LIMEWIRE

Limewire™: The one that started it all

http://www.limewire.com/
(This is an image of the lime wire program in use)

 )To talk about internet piracy and not bring up lime-wire would be wrong. This was, after all, the pioneer for internet piracy. Like bitTorrent©, it had a sincere motive and and had intentions for legitimacy. Limewire came in two models, Free and Enhanced but most people downloaded the free application as there was little difference between the two. What this company got into trouble for was the fact that there was no compensation by  Lime GroupLLC to the record companies. However, due to the fact that it Peer to Peer sharing, it was difficult to figure out show who would be compensated. 

INTERNET PIRACY EXAMPLE: 'TORRENTING'

Torrenting

Here is the prime culprit for internet piracy: µTorrent™. This legitimate (as in it pays taxes) corporation facilitates the downloading of files by allowing the previous downloaders, to essentially share that piece of information to another. What makes this technology so valuable is that this process speeds up the download the more seeders (the ones sharing the file) are involved in the process. This has become the go-to way for people to illegally share data. And while some of the files are (or could be) purchased, in cases they have not been. 

Here is an image of a torrent program:

For more information about torrenting: http://www.utorrent.com/features

HOW DID PIRACY BEGIN? {Opinion}

In the antiquated years of known nostalgically as the 'Vinyl Music Era', music was cherished like gold and treated as such. Music was to be purchased at one place only: the record store. This is where the records' artwork were admired by potential purchasers. People assisted you in purchasing the record by making recommendations according to the music listeners (the consumer) preference. For this reason, purchasing (as well as making) music was more of an experience and less less often occurring. While there may have been people selling stolen records, or selling second-hand vinyls, nobody could reproduce the vinyls and receive satisfactory. The difference between then and now begins with the cassette.

The cassette brought on the idea of reproducing songs to share with friends. 'Mix-tapes" were used as a way to pick out the music to which you would like to listen to, or just copy a whole cassette to give to some to listen too. While this may have been good for the growth music, it also (slightly) effected the music industry's profits. The inception of music copying lead to piracy, but did not really have much effect until the dawn of the 'Internet Era'.