That makes piracy largely a supply problem of pricing and access rather than a criminal conspiracy. MEDIA-LOVERS STYMIEDĪccording to Joe Karaganis, director of Columbia University’s Social Science Research Council (SSRC), film and music studios have marketed their products worldwide but have largely ignored consumers outside the richest countries. That issue has risen to the fore as the media industry’s anti-pirating efforts have hit opposition in the form of public anger that may delay or even sink the newly signed Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) designed to crack down on digital theft.
While the United States and Hollywood are pushing to crack down on the illegal downloading that is rampant in developing countries like those in eastern Europe, they are not addressing a main reason behind the trend - that pirating is one of the only ways consumers can get at the products they want. Vitezslav’s dilemma underscores a little-discussed aspect of the global anti-piracy debate. I pay for higher download rates, so why wouldn’t I pay for something legal?” “But if there was another legal service that would be as easy, I would do it. So we got used to it, and now we pay for higher download rates,” said Vitezslav, who did not want to be identified by his last name. “People here got stuck on this site because there was no other provider where we could download movies. It is all about choice - or rather a lack of it.īecause he is unable to tap the cheap, instant access to digital media available through services like Netflix in more developed states, he pays 250 Czech crowns ($13) a month to, a site that offers fast download rates of pirated material.
PRAGUE, Feb 17 (Reuters) - Vitezslav, a 31-year-old Czech, is one of many people in the European Union’s emerging east whose opposition to a new anti-pirating pact culminated this month in huge protests across the bloc that may now torpedo the treaty.īut far from the cliched image of an impoverished eastern European who just wants to rip movies and songs for free, the young commodities trader is a savvy, modern media consumer who actually wants to pay for what he watches.
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