Piracy
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Piracy What is film piracy and how is it committed? It’s the act of illegally selling DVD’s and CD’s that have been copied. It can be seen as a crime because it isn’t being legitimately bought from a store or online but others don’t because no one is getting hurt in the process. However, this is not the case. People can get hurt because the money that’s generated by piracy is used by gangs of criminals to fund the sales of drugs and guns. If you do buy an illegal copy, they aren’t always the highest quality because of the fact that they are filmed with a camcorder in the cinema. Who are FACT and what does it stand for? FACT stands for The Federation Against Copyright Theft and it’s the UK’s leading trade organisation which has been established to protect and represent the interests of its members’ Intellectual Property (IP). They were actually established in 1983 and they work closely with statutory law enforcement agencies to combat all forms of piracy and members include global and UK film distributors, TV broadcasters and sport rights owners. Their role in successfully detecting and targeting those involved in crimes impacting on its members require the ability to foresee and be aware of the technological changes that are constantly changing. In fact in the recent years, they have witnessed the shift away from the distribution sales and this is due to people illegally acquiring the content that can now be accessed on websites through download or streaming. Who benefits from piracy? Everyone benefits from piracy, particularly those who aren’t in the media industry. They don’t need to pay any funds to see the content because it is online and may even have better quality because of content being leaked early. It decreases the revenue for the small businesses but it gives a great advantage to the general public. Who loses out due to piracy? What are the figures? In 2003, UK film distributors invested £147.8 million in advertising their new releases (source: FDA Yearbook). This stirred up enormous
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PiracyWhat is film piracy and how is it committed?Its the act of illegally selling DVDs and CDs that have been copied. It can be seen as a crime because it isnt being legitimately bought from a store or online but others dont because no one is getting hurt in the process. However, this is not the case. People can get hurt because the money thats generated by piracy is used by gangs of criminals to fund the sales of drugs and guns. If you do buy an illegal copy, they arent always the highest quality because of the fact that they are filmed with a camcorder in the cinema. Who are FACT and what does it stand for?FACT stands for The Federation Against Copyright Theft and its the UKs leading trade organisation which has been established to protect and represent the interests of its members Intellectual Property (IP). They were actually established in 1983 and they work closely with statutory law enforcement agencies to combat all forms of piracy and members include global and UK film distributors, TV broadcasters and sport rights owners. Their role in successfully detecting and targeting those involved in crimes impacting on its members require the ability to foresee and be aware of the technological changes that are constantly changing. In fact in the recent years, they have witnessed the shift away from the distribution sales and this is due to people illegally acquiring the content that can now be accessed on websites through download or streaming.Who benefits from piracy?Everyone benefits from piracy, particularly those who arent in the media industry. They dont need to pay any funds to see the content because it is online and may even have better quality because of content being leaked early. It decreases the revenue for the small businesses but it gives a great advantage to the general public.Who loses out due to piracy? What are the figures?In 2003, UK film distributors invested 147.8 million in advertising their new releases (source: FDA Yearbook). This stirred up enormous demand - 167.3 million cinema tickets were bought UK-wide in 2003, an average of 14 million every month. But, alongside the legitimate cinema market, the publicity also helped to create a market for pirates - film traffickers who distribute rip-off copies of brand new films, in the hope of exploiting the built-up consumer excitement and demand.
