1. PIRACY A Presentation on the ways, causes & effects of piracy

2. What comes to your mind when you think “PIRATES” ? PIRATES?

3. But what about this ??? PIRACY is defined as : “The act of violence or depredation on the high seas; also, the theft of Intellectual Property, especially in electronic media.”

4. What is PIRACY ??? Piracy is a form of copyright violation. It includes the unauthorized use, reproduction, and/or distribution of material, electronic or printed, that is covered by copyright law in a manner that violates one of the copyright owner’s exclusive rights.

6. Create derivative works based on the work

7. Distribute copies of the work to the public by sale, rental, lease/lending or other transfer of ownership

9. Piracy of Music Compilations such as “Greatest Hits” of any artist or collection of a specific genre MP3 downloads

10. Piracy of Movies Using camcorders to copy movies shown in a theatre. Recording the telecast from DTHs. (HDTV Rip) Copying Screener DVDs & Original DVDs

11. Piracy of Software Using same Serial Key in multiple PCs Use of pirated Operating Systems Use of Cracks and Key-Generators Copying licensed software

12. How is it all done ???

13. Factors Causing Piracy It’s a business and is making hugeprofits. Original products (Books, Software) are not available in the market. Prices are very high that’s why people are compelled to purchase pirated products. (Books & Software) Government taxes levied on import of original software and books increases their prices, so people resort to pirated products.

15. It causes great losses to companies.

18. Government should ban pirated products take stringent measures to prevent piracy.