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[RukiMuchinaro]

I never heard of this movie (The Pirate Bay - Away From Keyboard) before but it's one of the best I;ve seen! I leaned about it through a YouTube video where a guy lays out the case for sharing artistic forms of expression really well. Anyways, I'm doing a report of piracy and its affect on the economy. Does anyone know where you can find actual piracy numbers as published by the industry? Thanks! Here's a link to the vid (it's 16 minutes long but it gives you the perspective of a musician and filmmaker on "stealing" stuff.

The Outsider Monologues: https://youtu.be/ZbepIFkMegc
 Thanks!

— Ruki

[RobertX]

You can start with reading this guide: https://pirates-forum.org/Thread-Filesharing-Surveys

There are many ways numbers can be represented, so I don't think it is the most important thing on your case.

I would go to explore both sides of the argument, the artists' side and the "pirates" and EFF's side; EFF is a non-profit civil rights organisation for legal freedom. Their address is www.eff.org.

In such a case, you would need to find truths and half-truths about each side as you weigh them equally and find the best argument.

It may also be worthwhile to watch TV episodes whose story lines talk about this thing, in an effort to explain the producers' views on the subject. Quite recently, I can recall two to three episodes: one is from South Park, where the main characters are arrested for downloading free music from the Internet: http://southpark.wikia.com/wiki/Christian_Rock_Hard and two from the Simpsons, where Homer gets a free illegal cable box or when Homer Simpson downloads episodes off the Internet: https://simpsonswiki.com/wiki/Steal_This_Episode

Just a few ideas I can think up.

Hope we get a good mark!

[RukiMuchinaro]

You can start with reading this guide: https://pirates-forum.org/Thread-Filesharing-Surveys

There are many ways numbers can be represented, so I don't think it is the most important thing on your case.

I would go to explore both sides of the argument, the artists' side and the "pirates" and EFF's side; EFF is a non-profit civil rights organisation for legal freedom. Their address is www.eff.org.

In such a case, you would need to find truths and half-truths about each side as you weigh them equally and find the best argument.

It may also be worthwhile to watch TV episodes whose story lines talk about this thing, in an effort to explain the producers' views on the subject. Quite recently, I can recall two to three episodes: one is from South Park, where the main characters are arrested for downloading free music from the Internet: http://southpark.wikia.com/wiki/Christian_Rock_Hard and two from the Simpsons, where Homer gets a free illegal cable box or when Homer Simpson downloads episodes off the Internet: https://simpsonswiki.com/wiki/Steal_This_Episode

Just a few ideas I can think up.

Hope we get a good mark!

Thank you so much, RobertX! I love links. >:-) I'm one who thinks artists should be able to make a living but I also feel sort of grimy when I think of the industry controlling so many thing including the money artists can make and how they can interact with their fans. Like I said until I watch that youtube video I thought artists and writers we SUPER anti-piracy. Glad I found you're forum!

[RobertX]

I don't think you're alone for thinking like that.

It's a matter of how much they want.