Although; some BIG media, game, tech, and other types of companies don’t understand! Even being creative can be a thing to make money, but lack of common sense has resulted to piracy without actually knowing it! Well, what if consumers quit content piracy? If they did, something good may happen someday.
If you’ve quit content piracy, and you decided to make a difference for our creative world… you are making a right choice.
So, get yourself back to employment via any job what you want to choose, save up some money, plan to visit a public library because… we’re going to get ready to find out what if consumers quit content piracy in reality!
Story
Imagine if you were just minding your own business, typing away on your computer, and you are writing open-source games for your consumers to play, and you managed to keep your work “DRM-Free” with common sense. You choose CC BY-SA as your default/daily license for your creative works what you created yourself. You are just waiting for your payment via a check, or direct deposit to arrive. You have a plant in your office, and you have 4 of your partners who have skills of coding, and artistry. Usually, you write books and self-publish them to be distributed to public libraries as a way to enforce common sense for your business. You also offer hard copies of your works as a way to offset use of our internet, easing the load on servers each day.
You saved your work on your Ubuntu Linux computer… for this instance; your Ubuntu desktop computer at your own company. Well, you overheard a news about content piracy online is declining slowly. Well, this is a start of a trend when 1 person who is released from prison,–after serving his time for copyfraud, money laundering, extortion, and fraudulently claiming trademarks with a financial gain,–and being a trademark troll. However; this copyfraudster has ordered to forfeit all of his intellectual rights of ALL of his works for life, and he’s NOT allowed to own any intellectual property for 10 years during his probation period… also… he is ordered to pay for damages by having his wages garnished. You also overheard 1 person who intentionally quitting piracy,–after his best friend has faced a permanent injunction,–after he pirated someone’s games on discs, and fraudulently claiming copyright on their works. That caused him to start a campaign to help others quit content piracy.
So, you checked your revenue of your games being sold to stores who always keep products on shelves, inspired by Aldi. Your company has a policy to prevent price gouging as a way to use common sense. High prices are intended for quality products that are made with common sense. Most of your products what your company make are open-source, and your company has a proper upcycling/recycling as a priority. Also, your company has saved some money,–after expenses are taken care of, using a savings account to hold funds for a long period of time.
Three of your employees take a bus home to relax as 4 other employees start working on these computers and phones. You can see an article about a person who is writing a blog post about his adventure as he quit piracy. You read the post during your break, and you get inspired by his story.
You start off by reading the first set of paragraphs:
My friend has faced a permanent injunction for content piracy, and he is now in serious trouble. So, I decided to quit downloading pirated movies, and pirated music. And I also destroyed all of these pirated materials stored inside my computer’s disk.
Now, I am going to rent movies digitally, but NOT purchase a lifetime access to a digital copy. What’s the purpose of supporting my favorite artists and creators with money? This is way I must quit content piracy immediately!
Now, I’ll visit a public library to check out a book what I want to read to support my favorite author. Even if I check out a digital copy… I’ll NOT copy it.
Right now, I am experimenting with quitting piracy, and paying for content to consume.
say “bye” to torrents forever! I quit pirating, for good!
This blogger is writing his story about his constant piracy what he is stuck doing for years. However; he learned from his friend who was so lazy… not obtaining permission from a creator. He was shocked, he decided to quit piracy immediately. Well, he is starting to do the right thing, and reconsider paying for media content, and respect anyone’s intellectual property. Well, he never created something new before! He uses his typing skills to type up his post, just like writing an entry in his electronic book.
You scrolled down the page, and you discovered his post is extremely long, telling his long story about his piracy addiction. To me… content piracy is extremely addictive, but you can quit content piracy. Unfortunately, there’s no such resource for people who were trying to quit content piracy. All of that overcrowding of prisons, and seized computers in some warehouses being overcrowded… this is a total mess via the real world. Overcrowding of prisons is bad for our penal system, and our government’s budget of running prisons.
You resumed writing your electronic books and games like a creative person. Your company’s revenue goes up with an alarming rate. You rely on a self-publishing platform as a way to distribute your works without DRM. You kept public libraries as your main drivers for distribution. However; your rival creator still put DRM on her work, and she relies on a subscription model for her works, and she uses hard DRM to protect her work. However; she is still susceptible to piracy. However; she is receiving some money for her company, but she has to deal with pirates, and seek damages for pirated content.
You give your company some time to have a buildup of cash available to use for expenses. You need to wait for a month for your next payment. However; a publishing platform has experience a higher rate of CPC (cost per checkout), and public libraries get overwhelmed by your published works. Your platform administrator conducts a study to see if there’s a trend of piracy reduction.
Meanwhile; you encountered a new employee who has a person who is helping his friend in prison quit content piracy. Well, your new employee is a creator, but she has a computer that ONLY use Microsoft Windows. Your company doesn’t allow Windows at all because, Windows is a such a bad OS on PCs. Your new employee only codes on Windows. You have a FreeDOS laptop available for her to code programs. She is NOT a fan of open-source software. She is a hard supporter of Adobe, Microsoft, Apple, Disney, and other giants. She only banks with Wells Fargo. She is a paying customer who is a hardcore closed-source customer who won’t make a switch to open-source lifestyle. On a plus side; she made friends with a person who just started to quit content piracy, and they decided to start a focus group with a permission of your company. However; they need to rent an empty store area to launch a group to help quit content piracy.
Weeks went by; you picked up a new post on a website as a way to catch up with a trend of people quitting content piracy. You published new content, and you can see 3 of your employees putting in new plants to add more fresh air to a large computer lab. However; your computer lab technician has bought new computers for this large room,–with either Linux or FreeDOS installed, along with open-source firmware included. These computers are a must for coders who code as a living. However; 2 of your other employees want Windows installed, but the closest option is to use Windows via an emulator to run this closed-source OS. These emulators are installed on these machines to run Windows as an app (application)… an option allowed by your company. They got their own personal laptop computers with Windows installed, but they disagree with a requirement to have Linux installed.
You type away as you overhear a majority of your employees discussing about using open-source software with common sense, and upcycling machines daily.
Your town experiences an increase of patronizing public libraries, and physical purchases of movies on physical media increase. Movie theaters can see a decline of camming by 25%.
Pirate IP television services or devices go on a decline.
Record labels experience more money to spend to support artists.
Broadcasters receive more revenue.
Game studios receive more revenue.
Content Piracy declines sharply, causing illegal torrents to be taken offline.
Public libraries purchase more content to reduce the burden of credit/debit cards for patrons.
This trend spreads to other cities like wildfire!
Across the USA, money line pockets of creators.
Canada experiences the same trend.
Mexico experiences a same trend.
North and South America experience this trend, along with Japan… and Austrailia.
This trend has caused more of these creators to have more money to have in their bank accounts.
All Asian countries experienced this same trend.
Almost ALL of these creators are buried by cash, causing them to pay off debts, live better, and even buy better property, and plant trees.
Copyright reform begins to kick in.
The DMCA is finally abolished, or put on hold.
People begin to ask for licensing for content with a set period over lifetime licensing that can last for ever with a single purchase.
Obtaining licensing and paying for it becomes irresistible., such as commercial use of their works. Even people choose Creative Commons licenses to reduce costs; you get a diverse amount of people who consume content each day.
Paid licensing with a set period becomes addictive overtime.
Content creators begin to plant trees to indicate success when content piracy has been reduced,–thanks to a person who quit content piracy.
Prison population begins to dwindle, causing cells to free up.
Less copyright complaints, and less piracy complaints.
Franchises begin to retain money via savings accounts for years to come, and use CD accounts to keep money aside.
More tax revenue pour in.
Each year; piracy rates begin to plummet like a coal-burning plant being torn down.
Helping Consumers Quit Piracy May Have These Positive Impacts:
As you quit downloading torrents that are illegal, and you choose to pay for content to consume instead,–even if you have a stable source of income, such as employment at your local job. Money flows from a consumer who has interest of consuming entertaining content, or relying on a public library as a way to use common sense. Also, you will be supporting creators each day.
If you were relying on OTA (over the air) TV to consume content via antenna TV, this is a basic way to support your favorite creators with a local method. Well, local TV networks post advertisements to monetize their content, so you don’t have to pay.
Not bringing your recording device to a theater, and powering off your phone is a very important way to ensure you respect anyone’s work. Think about going to a movie as a special trip to a different world. After you watched a movie at a theater; you can wait for it to be available on streaming services, or you can purchase a physical disc to play on your offline player what we know today! Well, I own a DVD player, and I still own this machine. I don’t need to use a DVD drive on my computer to play movies because, having a DVD player that is dedicated for playing DVDs is key to ensure I use common sense.
If you listen to music by purchasing a CD over relying on streaming services that aren’t licensed, you are supporting your favorite artist by purchasing physical discs.
There are many ways to ensure piracy is reduced by using common sense.
Other forms of piracy may someday fade away into history, and our creative world will be recovering from losses and debts.
How To Help Someone Quit Piracy
Follow these steps to help your friend, or your members of your family quit piracy, that way; they won’t be end up facing trouble down the road.
Firstly: Educate With Common Sense
Educate your friend, or members of your family about harmful effects of content piracy, and consequences what you may face when piracy is active. For this instance; you can educate some with the following:
- Pirated media may contain malware – Viruses, worms, trojan horses,–and even other forms of malware can hurt your computer. That doesn’t apply to Chromebook users.
- Piracy can lead to profit losses – Creators need to use their money to pay bills, and other essentials. For example; taxes to pay, and even managing their business essentials.
- Piracy can lead to rising prices of subscriptions, and even making it difficult to obtain legitimate content to consume.
Take your time, and stay calm. Never rush educating your friend, or members of your family.
Encourage your members of your family, or your friend to say something,–if they have an addiction to piracy, or they need to help quit piracy.
Always find a trusted adult who will help someone get out of piracy habits. A trusted adult can be a lawyer, or any person who has these resources available.
Make a plan to transition from piracy to being a paying customer You need to practice doing this on a regular basis. Always do this with an educational method, you can perform the following:
- Pretend you are a content creator, and your friend or members of your family are customers. If you create open-source entertainment, disclose it. Always start with open-source resources first.
- Pretend your home theater is a real theater. They should practice turning off their mobile devices, and NOT bringing recording devices. If they rely on special devices for communication; that works the best to ask questions before presenting a movie in a theater.
- Convince your friend, or members of your family to avoid making unnecessary copies of discs, but purchasing additional legitimate copies.
Practice renting DVDs, and other media. This is necessary to ensure you are starting off with physical media. This is a basic method of helping someone quit piracy.
Visit RIAA’s website to learn more about music piracy, and other important stuff.
This is useful if someone has been released from prison,–after doing time for piracy. If this the case; you may need to perform the following:
- Purchase a DVD player or a BD player – Don’t purchase disc writers. This is necessary to ensure someone who is released from prison,–after being sentenced for piracy. Educate a person who is released from prison about why piracy is such a bad practice.
- If a computer is purchased – Speak to your friend who is released from prison about why digital piracy is illegal, and why it should be avoided at all costs.
- Lock away cameras, and speak to a person who is released from prison about why he/she isn’t able to have access to these recording devices. If he/she is banned from owning/possessing these devices, speak to this person about this matter. This is necessary because, if this person has been found guilty, or chose guilty during court… for camming at movie theaters. In some cases; a person may be banned from owning these devices altogether,–including a probation period or supervised release!
If your friend, or your members of your family has a habitual piracy that can’t be stopped; this is a sign of your friend or family member is doing something illegal intentionally! If this is the case do the following:
- Try to speak to your friend or family member about this issue, and offer ways to help him/her out,–getting out of this habit.
- Log what’s going on, that way; you can use your logs to find resources that are available to help this person out. If this habit is intentional, warn your friend, or your family member about consequences of piracy.
- If piracy is NOT intentional, and he/she needs help getting out of this habit, find someone who you trust. Never rely on corrupted resources under any circumstances because, that can make matters worse for someone who needs help getting out of piracy habits.
Secondly: Write A Plan To Support Your Favorite Content Creators,–Before You Subscribe To Streaming Platforms, Or Even Renting Media To Consume
Don’t get yourself overdriven by making large purchases with your cash or card, instead; perform the following steps:
- If you successfully performed a previous set of things to do on step 1; give yourself some time by heading to work, and convincing your friend, or members of your family to find a normal job to have money in their pocket. They must have at least 8 hours of work to ensure the best experience. For this instance; working at a restaurant, or working at a grocery store,–or you can work as a firefighter, after you’ve taken classes.
- At minimum; set aside at least $200.00 in your banking account. If your bank has this feature; open a savings account, and let your cash set for at least 4 years. Alternatively, you can use PayPal savings for your personal paypal account. If you depend on SSI, or any other welfare programs; speak to your specialist before you save up. You can make a purchase plan, and you can also make a plan to support your favorite companies.
- Use a dedicated streaming TV, or box and ensure you have the best speed for your internet service. Don’t purchase subscriptions just yet. Save that for later on. This is an optional transition for supporting your favorite creators or companies who provide media to consume. Ad supported streaming platforms, such as Pluto TV, and Tubi are the first platforms to start off with. If you want to have the best experience, you can visit Roku’s website, and create an account or have someone manage an account for you. This is an easy way to prepare for getting out of content piracy habits.
- Always ensure your friend, or members of your family are transitioning from piracy.
If you currently subscribed to your own internet service; be sure to intentionally overpay your bills,–after you taken care of other bills to pay. Ensure you can span months of internet as possible.
Give yourself some time to experience a transition of leaving piracy behind, and writing a plan to quit downloading torrents.
Thirdly: Steer Clear Of Torrent Websites
Ensure you are steering clear of torrent websites. However; you should avoid downloading pirated movies, games, music, and other media. Instead; focus on creating interesting and unique content. If you have an existing torrent website; you can slowly transition to creating legitimate media from scratch, or get licensing from other creators. You need to have a plan put in place. It may take some time, and it may take some effort. Be sure alert your users about a transition, and even your efforts of helping someone, and our community reduce piracy with common sense.
If you are planning on consuming movies, games, or any other digital goods; avoid torrent sites altogether. Practice by steering away from torrent sites. You can also report piracy to help content creators hold these pirates accountable. Check if they have a reporting form available. You can be a superhero!
The less torrent sites, the better our internet will be.
Lastly: Confirm If Piracy Habits Has Dwindled
Piracy habits dwindling? This is a right sign of someone making a right choice! And that’s right!! Content piracy sucks, and we need to reconsider common sense as we consume digital goods. Well, sometimes, pirates often do this intentionally, even for their financial gain! And we still have to convince our internet users, and consumers to discourage piracy. Well, I discourage piracy.
You can check for the following signs of piracy has dwindled:
- Less use of torrent sites that are illegal – if torrent sites that are illegal hasn’t been visited or used, this is a sign of piracy is falling with a rate what we want to accomplish as a milestone.
- Trade of illegal copies of movies on discs has dwindled – If no single of illegal copy of a DVD has been made, this is a sign of piracy being reduced.
- Right before heading to theaters to watch a movie, a recording device is left at home, or mobile phone is powered off,–prior to entering a theater – If camming has been reduced by 99.9%… and a theater is teaming with people who are practicing efforts to quit piracy, and they succeed, and adding some special treats like meals to eat during a movie is a next milestone… less content is stolen, creators who provide this content will earn extra dollars. This theater will be teaming with people who are experimenting on NOT pirating content at all! If you are a theater owner; don’t let your guard down just yet, keep it the way it is for now. The less piracy, the better!
- Trips to public libraries soar – This is the most easiest way to consume media for the poor, and this is ideal to start off your journey of quitting piracy.
- Purchasing physical CDs, DVDs, BDs, or other physical media is reconsidered – This is a “cold turkey” method of getting out of a habit of piracy.
- Embracing licensing,–before reuse of their works – If this begin to trend, content creators and companies will soak in more money, and that will make piracy obsolete! Well, licensing is usually expensive, but if taken correctly… that shouldn’t be a problem. Maybe that will be an irresistible trend in the future, kind of like getting a license/permit for running a radio station to offer reggae and dancehall music for your community,–after you secure licensing, and making your own music alongside existing music what you legally obtained from legitimate sources. Think about consuming a new kind of candy at your local grocery store!
- Creating something new becomes a trend with new creators who are former pirates – This is a milestone what our community want. Well, going open-source can be great, but its your decision!
What If A Resource For Helping Someone Quit Piracy Doesn’t Exist?
You can start one from scratch! The same way how classes are dedicated for people who need to get their alcohol addiction under control, or getting gambling habits undercontrol. You must ensure you do all of that research, and you can implement a focus group to help others. Well, it may take some time,–depending on where you are located. Choosing a location that is easy to reach is very important.
Always have a plan. This is necessary to have a plan,–so your resource can work correctly.
This kind of a class can be ideal for prisons, public locations, or rented parts of a mall for helping others.
Ensure your program is updated on a regular basis.
