing and distribution of illicit sheet music.[2]: 9–10
Scope
The groups and individuals who operate piracy website potentially earn millions of dollars from their efforts. While these sites are occasionally shut down, they are often quickly replaced, and may move through successive national legal jurisdictions to avoid law enforcement. These efforts at detection and enforcement are further complicated by the often prohibitive amount of time, resources and personnel required.[3]
Some jurisdictions, such as Thailand and Malaysia, have no legislation in place to address online piracy, and other, such as the Phillipines and Vietnam, have oversight regimes in place that have proven largely ineffective.[4]: 62–5
See also
References
- ^ "Definition of: Internet piracy". PC Magazine Encyclopedia. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
- ^ Fisk, Nathan (8 June 2009). Understanding Online Piracy: The Truth about Illegal File Sharing: The Truth about Illegal File Sharing. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-0-313-35474-8.
- ^ Scott, Gini Graham (22 March 2016). Internet Book Piracy: The Fight to Protect Authors, Publishers, and Our Culture. Allworth Press. ISBN 978-1-62153-495-2.
- ^ Ballano, Vivencio O. (26 December 2015). Sociological Perspectives on Media Piracy in the Philippines and Vietnam. Springer. ISBN 978-981-287-922-6.