Piracy

Piracy can be defined as the robbery of a copyrighted product. It is in the form of duplicate, which was made illegally. There are three common areas of piracy. And they are in the music industry, movies industry, and computer software industry. Firstly, is in the music industry. Producers now are starting to worry about the records sales. For the past ten years, the album sales have been decreasing rapidly. It is now at the stage of awareness. Musicians are starting to worry about their career, since selling record is not a good way to earn a lot of money anymore. Pirates are copying music albums, and sell them at a low price. So, when it compared with the original one, it could win. Secondly, is in the movies industry. It is similar with the music industry. But the different is, actors and actress are not really affected by piracy. The producers are the one that could lose millions of dollars. And lastly, is in the computer software industry. Computer software industry got the biggest loss from piracy. This is because the original software price is too expensive. Even it could cost millions of rupiah. In contrast, the pirated one is only ten thousands rupiah. So it is way cheaper than the original one. In conclusion, the three areas that affected by piracy are the music industry, movies industry, and the computer software industry.