PIRACY

Presentation By
Rajesh Cheemalakonda
Priyanka Praveen
 INTRODUCTION
 What is piracy?

–Piracy is the illegal replication of an original recording for

commercial gain without the consent of the owner.

– Piracy is a theft which leads to a loss to the owners of the

property. Besides economic loss, piracy also affects the
creative potential of a society as it denies authors and artists
their legitimate dues.
 Quoting legal definition
• Piracy is defined as the creation of duplicate
un-authenticated copies of some copyright
protected item. The item can be a sound
file, video files like movies, PC games,
computer software (includes web based) or
even hardware utilities. But the piracy of
audio-video files is a
much developed and penetrated crime as
compared to other sort of piracies. Piracy is a
special crime categorized under sections of
 TYPES OF PIRACY
 Piracy of Literary works: Piracy of literary works means illegal
reproduction of books and other printed materials and distribution/selling
of these for profit.

 Audio Piracy : Piracy of sound recordings.

 Cinematographic Piracy : Piracy of films takes two principal forms,

namely `video piracy' and `cable piracy’.

 Soft ware piracy : Piracy in computer software simply means copying

and distribution of computer programmes without the copyright holder’s
permission. The different types of software piracy are:
1. Counterfeiters : Software counterfeiters produce disks,
documentation and packaging that look very similar to those
of the software publisher.
2. Reseller :piracy occurs in the distribution channel.
Distributors or dealers make copies of software onto floppy
disks, or the internal storage device or the "hard disk" of
computers that they are selling, without authorization from
the software publisher.
3. Mail-order :piracy consists of the unauthorized copying of
software onto diskettes, CDs, or other media and
distribution of such software by post.
4. Bulletin board :pirates take on in unauthorized
reproduction and distribution of software through
telecommunication.
5. End-user :piracy takes place when a user copying software
onto hard disks of more computers than the number
authorized by the publisher
 Distribution networks
 Pirates use various distributions networks based on
the content, reach and market (customers)
Two important forms of distribution networks are

1. Alternate distribution techniques or market distribution

( on post, Sunday markets etc.) (postal orders, Sunday
markets, Honkong bazars, video shops, etc.)
2. Online distribution
(File hosting sites, P2P networks, websites and portals etc.
Raising demand and Emergence of
Internet
• Raising demand in entertainment industry and the
advent of internet has resulted in increased scope of
piracy.
• Literary works are digitized and are distributed using
internet. (Gigapedia, downloadfreepdf.com etc.)
• Sound tracks, videos films and computer soft wares
were made available online through web portals, file
hosting servers and P2P networks. (Songs.pk,
nokias60v5.com etc.)
• Pirates started using new techniques like cheat codes,
cracks and patches to pirate computer programs.
Online distribution of Piracy
 Anti Piracy Laws
“Queen Anne’s Statute” 1710- was the first
copyright statute in the Kingdom of
Great Britain . It was enacted in the year
1709 to 1710 and entered into force on
10 April 1710.It is generally considered
to be the first fully-fledged copyright
statute.

Post Independence:
 -Indian Copy right act 1957
 -Intellectual property rights law
-subsequent amendments to
Copyright act (came into force after
 Current laws
In India, cinematographic films are protected under the Copyright Act 1957.
Section 52A of the act sets out specific requirements for cinematographic
films, including the following:

 The user of the film (or videotape) must possess a copy of the certificate
granted by the Board of Film Certification under Section 5A of the
Cinematograph Act;
 The user must have the name and address of the maker of the film, as well
as a declaration that the user has obtained the necessary license or consent
from the copyright owner; and
 The name and address of the owner of the copyright in the work must be
included in sound recordings and video films.
 Section 68A sets out the penalties to be imposed if Section 52A is
contravened.
Pro Piracy Movement
 Anti Copy right
 Anti-copyright refers to the complete or partial
opposition to prevalent copyright laws.
 Argument
A central anti-copyright argument is that copyright has never been of net
benefit to society and instead serves to enrich a few at the expense of
creativity. Some anti-copyright groups may question the logic
of copyright on economic and cultural grounds. Also, in the context of the
Internet and Web 2.0 it can be argued that copyright law needs to be
adapted to modern information technology..
 Many traditional anarchists, including Leo Tolstoy, expressed
their refusal to accept copyright.
 Groups like pirate cinema, the group of noble peers, The pirate
bay etc. played active role in pro-piracy movement.
 Pros and Cons of Piracy
Pros Cons

 Availability beyond  Huge avenue loss for both

markets state and the copy right
owner.
 Low cost and are easily
affordable to common man.  Misuse or manipulation of
content cannot be traced.
 Risk of viruses, identity
theft and other security
issues.
 Combating Piracy Some Anti
Piracy
 Anti Piracy campaigns involving public.
 Use Marketing Strategies
 Reducing the market price of original product.
 Increasing no. of exhibition prints (in case of
Films)
 Selling broadcast rights to TV networks, Online
portals, DTH networks etc.
 Installing trackers, copy protect programs and
piracy warnings Etc.
 Devising Universal antipiracy laws.
 Case Study-1
Text book piracy in Andhra Pradesh.

 Hyderabad Police seized a printing press owned Nishit

Multimedia and 60,000 pirated text books on 10th Nov
2010 .
 P.Narayana Founder Chairman of Narayana group of
educational institutions , was arrested for allegedly pirated
Telugu Academy text books.
 Preliminary estimation of loss is expected to be 10 Core
which is 34% of the annual income of Telugu academy.
 Case Status: Pending in sessions court.
 Raised new debate on applicability of copyright act for
scientific facts in public domain.
 Case study-2
‘Hum Aapke hain Kaun’ case on T-Series
 A law suite was filed against T-
Series in 1979 when it launched
version songs of the famous block
buster film ‘Hum aapke hain
kaun’ violating supreme courts
directions using the original title
and images of star cast on its
covers.
 As a business strategy using
loopholes of the then copyright
laws, Gulshan Kumar reproduced
the original sound tracks of the
film using same lyrics but with
different singers and orchestra
 Case Status: T-Series lost the
case
 Case study-3(a)
The injection order on LimeWire
 Is a P2P file sharing client program that runs on
multiple flat forms
 On October 26, 2010, US federal court judge 
Kimba Wood issued an injunction forcing
LimeWire to prevent "the searching, downloading,
uploading, file trading and/or file distribution
functionality, and/or all functionality" of its
software in Arista Records LLC v. Lime Group
 A trial investigation the damages necessary to compensate is
initiated.
 Case study-3(b)
The Pirate Bay
 in The Pirate Bay
 The Pirate Bay is "one of
the world's largest
facilitators of illegal
downloading" and "the most
visible member of a
burgeoning
international anti-
copyright or pro-piracy
movement". On 15
November 2008, The Pirate
Bay announced that it had
reached over 25 million
unique peers.
 TPB has been involved in
 The website used to be run by Gottfrid Svartholm and Fredrik
Neij who are known as Anakata and TiAMO, respectively.
They have both been charged with "assisting in making
copyrighted content available.

 Autopsy photos uploaded on pirate bay stirred out new debates

on ethical aspects of piracy.

 TPB is the most targeted website by anti piracy activists all

over the world. Some filed lawsuits other tried to hack the site.
Thank you