1. The Problem of
Online Piracy
{ Kyle Taksar, Jack Cumming, and Brooke Carnahan

2. Group Members
Jack Cumming
• Freshman
• Major: Informatics
Kyle Taksar
• Freshman
• Major: Informatics
Brooke Carnahan
• Sophomore
• Major:
Telecommunications
Team: Telecommunications

3. • Problem
• Online piracy is one of the
hardest things to track over the
internet and has been becoming
more and more troublesome for
companies that own
copyrighted material over the
years. As more media is being
put onto the internet more and
more of that media is being
downloaded and shared
illegally. Companies and artists
don’t receive fair compensation
for their work when it is illegally
obtained.
• Why we chose this problem.
Introduction to the Problem

4.  In the public illegally downloading is seen as
“normal” and can be as simple as taking a song off
of your friend’s computer rather than buying it off of
iTunes. Due to the large amount of people that “rip”
material off of the internet it is hard to pinpoint and
regulate it to specific regions or a specific person.
 Though there have been attempts to make laws in
regards to regulating illegal material downloaded
over the internet (shutting down websites, putting
trackers on websites, etc.) it has not slowed down
the problem and it still leaves a large impact on
companies worldwide.
Scenario

5. Questions for You

6.  How peer to peer websites invented to share
and swap files directly over the internet have
posed a massive threat to the entertainment
and music business.
 The complex world of the pirating business in
South East Asia.
 Artists being compensated for their works
being shared on the internet.
 Compulsory license for creative works
Research - Articles

7.  characteristics of online file sharing and
software piracy
 Many pros and cons to file sharing
 effectiveness of strategies that deter the
downloading of illegal music
Research cont.

8. Infographics

12.  Our solution to this problem is to create a piece of hardware
that will be installed in every future computer.
 This device will detect when someone is illegally
downloading or sharing files online, and when that happens,
the device will connect to a computer program run by the
government that documents the occurrence and sends the
offender a ticket automatically. Once everyone gets a new
computer (this stage could take several years) and ticketing
begins, online piracy should slow down if not stop.
 The device will be placed somewhere in the motherboard. It
will be a crime to tamper with that device in any way.
 One of the reasons that piracy is so popular is that actual CDs,
DVDs (and Blu-Rays), and movie tickets are so expensive. This
is a vicious cycle, because one of the reasons that prices are
higher is that sales are down, but people file share illegally
(therefore not buying the products) because prices are high.
Solution

13. Questions?