Why Is Piracy So Popular Today

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Piracy is defined as the unauthorized use or reproduction of someone’s work. I did not know piracy was such a problem in today's. The Crime Inc. video on piracy was very interesting because I didn’t know piracy was so popular today, especially in the music industry. More and more criminals are pulled toward the art of piracy because it has to be done with such precision. Every year there are more crimes happening with piracy, it is a multi-billion dollar organized crime industry. The Crime Inc. video showed how piracy affects people everyday and how law enforcement catches these criminals. It was interesting to see how the piracy is so much more prevalent in bigger cities. It is so prevalent because it keeps getting easier to copy songs, movies,

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