Contemporary Pirates: An Examination of the Perceptions and Attitudes Toward the Technology, Progression, and Battles that Surround Modern Day Music Piracy in Colleges and Universities. Page: 4
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of piracy remains illegal and the danger and risks associated with this choice carries
major legal consequences.
While historic pirates committed piracy in the form of gold, silver, or contract
services, contemporary pirates yearn for music, computer software, and motion pictures.
The majority of these goods are accessible in an endless playground thousands of times
larger than all the oceans and seas combined, called the Internet. The contemporary pirate
can best be defined as someone who duplicates or uses copyrighted or patented material
without authorization, permission, or the legal right to do so (Microsoft Encarta
Reference Library 2004, 2003a).
There are several media forms which one can choose to pirate, but currently
music is among the most widely addressed in the media, with the recording industry and
artists calling for retribution and consequences, technological developers and individual
users calling for a better fair use policy, and the legal system trapped in the middle of the
battles. While pirates come from all different races, ethnicities, backgrounds, and
countries, one of the most interesting nesting spots for contemporary pirates is the
university environment, particularly in the United States. The university environment is
supposed to be reserved as a safe haven for learning, academic excellence, career
advancement, and scholastic prestige. Yet, it is one of the major avenues by which piracy
currently occurs in this country. "The ready access to file sharing sites and the ease with
which files can be downloaded by broadband connections has emboldened American
university students to engage in piracy" (Holland, 2003a, p. 8).4
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Latson, Christopher Craig. Contemporary Pirates: An Examination of the Perceptions and Attitudes Toward the Technology, Progression, and Battles that Surround Modern Day Music Piracy in Colleges and Universities., thesis, August 2004; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc4595/m1/13/?rotate=90: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .