Comments on: Promotional Piracy

By: Linda Mbedzi

Linda Mbedzi — Tue, 14 Oct 2014 17:25:03 +0000

What a load off my shoulders… I’ve always had this inner conflict within myself about the subject of piracy. I’m a student at University of Pretoria – I enjoy a vast range of music and a variety of artists, however I’m restricted to a student allowance which subsequently means I don’t have the financial means to purchase a collection of original music that would optimize my utility, therefore I’m forced to resort to piracy and in my opinion I saw/see nothing wrong in that – after all it is only for personal use and not for the purpose of resale. Conversely, I happen to be a video game fanatic too and for some reason I never really had the urge to make illegal copies of those – I save till I can afford and that’s worked well given the “utility durability” of the product.

Thank you for putting my sense of morality at ease with this informative and insightful post. I value the perspective of an economist.

By: Blaine

Blaine — Mon, 13 Oct 2014 08:30:04 +0000

A very good read. Good and valid points. I do feel that whether or not these protection methods are taken and implemented, people will still download or get pirated versions of products because of how quick, easy and cheap it is to do – regardless of the repercussions.

By: Muhammad Hashim Khan

Muhammad Hashim Khan — Sun, 12 Oct 2014 18:59:36 +0000

Promotional piracy as it stands can obviously only be exploited if the “material” being distributed is appealing to the public. This means that much risk is involved in exploiting such an avenue of promotion as one may gain no economics benefits whatsoever. Couldn’t that render it an entrepreneurial approach and thus remove it from the category of “piracy” to a more dignified and looked upon technique of promotion?