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 thinking about how this process is actually hurting these industries. It causes a loss to box office revenues and the money lost will not be trickled down to the hundreds of workers on a set, or the actors, or the director. Many independent filmmakers do not have the financial backing of well-known studios to pay off the debts of making the movie, so if piracy continues, it affects the actual people behind the art.

As “You Will Never Kill Piracy, and Piracy Will Never Kill You” states, there are hundreds of torrent sites and they are quite hard to crack down on and ban. Many argue that there is no physical product being taken when movies are pirated; it is simply replaced with something else. People want things to be easy, which is why streaming and pirating are much higher than movie-theater attendance. Coupled with the fact that movie theater tickets are expensive, pirating seems like it is not going anywhere anytime soon.

The Pirate Bay was one of the most popular pirating sites on the Internet until authorities cracked down on it a few years ago. Apparently, it maintained tracker files needed for users to download the “torrents”. This means that it was torrents and not actual copyrighted material.

Overall, piracy hurts revenue that is supposed to be gained from consumers, It hurts a movie more when it is pirated before theatrical release rather than after.

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 still commit piracy to this day. Everyday someone is downloading the new Nicki Minaj album or Cardi B album trying to see which album is better. Some people don’t really know the difference someone committing piracy or someone just streaming something. The difference is in the action. Piracy is you taking something from someone and not paying for it rather than having a service that you pay for and you can watch everything you want no matter where you are.

The act of piracy started when kids would download the new songs out at that time on sites like LimeWire. Nobody really knew what was going on then anyway . We were all innocent and just thought we were cool for having the new songs or albums out there. Little did we know that it would become such a big thing today. As the years went on we learned more and more about these computers we had and kept finding new and approves ways to get what we want from the web. We found new sites and new ways of not getting caught. The act of piracy is kind of like hacking.

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 not know that it was illegal when I was younger. I feel like for those who do not know the difference between streaming and piracy which is why i say some of us don’t know that it is illegal.  In one of the articles thy mentioned the movie The Interview, this movie has been band because of its “shaming” of the North Korean leader. From what I understood from the rest of this article is that Netflix has spent an insane amount of money in order to shorten the time between movies are in the theater and when they are available on their site.

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 things that people work hard to create. It is crazy how easily you can get into things through the internet and with the technology we have now.

Piracy is the act of attacking with the article about the movie “The Interview” they talk about not only what happened with the movie and how it got hacked but they talked about how people prefer to watch movies in the comfort of there homes and how renting is better than owning. They talk about why there is piracy and the reasons for people wanting to hack certain content in order to get others to be able to watch stuff for free.

Although I feel as if it is defeating the purpose of the people creating the content. It makes it harder for them to make any content because of the people stealing it from them. Another thing, this is probably why they started Netflix and Hulu etc because people like watching movies in the comfort of there home.

in other words, I feel that we have less privacy now because everything goes out there and there are hackers who do hack into our accounts even our personal information like bank accounts. and as technology keep getting bigger it will just make it easier for hackers to get these content from us.

I forgot the actual meaning of Piracy and had to look it up. Piracy is means the unauthorized duplication of copyrighted content.  I didn’t realize that Piracy was that big of an issue with regard to movies and that the film industry was losing billions of dollars. With regards to illegal movies most people look at is saving some money either by paying for it half price or by viewing it for free. Piracy and Privacy with regard to the Internet/movies and copyrighting has been a huge problem over the years. There has been some headway like the SOPA and PIPA issues but till this day the problems with piracy haven’t been solved and probably won’t due to the loopholes of copyright laws. The company Pirate Bay an Internet leader in unauthorized duplications of copyrighted content was under fire for their business. Even though they were a huge site which had millions of viewers they were somehow breaking the law even though they had a loophole. According to the reading The Pirate Bay Shutdown, stated “The Pirate Bay maintained a database of the tracker files needed for users to download the “torrents’–not the actual copyrighted content.  Because you need a separate piece of software to actually use the torrent file and illegally download the content, The Pirate Bay saying it personally doesn’t break copyright law is technically accurate.” (Seppala, Pg. 6) This is correct and this is a major loophole that helps with piracy.

Copyrighting online is a major umbrella that covers most people and their work of arts. But copyrighting violations still occur with regard to piracy. Piracy vultures know what they can use to try and protect themselves and one of those ways is the “torrent” feature. In the article, You Will Never Kill Piracy, and Piracy Will Never Kill You, the author states, “As technology continues to evolve, the battle between pirates and copyright holders is going to escalate, and the pirates are always, always going to be one step ahead.” (Tassi, Pg. 2) I completely agree with this because if you are a thief and you find a way to steal and make a way where you “technically” aren’t stealing and can get away with it then that thief will remain a thief and keep doing it. Especially of there is a huge audience for their business or brand. The government should be able to get around this and put a stop to it but still there isn’t a solution. Why? I believe our instituted government laws unfortunately plays a part and hopefully in the near future Hollywood and the filmmaker industry will have a solution to piracy and will finally have some “genuine” privacy. In addition, the copyright laws need to be updated for more protection and privacy!

after reading the articles it has shown me exactly how I already thought about the internet and this era. There are many pros and cons when it comes to social media. Social media helps us come together and gives us our platform to share our thoughts and opinions. But as a society we are too hooked onto the internet. We come together to talk about what ever we feel and we’re able to hear a lot of other’s opinions which can also start many arguments.

Communities are made within social media. You see what ever you want to see. You can mute, repost and follow who ever you want and even build friendships this way but what sucks is that people lose the ability to have an actual conversation in person. It’s like we’re afraid of confrontation or even just afraid to keep an conversation going. The positive from all of this is that when it comes to information, we are able to grasp it as soon as possible and we can all share our thoughts for the world to see. That’s like our own little community in itself.

We tend to spend the majority of our day on social media and with our short attention sounds, we just want to see something new every second. Imagine how many times I’ve caught myself closing Instagram and opening it again when I just closed it. That’s the world we live in now. With technology there will always be perks to it but there is still a lot that is negative.

Out of what I understood from the articles they explain how the youth is attached to social media. The effect that social media has on groups and communities has pros and cons. For example there are online websites that allow the youth to work in groups together virtually. A con would probably be is it kills the aspect of having actual communities. Social media has made communities more of a virtual than a physical idea. One of the articles called “Social Network Sites: Public, Private, or What?” stresses how much social media has a negative impact on the youth. Which I agree, but I don’t want to be ignorant and ignore the positive impacts too.  It makes people feel like they are accepted and fit in? Or is it just the “like” and “share” button  that makes teens feel like they noticed. But this could cause insecurity and low self esteem and discourages people to go out to seek in the real world. We can all agree how much social media sucks time away from us without realizing we’ve been about 2 hours on Facebook scrolling on the endless news feed.

But lets not forget the impact the youth has within communities such as the students who protested against the gun laws. Also, the groups by youth around the world whom have brought awareness to the world.

Social software enables us to work together in groups because social media creates public platforms. As “Abundance in Scarcity” states, within a system, new boundaries are created while old ones are simultaneously destroyed.  The Internet and social software can be thought of through the Hawaiian Slack Key Approach: people are conduits in which individual expression and interpretation is privileged.  Since the Internet is boundless, it makes our online experience somewhat like our everyday experience because of our performative actions. We behave in certain ways in real life, just as we are able to express ourselves online as well.

Our public lives are shaped by social media because social technology has shifted the way we communicate on and offline. Younger people are going through the shift and feeling it, and adults do not quite understand it the way we do. Social networks are made to be another form of public life because again, the Internet is boundless and the Internet is also forever. Everything we post is on there forever. Forums, sharing links, pictures, media, etc are all apart of staying connected because you can talk about anything and share anything. People bond this way and thus, working together is easier because you can easily find real people with common interests.