Internet pirates. Software piracy

1. The creators of Game of Thrones thought piracy was a damn flattering compliment.

Game of Thrones is one of the most popular television shows in recent history. But it's also one of the most pirated shows of all time. However, the people making this series not only do not worry about piracy, but even officially state that such a scale of piracy is much more flattering than awards. Having millions of people risk going to jail just to watch your show is probably a bigger compliment than a bunch of pretentious people handing you a shiny statuette.

2. Netflix uses piracy to decide which show to buy next

Netflix will likely be dictating the rules of the television game for several years. The company strives to keep its finger on the pulse and know what people want to watch right now. Netflix management openly admits that the company monitors which shows are currently the most popular on pirated resources - based on this, they make more informed decisions for further business and understand what people would like to buy.

For example, they noticed that the Dutch really liked the TV series “Prison Break” - although not enough to buy the DVD. But Netflix was convinced that “Escape” could bring television additional rating and this is exactly what should be shown to the next ones completely free and legally.

This policy is not unique to Netflix: one of the bosses of the film company Warner Brothers admitted earlier this year that piracy is one of their surest ways to find out what consumers want.

3. Trent Reznor Hates His Record Company and Allows Fans to Steal His Music

Trent Reznor is the founder of the rock band Nine Inch Nails, and the man hates the exorbitantly priced CDs on which his albums are released. When he visited Australia, he was shocked by the enormous cost of his own albums that Universal Records demanded for his music. As a result, he openly allowed fans to steal his songs.

When Renzor asked Universal Records executives why his albums cost more than other bands' albums, they replied that Nine Inch Nails had the dumbest fans who would pay any price for their favorite band's music. Then Renzor said that his fans of this company would not pay anything - so now they can legally download his songs on pirated resources. Give me rock and roll!

4. System of a Down was so annoyed by pirated versions of their songs that they released better versions on principle.

Some time after System of a Down released their second album, Toxicity, several incredibly low-quality songs were posted online under the name "Toxicity-2" by someone unknown. These were songs from the new album that the group was working on in given time, but recorded in terrible quality. The musicians were so upset that they recorded a completely new album and added even more songs to spite the pirates. As a final blow, they called it "Steal This Album!", which translates to "Steal This Album!" in English.

System of a Down saw that people were counterfeiting and posting their music online, and instead of complaining, they simply wrote new songs and released a great new album, the price of which was even cheaper than what the pirates were selling their fakes for. Perfect solution, whatever you say.

5. Perhaps piracy will save your favorite TV shows.

Pirate copies of episodes of the same "Breaking Bad" appear on the Internet a few minutes after the last episode was shown on TV - people just watched it and made copies. It may seem harmless, but technically it is considered piracy.

However, a thumbs up for pirates here because some of these illegally created copies are the only recordings of some TV shows. For example, the project " Electronic archive"is dedicated to preserving old TV shows like "Year 3000 Mystery Theater" and "Bill Nye the Science Guy."

Another example is the so-called missing episodes of the television series Doctor Who. Back in the 1970s, due to pressure from existing television companies who saw the films as a threat to their existence (why shoot something new if you can just remake the old one?), dozens of episodes of the cult series were destroyed. However, thanks to fans who decided to record them while watching them on TV, some episodes were restored.

6. Microsoft doesn't mind software being stolen - as long as it's THEIR software, of course.

Microsoft invests millions in anti-piracy measures, even though they know that people will steal their products anyway because they like to get everything for free. That is why the company adheres to a rather strange position: “If you are going to steal, steal from us.”

The logic here is that a person using their software illegally is still using their software, and therefore gets used to it and may well pay for some of their product in the future.

Of course, Microsoft isn't too happy about people installing their software for free, but they've nonetheless boasted in the past that they have more people stolen from them than Apple.

7. Pirated copies of Radiohead songs spread so quickly that fans could sing along with the band at concerts.

Radiohead realized a long time ago that people would steal their music no matter what, and decided to accept it. They became one of the first musicians to start selling their albums and digital recordings under the slogan “Pay what you think is necessary.” In addition, piracy even entertained the musicians.

For example, the group began a tour in support of the new album “Kid A” in Barcelona, and a few hours after the concert the album appeared online. When the band played in Israel a few weeks later, everyone at the concert, who was not supposed to have heard the album before the show, sang along to most of the songs.

The Radiohead bassist said the experience was "wonderful" - perhaps because, although millions of people stole their album, they still paid money to come and hear the band live. And concerts are brought to groups more money than selling albums.

8. My Morning Jacket signs pirated copies of their own albums and sends them to fans

"My Morning Jacket" is quite successful and popular group, who has already released several albums. Plus, they're cool kids, as they proved in 2005 when Sony put a bunch of restrictions on their new album, Z, to prevent pirated copies.

These measures prevented the album from appearing on iTunes, a service many people use. When the group found out about it, they posted it on their website. detailed instructions, in which she told fans in detail how to circumvent these measures.

However, some fans were still unhappy with the situation, so the band decided to go one step further: they personally responded to every email, and also made copies of their album and sent them free to everyone as an apology for the inconvenience.

9. Some bands offer blank CDs to people so they can burn the albums they want.

Perhaps selling blank CDs is a salvation, but few musical groups have yet dared to take such a decisive step.

For example, "Green Day", realizing that many fans listen to their songs illegally due to high price albums, released a special album - a blank CD so that fans could create their own Green Day album with any of their songs.

Meanwhile, DJ "Danger Mouse", realizing that he would get sued if he posted it on Free access his mashups, also released a blank CD for fans to record the tracks on themselves.

But perhaps the most cool example is the Dead Kennedys, who deliberately released their new album, God We Trust Inc. in the form of blank discs so that people could copy songs onto it themselves. This album, by the way, was released in 1981, which means that Dead Kennedys were the first to fight against the sharp rise in prices - and in those years it was really cool.

One of the most common groups of attackers on the Internet are the so-called “pirates”. Who are Internet pirates? These are users who violate copyrights by distributing various goods, while removing the need for payment.

In other words, these are people who fix the code of programs so that they can be used for free, distribute free movies, music, etc.

The fight against Internet pirates has been ongoing for several years, but it has not been fully eliminated. The point is that everything more people they are trying to “cash in” on other people’s achievements and copyright infringement is not a barrier for them.

Relatively recently in Russia appeared new law on the protection of rights to films, thanks to which film owners can file a complaint against illegal distributors - pirates. Of course, this is a serious step towards resolving one of the most important issues However, online movie sites and torrents continue to distribute movies.

Internet piracy cannot be defeated

Programs are distributed in large quantities by pirates; for example, operating systems installed on users' computers are, in most cases, pirated. Why do users show interest in pirated products? Yes, because the price for them is significantly lower than for licensed ones.

For example, an operating system in a store will cost 2-5 thousand rubles, while in a regular kiosk with disks you can buy a pirated version for 100-200 rubles.

The functionality will be practically no different, because... competent pirates took care of removing all restrictions. The exact same story happens with antiviruses, which constantly require updating. In the process of updating antivirus databases

, pirated programs are blocked, but this does not prevent you from once again turning to the pirates to obtain “fresh” keys.

Unlike music or films, you can protect software products and there are several ways to do this. Firstly, you can systematically release updates that will be of interest to program users. Secondly, provide license buyers with the opportunity to contact them on various issues. As practice shows, many people are willing to pay for a license if they receive certain privileges and eliminate various problems , including constant search

"quacks". Is it worth using pirated programs ? Decide for yourself. Saving on a license entails certain risks, for example, a pirated OS in addition to a pirated antivirus can lead to low level

security of your system, and this in turn can become the reason for a successful hacker attack.

Interestingly, a fundraiser was even organized online for the team behind the film. To date, more than 1 million rubles have been collected to compensate for the losses associated with the copy of the film posted on the Internet.

The Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications emphasized some time ago that in the case of illegal content, it is necessary to deal with hundreds of pirated sites on the Runet, and not chase after 50 million users who download something from there. But the attitude towards those who post illegal content online is not so lenient. From time to time, decisions of Russian courts against private individuals are published. Last year, a court found a resident of the Moscow region guilty of illegal use of copyright objects, as well as the acquisition and storage of counterfeit copies of works for the purpose of sales in special. She was sentenced to six months in prison (suspended) without a fine. In Tatarstan, a sentence was passed against a user who posted Hollywood films online. From May 2009 to April 2010, the man posted ten films, and the damage he caused was estimated at 11 million rubles. He had to pay a fine of 40 thousand rubles.

Famous films often end up on the Internet before their official premiere. Last year, a copy of “The Incredible Life of Walter Mitty” leaked online, and a special tag determined that it originally belonged to TV presenter Ellen DeGeneres, who was supposed to host the Oscars. The film “The Wolf of Wall Street”, the cartoon “Frozen” and others were found on the Internet.

Chasing a Pirate

The “Anti-Piracy Law” or, as it is also called, the “law against the Internet” was adopted in Russia in 2013 in relation to films. It talks about blocking a site with illegal content if the author does not remove it after a warning (within 24 hours). In 2014, deputies extended the law to music, literature and software; the amendments will come into force on May 1, 2015.

“Blocking sites as part of copyright infringement is an almost unprecedented measure at the global level, not to mention the possibility of pre-trial blocking,” said Karen Kazaryan, chief analyst of RAEC. “The “cease and desist” mechanism is more often used in the world (literally, “stop continuation”) unlawful actions"), when, based on a complaint from the copyright holder, the owner of the resource must restrict access to the content during the proceedings. On the other hand, there are many more examples of penalties for users in the world (from ordinary warnings to fines and even criminal penalties in Japan), but these measures have gradually begun to be abandoned due to their ineffectiveness.”

Deputies and specialized organizations in Russia from time to time come up with additional measures to combat cybercriminals. So, last year the Russian Union of Copyright Holders (RUU) wanted to introduce a fee for using the Internet, and then divide the money between content authors. The idea received approval only from the Ministry of Culture; market representatives and users criticized it. The same thing, by the way, happened in Hungary.

In October 2014, a bill introducing an Internet tax was introduced into the parliament of this country. It was planned to charge providers 150 forints (€0.50) for each gigabyte of data transferred to the user, supposedly this would compensate for the reduction in fees from traditional communication services due to Internet services. The new tax could generate about €63 million a year. After about 10 thousand Internet users took to the streets, it was proposed to make concessions and, regardless of traffic, demand from providers 700 forints (€2.2) per month for each user and 5 thousand forints (€15.9) for legal entities. After 100 thousand people had already gone offline, the bill was sent for revision.

We looked at what legal regulations regarding copyright apply in other countries, and whether self-regulation works in the Internet sphere. It turned out that among neighbors, for example, the emphasis is often not on limiting access to a dubious resource, but on ensuring that pirates, in principle, do not have the opportunity to earn money.

English creative

At the end of last year, police detained two men who were distributing the film “The Expendables 3” before the official release. The film began playing in cinemas in America in August 2014, but a month before that the film good quality appeared on the Internet. Hundreds of thousands of people managed to watch it online, and the copyright holder suffered millions of pounds in losses.

In the fall, police detained two men who were distributing unlicensed Microsoft and Adobe products online. It is interesting that the English police inform about the arrest of Internet violators between the news about those who were selling fake things and were caught.

Italian experience

Last year, the Netherlands made it illegal to download illegal films and music (previously this was not prohibited for personal use). First, in 2013, they introduced a so-called piracy tax for buyers of discs, computers and mobile devices from 3 cents to 5 euros, but this measure was questionable, because not everyone by default is a consumer of unlicensed products. And even earlier, Internet providers in this country were not even required to block sites with illegal content.

The right to be forgotten on the Internet

According to the decision of the European Court, users recently received ... the right to be forgotten, according to which Google must remove links to sites with false information about a person at his request. This happened after an appeal from a Spaniard who wanted to erase from his memory (and the Internet) the information about how many years ago he sold a house at auction for debts. Moreover, the original of this text was not deleted, since it was posted legally at one time. There were ideas to use such a practice in Russia, deputies talked about it, but so far the “right to be forgotten” has not become widespread.

In the United States, two associations - the American Association of Advertising Agencies (AAAA) and the Association of National Advertisers (ANA) - stipulated the need to comply with the rules of conduct with pirated resources in relation to sites: promptly stop cooperating with them.

“If their “leviathan” got into the network in the United States, with a high probability, a specialized company hired by copyright holders would begin mass mailing of complaints to resources with demands for removal,” says Karen Kazaryan.

The global anti-piracy bills SOPA and PIPA in America failed several years ago due to large-scale protests from the Internet community.

Finding balance

“Today, the legislation of the leading countries of Europe and America is approximately similar,” said Anton Sergo, head of the law firm Internet and Law. “It was from this that both the best and worst borrowings were taken in the process of fighting piracy in our country. Therefore, on the one hand, the norms can be considered similar. On the other hand, the purpose of copyright has always been a balance of interests of copyright holders (interested in money) and society (accessibility of culture). At the very least, they are trying to maintain this balance abroad. We have Lately the situation is very one-sided - in protecting their financial interests, copyright holders lobby for the rule of law, providing protection only for themselves.

Distortions of this approach are now easy to find in the legislation: for example, the so-called “copyright holder”, without any supporting documents, can file a claim with the hosting provider or site owner and demand the removal of a particular work. However, if it turns out that this person is not the copyright holder (the rights have run out, the wrong rights, other rights, etc.), then such a “rights holder” will not bear any responsibility for this. But the law-abiding hoster will suffer, to whom the victim will rightly present his claims, including in monetary terms. Unfortunately, there are a lot of such examples in the legislation.

The situation is similar in practice: for example, the Moscow City Court strongly declares its readiness to fight piracy and even demonstrates outstanding results - 100% satisfaction of claims for blocking content. Obviously, such statistics reflect someone's political will, and not the real state of affairs. There are no adversarial trials with 100% results. Such phenomena are not known to legal science.

To date, perhaps the most global problem on the Internet is the problem of Internet piracy, which is closely related to the related problem of copyright infringement. Everything is leaked onto the Internet: from music and pre-premiere screenings of films to unreleased scientific works and confidential documents. The reason for this phenomenon is, first of all, imperfect and ineffective legislation, both at the level of world organizations and at the level of individual countries. The types, methods and features of combating Internet piracy are discussed further in our article.

Types of Internet piracy

All types of Internet piracy are divided into 5 large categories:

Video piracy– implies the illegal distribution of copies of films or TV programs on external digital media (discs, cassettes). This happens by copying and posting on the Internet.
Audio piracy– copying and distribution of copies music albums and individual compositions.
Literary piracy– the most obvious example of copyright infringement when electronic libraries appear on the Internet, providing the opportunity to download unpublished books, essays and other literary works.
Software piracy– illegal “draining” of programs and software products, which are still at the development stage. This type piracy also implies the possibility of removing the protection system put in place to prevent the illegal use of copyright products.
Piracy computer games – one of the most common types of piracy on the Internet.

Existing legislative problems
on the issue of Internet piracy in the world and in Ukraine

The main reason for Internet piracy is the imperfect legislation of countries around the world that would regulate this issue. The lack of an effective mechanism for influencing violators, as a consequence of the failure of the legislative and regulatory framework in many countries of the world, has led to the fact that the problem has become global.

Today, the world community is trying with all its might to develop an effective mechanism that would simplify and speed up the ability to control copyright protection on the Internet. The latter is confirmed by:

EU Electronic Commerce Directive;
HADOPI is a law adopted in France in 2009;
DMCA Law (USA);
ACTA Act.

As for Ukraine, in our country the issue of combating piracy was not systematically considered until 2014, with the further development of the legislative framework and its entry into force. It is precisely because of such a negligent attitude towards the world significant issue, the level of piracy in Ukraine has become widespread.

The current Law of Ukraine “On Copyright and Related Rights,” adopted back in 1993, provided only for the protection of property and non-property rights of copyright subjects, which did not deal with the protection of copyright and intellectual property rights on the Internet. And only at the end of October 2014, the Cabinet of Ministers approved the draft Law of Ukraine “On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of Ukraine Regarding the Protection of Copyright and Related Rights on the Internet,” the purpose of which is to introduce existing mechanisms to combat Internet piracy.

According to the US Trade Representative, the Motion Picture Association of America and the International Intellectual Property Alliance, Ukraine has been a leading copyright infringer and distributor of unlicensed products on the Internet for several years. It is very important for Ukraine to get rid of the negative image regarding Internet piracy. This is the only way our country can attract existing business assets, and therefore large-scale investments.

Until 2014, the fight against Internet piracy was talked about in the context of piracy as a phenomenon, with little attention paid to pirates as subjects. New project The law implies not only blocking of pirated content (including the pre-trial possibility of its complete removal), but also sanctions against individuals(both Internet pirates themselves and those who publish their content on their web resources). So, for example, entities that refuse to remove pirated content from their resource are subject to a fine of 500 to 1000 non-taxable minimum income for failure to comply with the requirement to block illegal content that violates copyright. Those entities that refuse to identify a user of their website who is caught engaging in piracy will also face fines of similar amounts.

It is expected that this particular draft Law will help bring closer legislative framework Ukraine to EU legislation, which will ensure a noticeable reduction in Internet piracy in our country, and as a result, will not only improve our image in the eyes of the West, but will also have a beneficial effect on domestic culture and economy, making it possible to develop the Ukrainian television market and cinematography.

Methods to combat Internet piracy

Of course, the most important method of combating Internet piracy is reliable protection property products. However, as domestic and world practice shows, today hacking security software is more likely a separate species Internet piracy rather than a method of combating it.

Today, experts identify three main methods of combating virtual piracy:

Education. It involves holding seminars, conferences, organizing forums where lecturers would raise this issue on a larger scale. The purpose of such events is to convince a potential virtual “thief” of the negative side of appropriating someone else’s property posted on the Internet without the owner’s permission.
Propaganda. Its goal is to clearly demonstrate the advantages of licensed products and the disadvantages of pirated copies. One of effective options Such propaganda is the organization of PR campaigns in the media, focusing attention on the problems of misappropriation of copyright, theft of intellectual property through illegal copying, downloading and use of products on the Internet.
Power technique. Provides for identifying and bringing to criminal or administrative liability producers (distributors) of illegal products on the Internet. This method fight is the most effective, but also the most difficult.

Many countries have already proven the effectiveness of combating Internet piracy. Among: USA, France, Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, Japan. The effectiveness of their methods lies not only in the legal regulatory framework that properly regulates this issue, but also in the personal responsibility that citizens themselves feel, which means they do not risk breaking the law.

How they fight Internet piracy in different countries

The most loyal and at the same time effective way the fight against Internet piracy was developed in France. Hadopi Law is a “three strikes” project. The violator receives the first warning about the imposition of sanctions on email, the second warning is an official notification of copyright infringement by an Internet user, the third warning (it is also the last) is a reason for action: an authorized special agency searches for the offender and deprives him of access to the Internet for a period of time prescribed by the commission. Besides, this agency fines an illegal citizen a very tidy sum.

The most confusing, but at the same time loyal to Internet users, is the anti-piracy bill developed in the Netherlands. So, for example, users are allowed to download movies and music, but only if they do not pursue commercial intent. However, downloading software is beyond the scope this right: copying and distribution of any unlicensed software is punishable by a fine. All previously existing torrent trackers, whether with literature, music or cinema, are recognized as illegal and have no place to be in world wide web, therefore the distribution of any audio, video or literary material (originally uploaded for non-commercial purposes) is punishable by current Dutch law.

Perhaps Japan took the fight against Internet piracy most seriously, having adopted a radical law: any Internet user who illegally downloaded a file from the Internet (of any content) must pay a fine of 25 thousand dollars. An alternative to paying a fine is to serve a sentence in a prison colony for a period of 2 years. If a Japanese citizen not only downloaded, but also uploaded the file from his personal computer illegally, then the fine he will have to pay will be 130 thousand dollars, or 10 years in prison in case of non-payment.

How will they fight Internet piracy in Ukraine?

Back in October 2015, as part of the reform of the law enforcement system, the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Arsen Avakov, announced the creation of the cyber police, a special additional body regulating legal activities on the Internet. The main task cyber police will protect property rights in virtual space, the fight against all manifestations of Internet piracy and online assistance from specialists.

IN currently Recruitment is underway for a new law enforcement agency, which involves a certification competition for those who decide to become a cyber police officer, retraining of personnel and the creation of new functionality for the future law enforcement agency in Ukraine.

The main goal of the Ukrainian cyber police will be to combat cybercrime through implemented state policy in the areas of:

Payment systems;
Ecommerce;
Economic activity;
Intellectual property (Internet piracy and cardsharing);
Information security.

In addition, the competence of the cyber police will include: timely informing the population about crimes that have occurred on the Internet; analysis of information on cyber threats and possible cybercrimes; cooperation with foreign colleagues in this matter; introduction of advanced computer technology, allowing to identify violations in the virtual space; 24-hour operation of contact points where any Internet user can report a violation or get advice on an issue of interest.

Be that as it may, the amount of illegal content, and with it illegal downloading, on the Internet is steadily growing throughout the world. Weak legal regulatory mechanisms and lack of personal responsibility for users are the main reasons for the growth of Internet piracy to this day. Meanwhile, a wave of protests and actions of “pirate” parties periodically sweeps across the world, advocating the possibility of free downloading of films, music and software. Their main slogan is freedom and privacy of a person and a citizen.

But not everyone considers the value the furor that occurred.

Many seek to appropriate the invention for themselves or profit from it.

For such people there is no conscience, laws of ethics and respect.

This is, in part, why they deserve the name “pirates”, and the fight against them is ongoing at the state level.

Concept

The concept of piracy originates from seventeenth century.

Then, in England, one of the playwrights saw parts of his play in the work of one of the then minor writers.

In his incriminating article in one of the newspapers he noted that “such an act is real piracy.”

The word was picked up and later the whole world began to express it.

The first piece of legislation to use the word piracy, which referred to the unlawful appropriation of the merits of another, also first appeared in England.

True, then punishment for pirates It wasn't too harsh.

The term piracy came to Russia in the nineties, when the Iron Curtain collapsed with a roar and foreign film distribution began to pour into Russian culture.

In all developed countries of the world trying to fight with the phenomenon of piracy.

Everyone fights with different means, and everyone has different measures of responsibility.

This means that in each country the concept of piracy is interpreted differently, and, therefore, what is not punishable in one country is subject to liability in another.

In this particular case we are only interested in Russian legislation and how exactly this crime is reflected in the piracy law.

Piracy is the activity of appropriating objects and fruits of creativity, art, scientific inventions, and so on, without the direct knowledge of the author of these works.

This is exactly how such a crime is interpreted in our law.

But of course, if you start flipping The criminal code of our country, then you won’t see the term piracy.

And yet, it exists, although the legislator came up with a more capacious and meaningful synonym for it.

Another name for piracy copyright infringement, which is quite natural and logical.

The rights of the person who had a hand in his creation are fundamentally infringed, and only criminal liability can affect justice.

In the Criminal Code, piracy is punishable by Article 146 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.

It is there that such an act as computer piracy is revealed, and criminal liability is also provided for.

shall be punishable by a fine in the amount of up to two hundred thousand rubles, or in the amount of the wages or other income of the convicted person for a period of up to eighteen months, or by compulsory labor for a term of up to four hundred and eighty hours, or by corrective labor for a term of up to one year, or by arrest for a term of up to six months.

shall be punishable by a fine in the amount of up to two hundred thousand rubles, or in the amount of the wages or other income of the convicted person for a period of up to eighteen months, or by compulsory labor for a term of up to four hundred eighty hours, or by corrective labor for a term of up to two years, or forced labor for a term of up to two years, or imprisonment for the same term.

3. Acts provided for in part two of this article, if committed:

a) has become invalid;

b) by a group of persons by prior conspiracy or an organized group;

c) on an especially large scale;

d) by a person using his official position, -

shall be punishable by forced labor for a term of up to five years, or by imprisonment for a term of up to six years, with or without a fine in the amount of up to five hundred thousand rubles or in the amount of the wages or other income of the convicted person for a period of up to three years.

Note. The acts provided for in this article are recognized as committed on a large scale if the cost of copies of works or phonograms or the value of the rights to use objects of copyright and related rights exceeds one hundred thousand rubles, and in an especially large amount - one million rubles.

Kinds

Computer

Computer piracy is enough common type, and also very diverse.

Today, quite a lot of unique content is produced, which can be called computer information.

These include video games, and various types of programs, applications and widgets.

All of them are actively copied by pirates and become easy money.

Computer and video games

Computer video games are also constantly under attack.

Manufacturers, when putting a game up for sale, count on for direct benefit, they want to recoup their costs for its production and also make a profit from their activities.

But pirates, buying one licensed game, provide it to a wide range of people or sell it for more favorable price several citizens at once, thereby violating the law of our country.

There have been many famous cases where a newly released game on one operating system automatically became available and users of other systems.

What can we say, pirates have learned to play video games without licenses or with fake licenses - a prime example of this.

Intellectual

Intellectual works include literature and its masterpieces, articles, night labors and other inventions that are not material in nature.

Unfortunately, it is precisely such a component as the intellectual that suffers from piracy, called “intellectual”.

Literary works

Literary works were copied many years ago and continue to be copied.

Instead of people buying books, pirates make multiple copies and provide the contents of the book in open access in one resource or another.

This hurts the authors' pockets.

In the Internet

Internet piracy - what is it?

Let's consider this question.

Criminals also engage in online piracy.

How it manifests itself is known to all connoisseurs Western films.

Also, piracy on the Internet refers to other types of distribution of copyrighted programs, audio and video recordings.

Watch a video from RBC about Internet piracy:

Audio piracy

Now let's talk more about audio piracy.

Many pop stars and ordinary amateurs, having recorded audio works, seek to protect their rights to it.

This means that other citizens are not allowed to distribute these works, much less pass them off as their own.

But, unfortunately, on Russian market we see that in many in social networks songs appear that cannot be used by public users.

Video piracy

Video piracy is, first of all, obtaining video material by criminal means and its further use.

This manifests itself in the following:

a pirate records a work of video art;
the pirate is distributing this material.

Today, pirates copy only films that have appeared in cinemas and pour them onto the Internet or sell to the general public on electronic media.

Qualifying features

The qualifying features of this crime are its commission organized group.

If only one person took part in piracy, this can be called a desire for personal enrichment.

But here is the participation of a group of people increases responsibility, the fact is then established by itself that organized group wanted a criminal result to occur.

The fight against piracy in Russia

In Russia there is a fierce fight against piracy.

Volunteers conduct raids on video game stores, as well as audio and video products, looking for unlicensed products.

And the weight, despite the severe punishment and constant checks, the pirates still manage to operate.

Recently the law came out that all torrents on the Internet that distribute information that is protected by copyright must be closed.

Work is already underway.

Distinction from related crimes

Piracy is easy can be confused with embezzlement and embezzlement, especially if the person is poorly privy to the details of the crime.

Both pirates and people who committed embezzlement want to enrich themselves at the expense of other people, which means that the purpose of the crime is similar.

But the ways of doing it are strikingly diverse.

In the case of piracy, the criminal only uses the fruits of the creativity of other people, while the person who committed the misappropriation and embezzlement unlawfully appropriated property belonging to another person.

A pirate simply has a benefit from one circumstance or another, and this is where the significant difference is manifested.

Punishment and responsibility

For example, we can cite the case of the famous game Battlefield, which was developed by Norwegian programmers.

The game went on sale on the official website, and it could only be downloaded by paying a certain amount or making a pre-order.

One of the pirates made a pre-order a long time ago and the game was sent to him among the first buyers.

Of course, he immediately put all the passwords, codes and the material from the game into public use and The game production company suffered losses.

Another incident occurred with publication of a famous novel.

Then, a young writer who wanted fame and easy money scanned the text and began selling the novel under his own name.

Having not received due recognition, he completely posted the novel online. for which he was punished.

I would like to believe that the active policy of combating piracy will soon bear fruit, and every citizen of our country will become full users of unique content.