Global Conflict in The Age of Technology and Internet Piracy Part I

**The Powerpoint Link**

With the creation of the internet, the ability to send and receive files has dramatically affected how the entertainment industry does business. The creation of Itunes and other programs like it with MP3-based media have become more popular than physical CDs and DVDs. Along with this boom in multimedia, the creation of websites that host files has also grown exceedingly thus, internet piracy was born. The first question many people ask is what exactly is internet piracy; in order to answer this question, I enlisted the aid of Armstrong Atlantic State University and a powerpoint published on their website (See Link Above). According to the powerpoint, internet piracy is the unauthorized obtainment of digital materials by hosting or transferring files. (Slide 2). The most common files transferred are video and audio files (MP3s, MP4s, AVIs, etc.) pictures (JPEGs, PDFs, PNGs) and software (Slide 3-4). There are many consequences to these acts, however it varies depending on the country. This lack of uniformity tends to cause friction.