According to the law firm Wiggins, around 2,500 respondents surveyed about this issue and they incorrectly said that people think that it is legal to download commercially produced media to a file-sharing website. More than 35% claimed that it was legal to download a film or TV shows from friends and some said that they didn't know that it was legal.
After they surveyed about this issue, they are agreed that it's important to have a copyright in order to protect the creative industries from piracy.
Some people also said that they regularly search on Google to find unauthorised content.
Major concepts
- Most people do not know whether a file that they are downloading is considered as illegal or not.
- Some people said it is legal to download a film or TV shows from friends.
- There should be copyright for the file from piracy.
Potential Strengths/Advantages
- It is good to have copyright for legal files, so that people would know that they shouldn't download that file.
- Having copyright helps people who create the file to protect their own files, so that not many people can download their files.
Potential Problems/Limitations/Disadvantages
- Having copyright might create an uncomfortable to people since they can't download that file.
Discussion Questions
- Do people really care about the copyright?
- How do we know that who is downloading an illegal files?
Hill, Amelia. "Internet Users Unaware of Illegal Downloading." The Guardian. Guardian News and Media, 21 Apr. 2013. Web. 21 Apr. 2013. <http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2013/apr/22/internet-users-unaware-illegal-downloading>
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