When I found out torrenting videogames was illegal, I was devastated because my guilt overcame me. Games are very expensive. 60 dollars a game. My big brother researched how to download actual games for the X box and PlayStation on our computer for free. It was fun while lasted, but as a Muslim this would …
April 2018 archive
Apr 26 2018
Piracy
To be honest, I still remember the good old days where I had my iPod and I would struggle with downloading music from ITunes because I had to purchase them. That’s when my friend told me to simply type in google download songs for free. That’s when websites like “LimeWire” and “Mp3 Skull” came up. …
Apr 26 2018
Class post -April 26
Joseph Singh MCS Jonah Brucker Cohen April 26, 2018 How is piracy hurting the case for copyright online? Piracy, it’s a funny concept to me. For example piracy according to google means “the unauthorized use or reproduction of another’s work.” So when big named companies or YouTube for example uses out UGC and makes …
Apr 26 2018
Piracy and Privacy
Before reading these articles I have never heard of piracy. Piracy is “The unauthorized use or reproduction of another work.” I never realized how big piracy is. I know people always stream movies, but I guess I never realized how much money some of these people are actually losing due to piracy. Now it is …
Apr 26 2018
Piracy and Privacy
Piracy has been around since the birth of the Internet. Most people have illegally downloaded a song, a movie, or an episode or two of a TV show. It is an (arguably) fast process, it’s pretty easy, and best of all it is “free”. However, when people download those songs or movies, they aren’t necessarily …
Apr 26 2018
Piracy
Growing up we learned how to use computers and different websites that were on the internet. A lot of us used these sites to download music which at that point in time we didn’t know it was illegal. The action of taking someone else’s work and using it like it’s yours is considered piracy. People …
Apr 26 2018
Piracy and Privacy
Piracy has been an issue for as long as I can remember. For me for it started with music, I used to download music from Lime Wire when I was younger, a lot of us do not know that it is illegal to download music or movies from the internet. I know that I did …
Apr 26 2018
Piracy and privacy
After reading the articles it was interesting to see how this all started. The way people are able to just hack into certain content to access free things like shows and movies. I do think that there isn’t any privacy when it comes to this factor because people are able to get access to certain …
Apr 26 2018
Reading Response 4/26- Piracy and Privacy
When I was in elementary school, it was required that all of the students take a computer class. In this class we were educated on typing, how to access and search for information, as well as internet safety. I vividly remember one of the classes being solely dedicated to the dangers of piracy and illegal …
