The Activity of Piracy Leaves a Negative Impact on the Society

Questions: 1. Analyse the article/case study from the perspective of at least two different classical ethical theories, one of which must be that of "Just Consequentialism". Present well reasoned arguments for your assessments and recommendations. 2. Write an overall conclusion that justifies your recommendations made in your essay. Answers: The Scenario: From the research and case study we have concluded that the piracy of movies, music and TV shows is going on increasing at high extent. The participants are unaware of the unethical deed which they are performing against the laws of ethics. They think that they are not stealing the video tapes from the showroom. They are just downloading the movies and TV shows from the internet and want to enjoy without paying the cost for it. They are unaware of the intangible theft which they are performing. The government of Australia has passed a copyright law in 1968 to stop the activity of piracy. The copyright act states that if the right owner successfully placed the victim in front of the court then he will be penalized for his deed. But there is a complication in predicting the hacker of the movies and TV shows from the long list of IP address which performs the activity of piracy. The government of Australia has measure the act of piracy as a criminal offence on the same platform of the c ase of theft. The stakeholder: There is a long list of people who get affected by the act of piracy which is given below: The right owner is the main stakeholder who gets affected on his profit earned by the movies, music and TV shows. The common people because the time will come when there will be no medium for the entertainment with the increasing activity of piracy. Hackers or copyright holder who conduct the activity of piracy Internet provider because they can help in banning the site from downloading. Ethical Issues: The activity of downloading of movies and TV shows is surrounded by many cyber issues. These issues can be categorized as below: Proper maintenance of the data and information confidentiality Management of security with the activity of downloading of the movies and TV shows. Accuracy in identification of the user for providing the authorization of watching movies Restriction on the easy accessibility of the movies and TV shows on the internet Emphasize on the ICT activities Give birth to the social Issues Activity of Governance Non-ethical issues: Misusing of the internet for giving rise to the activity of piracy Misbehaving in doing the theft of intangible property Consequences: There is a long list of consequences which can takes place with the increasing activity of piracy which is given below: Copyright holder is the term used for pointing out the downloaders Downloaders are unaware of the intangible theft which they are performing. The court will penalized for the deed of downloading of movies and TV shows With the passage of time and increasing activities related to the piracy will make the day come when there will be no medium for entertainment even after paying a reasonable amount. The increasing activity of piracy will result in the decreasing profit of the entertainment world With the activity of downloading movies and others, the viruses and worms are also get installed into the system of recipient The replication of copies takes place with the attack of viruses and worms. They can even harm the software and hardware of the recipient It is an unethical activity which is against the legislation This activity is treated as a civil offence Ethical Analysis: Consequentialism: Consequentialism is also known by the term classical theory. The theory states that if the activity of piracy satisfies all the principle of classical theory then it can universally accept. The theory of Consequentialism measures the rightness and wrongness of the activity by focusing on the character rather than the result of the activity of downloading of movies and others. It helps in predicting that the activity of piracy provides benefit to the society or not. It focuses on the welfare of the society. It helps in maintaining a common link between all the component of the system. It focuses on determining the moral values from the outcome of the unethical activity of downloading of movies and TV shows. Just Consequentialism: Just Consequentialism is also known by the term Modern approach theory. According to this theory if activity of piracy leaves a positive impact on the society then it should be universally accepted. It focuses on resolving the solution to the problem created by the activity of downloading of movies and TV shows. It makes significant use of computer and internet for coming to the solution of problem created by piracy. It works by implementing the core values such as the right owner, common people, hackers or copyright holder, security, and much more. Option: The restriction should be placed for stopping the increasing growth of the piracy. The role of the internet provider is to ban the sites of movies and others from downloading. Whenever the user clicks on the option of downloading, an error message should be generated on the computer screen of the recipient. We should deny from watching the pirated movies The copyright holder should be heavily penalized The industry and the internet provider should collaborate in banning the most viewed sites. Conclusion: The research and survey shows that the activity of piracy leaves a negative impact on the society. The persons are not aware of the intangible theft which they are doing by giving support to the activity of piracy. The activity of downloading is looking to be very small but it can give rise to the activity of hacking on high extent and also it is putting restriction on the growth of profit of the entertainment world. The government of Australia has passed a copyright law in 1968 to stop the activity of piracy. For the welfare of the entertainment world we should restrict the habit piracy. With the passage of time and increasing activities related to the piracy will make the day come when there will be no medium for entertaining even after paying a reasonable amount. References: Fischer, E. (2014). Cybersecurity Issues and Challenges: In Brief (1st ed.). Pasternak, S. (2012). The role of ethical theories in ethical reasoning a nd behavior within organizations (1st ed.). Powell, R. (2014). Downloading movies and TV is not a crime Read more.