2. What comes to your mind when you think “PIRATES” ? PIRATES?
3. But what about this ??? PIRACY is defined as : “The act of violence or depredation on the high seas; also, the theft of Intellectual Property, especially in electronic media.”
4. What is PIRACY ??? Piracy is a form of copyright violation. It includes the unauthorized use, reproduction, and/or distribution of material, electronic or printed, that is covered by copyright law in a manner that violates one of the copyright owner’s exclusive rights.
7. Distribute copies of the work to the public by sale, rental, lease/lending or other transfer of ownership
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9. Piracy of Music Compilations such as “Greatest Hits” of any artist or collection of a specific genre MP3 downloads
10. Piracy of Movies Using camcorders to copy movies shown in a theatre. Recording the telecast from DTHs. (HDTV Rip) Copying Screener DVDs & Original DVDs
11. Piracy of Software Using same Serial Key in multiple PCs Use of pirated Operating Systems Use of Cracks and Key-Generators Copying licensed software
13. Factors Causing Piracy It’s a business and is making hugeprofits. Original products (Books, Software) are not available in the market. Prices are very high that’s why people are compelled to purchase pirated products. (Books & Software) Government taxes levied on import of original software and books increases their prices, so people resort to pirated products.
