Summary:Many millions of people throughout the world will illegally download the fifth season of Game of Thrones,released today by HBO.Legally speaking,what they will be doing is a violation of intellectual property rights,or "piracy".Intellectual property rights are important means by which people gain profit from the effort they put into the production of creative works.They can earn profit in this way and it provides an important incentive for them to engage in socially useful productive activity.
Response:Personally,I feel that people should not download a file of someone's copyrighted property wihtout permission.By downloading something from one's copyrighted property,it is considered illegal and morally wrong.The artists that created the files paid a lot of money and yet people just got the file without any payment.It is certainly very unfair to the artists.It is equivalent to stealing something from a store.Without a doubt,one would face the same music as getting caught stealing in a shop when caught downloading illegal files.
-Jing Chun and Audrey :)
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