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What is piracy or Copying? What's in it for you?

Piracy or Copying is the act of stealing an artist's work (image, photo, film or music) work without any intention of paying for it. Piracy is taking artwork, music, movies, photos, web images - and using it without payment or permission. That is stealing. It's time we all took a stand for our futures and the future of our children.

REPORT PIRACY online:

MOVIE Piracy www.moviepiracy.org.au or phone 1800 251 996 Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft MUSIC Piracy click here STOP GAME PIRACY website click here ATARI REPORT PIRACY website click here

ADOBE REPORT Adobe Software Piracy click here

NOTES ON ADOBE SOFTWARE Adobe has great deals for students. Academic versions of their software are considerably less than the full price. If you purchase the Academic version, you can upgrade it to the professional version when the next one comes out, at upgrade prices which are also much less than starting from scratch. www.adobe.com.au

Piracy, Copying and how it harms you
or a loved one

Piracy or copying affects the future of our young people.
Piracy - or copying other people's work - will ultimately harm you or others in that people devalue the work and think creativity is not worth anything - hence loss of job.

Recently a person's colleague boasted of downloading a new movie (before it was released in Australia). Answering his query on where they got it, the answer was "I downloaded it from an illegal site". He challenged their moral beliefs and the reply was, "Well, someone else downloaded it, not me. I just watched it." How misguided. This is just one example of how people think it doesn't matter.
It DOES matter ... other people have spent so much time, money and effort to create something for our enjoyment. Creatives need to be paid and their work worth something if they are going to create more.

What if I edit a picture or image or bmusic slightly?

Copying an image and changing it slightly does not make any difference. The same with music. It is still a breach of copyright if you have not purchased that image with reference to the originator and try to pass it off as your own.

Preserve the future

Our kids need jobs in the future - what happens to those people in creative industries when there are no jobs because piracy or copying has made those jobs redundant? We need to act now.

People are now thinking about how one small change can help the environment - the same thing applies to changing piracy.

Let people know it's wrong.

If you don't wish to go out to the movie theatre, then wait and rent a movie from the DVD-video shop when it is released. But don't give into piracy. Either yourself, or someone you know will be affected by it.

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NOTE: Purchasing or using a pirated DVD or CD ultimately harms you because there will be less and less work, opportunities and payment for people within the creative industries required to produce those movies or music.

There is a scripture that says 'the worker is worthy of his reward'. Valuing a person's work, including creative, is so important for both our society and employment.

Please do not buy or sell pirated DVDs or CDs or downloads.

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