I was watching the news in ABS-CBN when I saw this interesting report about piracy. This report is about a girl who was arrested in an airport for an attempt to bring pirated materials abroad. It so happen that there are laws now in airports against the bringing of pirated materials such as dvd's, vcd's, xeroxed copyrighted materials (Yes, its considered piracy), fake gadgets such as polystations(from playstation) etc abroad. These airports are very strict in implementing these rules and whoever caught in this crime will be fined, jailed and even stripped off their visa.
I think that the government are taking small steps in fighting piracy here in the Philippines but who knows, people will still find ways to push thru. This is a good response to promote the government's anti piracy campaign. If they can be successful, I.T. proffesionals, Filmakers and our industry will have the rightful revenue that deserves their work.
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Sunday, November 18, 2007
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
ManTech 10 - Business and Piracy
Piracy, what is it all about? Some would say "plagiarizing software" or stealing content from an original product and others would term it as "fake". Sir Alain is right because pirated products isn't fake. According to thefreedictionary.com, to pirate is someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own so pirated is that product of stealing content or idea. In other words, it is acquiring copy of published materials.
Piracy is clearly another case of abusing technology for one's own good but he/she doesn't consider the impact of this action towards others. Legal businesses are slowly going down because of this illegal actions. For me, the problem lies in the government. Our country is still a poor country and it just keeps getting poorer because of graft and corruption. People dont have money to purchase original items so they consider these pirated materials.
The government should work hand in hand with these businesses if they still want more businesses to invest in our country and improve I.T. and fight piracy.
Piracy is clearly another case of abusing technology for one's own good but he/she doesn't consider the impact of this action towards others. Legal businesses are slowly going down because of this illegal actions. For me, the problem lies in the government. Our country is still a poor country and it just keeps getting poorer because of graft and corruption. People dont have money to purchase original items so they consider these pirated materials.
The government should work hand in hand with these businesses if they still want more businesses to invest in our country and improve I.T. and fight piracy.
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