Critical Analysis

Question : What, if any, benefits do governmental laws bring to internet piracy?

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McClearn, M. (2013, February 18). A New Weapon Against Online Piracy. Canadian Business, 86(1/2), 13­14. Retrieved from http://www.canadianbusiness.com/canadian_business_magazine/index.jsp

This article, written buy M. McClearn provides information about international anti­piracy campaigns and how people have been reacting towards it. The article insists that such effort to stop piracy is not working. It supports this idea through various law suits that happened in Canada and in U.S.. Furthermore, it shows how there are many reasons for avoiding trial since internet is a shared thing, therefore trials usually do not work to protect files from being pirated.This article is biased towards opposition to stopping piracy, and it is aimed towards people who were concerned about piracy. Rather than analyzing the problem, this article shows examples on what is actually happening and what real reactions are towards anti­piracy campaigns.

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Growth of Internet Piracy. (2011, November1). Congressional Digest, 90(9), 261­288. Retrieved from http://www.congressionaldigest.com

This article shows the threat piracy brings to the United States. It shows three aspects internet piracy have caused, amount of money U.S. have been losing, lost job opportunities through online services, and the fact that they are going against the First Amendment. The article saids that these thefts are increasing because of the reason that they can steal things anonymously in the internet. It discusses how we should stop piracy by providing emotional and logical reasons by shocking us by providing statistics and examples. Since it is an article from a U.S. senate report, it is creditable. Furthermore, I believe it is written to aim academic audience.