Introduction: Let’s say that you have something that I wished to have. Well, it would would be very wrong of me to steal it from you. For instance if you have a car and I want your car and could magically make a copy of said car for myself, then both of us would have a car and be happy. This is exactly what piracy is all about. So what exactly is so wrong with pirating? Piracy of entertainment is illegal and viewed as typically wrong by majority of people. Personally I have saved quite possibly thousands of dollars in pirating in my life. From the days of LimeWire where you could pirate a single song that you would have to download and wait throughout the night for it to be usable. To today where we are able to download whole discographies of artists within half an hour or less. However, today I would like to present you the facts that piracy isn’t as wrong as it appears and how each and everyone in this room can benefit from it by providing information on how it cannot be stopped, the monetary impacts of piracy, and other benefits of piracy. Transistion: Piracy is defined as the illegal trade or copy of digital entertainment according to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary. A study by Portsmouth University in 2014 concluded that the motives for piracy are that it saves money, often helps artists bypass record companies and allows access to content before it’s release date.

Body I: Now that we know why people pirate we can look at how Piracy cannot be stopped. A. Goverments have attempted and momentarily succeded to take down pirating websites such as The Pirate Bay, but they revived and came back under multiple new domains within a short period of time B. In 2011 a bill called ‘SOPA’ or STOP ONLINE PIRACY ACT was introduced by US Representative Lamar Smith. This bill would have expanded the ability of law enforcement to combat copyright infringement. However, the bill did not pass due to intense protesting by millions of people and thousands of sites such as Google and Wikipedia coordinating a service blackout on Janurary 18th, 2012 C. An article published in the New York Times on August 5, 2012 titled ‘Internet Pirates Will Always Win’ compared stopping online piracy to a game of Whac-A-Mole. As you take out one site, it can easily pop up under a new domain along with countless other sites. D. Piracy cannot be stopped because it cannot be beaten in price. Free. Everyone loves free stuff. People who do not wish to pay for their content will continue to pirate whatever they feel. a. Many people pirate to try and then buy. It is possible that someone might not currently have enough money to afford the content they desire but plan to buy the product once they acquire the money.
D. Go-Gulf.com Reports 95% of music downloaded online is illegal, and 42% of software Transistion: With these large percentages of pirated material, you might be wondering how the industries are not hurting from this.

Body II: Well, Piracy has been around for more than a decade. Piracy allows users to acquire the content they desire for free. This opens up a door for many consumers to spend their money on things that they deem more viable. A. Piracy allows users to try before they buy a. Opens finances for things such as concerts or finally supporting the artist they believe deserves their money. b. Artists are able to broaden their listening base through piracy. Much of the world is unable to afford music. c. Radiohead released an album titled ‘In Rainbows’ in 2007 which was published as a digital download. The price was whatever the consumer wished to pay. Resulting in many people acquiring the album for free. The album was later published in physical form and charted number one in both the US and UK

B. Powerpoint slide of artists struggling (as you can see artists are really struggling due to the effects of piraters) there are no major artists who are struggling to find a place to sleep at night or clueless as to what their next meal might be

Body III: Piracy is evolving the way entertainment industries distribute their content A. Piracy has given rise to streaming services such as Netflix, Spotify, and Soundcloud which are licensed and much more affordable for consumers. B. Piracy is more convenient a. Save time by skipping lines and the drive. Piracy is done in a few simple clicks b. Piracy allows consumers to watch the shows they want without having to be at home on their couch whenever a new episode is released for a show

Conclusion: In conclusion, you can see that piracy is not as bad as many publishing industries make it to be. Artists are not suffering and piracy is not stealing but copying the same data. Piracy cannot be stopped, therefore it is here to stay and finally it is also more convenient for users and that is why they choose to do so.