This week's blog assignment was over the topic of internet piracy. The first thought that popped into my head is what does this term mean? According to http://www.microsoft.com, internet piracy refers to the use of the Internet for illegal copying or distributing unauthorized software. The BSA or the Business Software Alliance stated that there are over 840,000 internet sites distributing illegal software as the real thing! So, what does this mean? This means that the people who buy from these sites lose their money, some never even receive what they pay money for, and the websites often vanish and leave all of the customers angry and penniless. A common example of internet piracy is when individuals' download music illegally. For example, there is a software called FrostWire, on this software an individual can download music illegally. So in this case, FrostWire would be the culprit of an example of internet piracy.
Reflection: My thought process for this question consisted of going to Google Search and typing in the question, "What is Internet Piracy." From this search the first website that popped up was http://www.microsoft.com and it consisted of an article. From this article I obtained reliable information that answered my question completely and I now have a better understanding to what exactly the term internet piracy means. On this issue, I feel that downloading music illegally and how these websites con individuals is wrong. I feel that every individual should have to pay just like the rest and that the ones who do not should be punished.
The link that I used to answer this question was: http://www.microsoft.com/canada/piracy/basics/what/ip.mspx and the article was titled: "What is Piracy."
http://www.microsoft.com/canada/piracy/basics/what/ip.mspx.
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