Monday, December 10, 2012

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

**Infographic of Internet Piracy Statistics**

Acquiring files is easy enough if you know where to look. According to a study researched by GO-GLOBE.com Web Technologies over 70% of online users believe that there is nothing wrong with internet piracy (Section I). Many interesting statistics show up in this well-designed infographic, such as 22% of all global internet bandwidth is used for internet piracy (Section I). Feel free to check out the interesting statistics for yourself.
 

The question I ask is why copyright infringement and internet piracy were at the forefront of international politics as of this time last year. The reason, in my opinion, is that many governments were afraid of the monetary consequences that piracy bestows on a country. It is estimated that a total of $12.5 billion is lost every year due to internet piracy. If the internet had been left to be completely fluid and organic without any repercussions, would we be seeing the same internet today? I don’t believe so.

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