2006-08-22 17:54:46 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
The recording industry is calling a lot of things piracy these days, but just what is piracy? Is copying a CD? They contend that to make a copy of a CD, whether the whole disc or just part of it, is piracy. It does not matter to them who copies the disc or why. Their contention is bogus. To make a copy of your own disc for personal use, or to make a custom mix of your favorite songs from discs you own, is fair use. To make copies of discs to sell for profit is piracy. This used to be called bootlegging.
Just what do these words mean? Piracy originally meant murder, rape and robbery on the high seas. Calling copying something piracy has always been a bit of sensationalism. Bootlegging originally meant hiding liquor in the legs of your boots during the prohibition era. How it came to mean making an unauthorized recording is unclear.
The term of piracy is generally used to describe the deliberate infringement of copyright on a commercial scale. In relation to the music industry it refers to unauthorised copying and, in this context, falls into 3 categories:
* Simple piracy - is the unauthorised duplication of an original recording for commercial gain without the consent of the rights owner. The packaging of pirate copies is different from the original. Pirate copies are often compilations, such as the "greatest hits" of a specific artist, or a collection of a specific genre, such as dance tracks.
* Counterfeits - are copied and packaged to resemble the original as closely as possible. The original producer's trademarks and logos are reproduced in order to mislead the consumer into believing that they are buying an original product.
* Bootlegs - these are the unauthorised recordings of live or broadcast performances. They are duplicated and sold - often at a premium price - without the permission of the artist, composer or record company.
2006-08-22 18:03:09 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Making copies of CD's and selling them or giving them away. Anything you do with music that the record companys don't get a cut of is Pirating.
2006-08-23 01:02:17 · answer #2 · answered by Myke BoDean 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Finding a loop-hole in the music industries greed in the attempt to overcharge the public.
2006-08-23 01:09:35 · answer #3 · answered by FRANK222 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Illegally copying it
2006-08-23 01:01:13 · answer #4 · answered by puma 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's an excuse the labels use to explain crappy CD sales.
2006-08-23 01:00:54 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
making and selling illegal copies of music...
2006-08-23 00:59:12 · answer #6 · answered by Ean13 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
stealing. downloading and not paying for it
pirates steal and stuff
2006-08-23 00:58:40 · answer #7 · answered by Mango 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
downloading music that is copyrighted illegal.
2006-08-23 00:57:25 · answer #8 · answered by de_dark_angel71 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
stealing it without paying for it.
2006-08-23 00:57:20 · answer #9 · answered by Im_a_ gummie_Bear 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋