Saturday, May 3, 2008

Piracy on "The net"

Piracy is the unauthorized use or reproduction of copyrighted or patented material. Theres a lot of different pirated material on the internet now a days. It varies from type to type but basically all the same. Every year it hurts all types of industries, from computer software to even comics. There are fines and even jail time if caught but this doesn't stop must people from doing it.
There are many different ways to get pirated material of the internet. Music and video down loaders by far the easiest way, applications such as Ares, Limewire, and what started it all Napster. There are other ways to download pirated material like Bit torrent, which is Peer to Peer downloads and you can find almost anything you want: TV shows, Movies, Computer Applications, Video Games and of course music.
The internet is to big to be monitored and some pirate websites are in other countries where piracy isn't illegal. Theres no way to monitor every site for illegal material. Piracy is always going to be around, industries might come out with new technology to help stop it but people are going to find ways to hack it.

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