Episode 36: Piracy
Listen (25 min, 37 seconds)In this week's episode of The Digital Edge we investigate the issue of piracy online. It's hard to find a person these days that does not pirate either music, movies or T.V. shows and as access grows, it gets easier and easier to pirate content.
Legally speaking, piracy is a crime but is this an apt description for what many call a victimless crime. Is this crime actually victimless and is there a solution to the situation. With the Recording Industry Association of America going after students and single mothers for ludicrous amounts of money that they can never afford, you cannot help but wonder whether the anti-piracy crusade has not gone slightly off the original mandate of promoting copyright.
In the first of a two part series we look at the legalities and the morality behind piracy to see whether the anti-piracy SWAT team will be breaking through your doors if you download the latest episode of Lost or that new Britney Spears album. In this episode we're joined by a member of the European Parliament, the head of the Recording Industry of South Africa and finally an international copyright lawyer to find out whether you're breaking the law or just stepping around a gray area.
In our Agency of the week we speak to Mark from Tribe and as always we're joined by Kerry-Anne Gilowey of Cape Town Daily Photo to give us the news
Guests:
Christian Engstrom:
Christian is a Swedish computer programmer, activist and politician. He is deputy chairman of the Swedish Pirate Party. Engström was elected a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) in the 2009 election.
Carlo Scollo Lavizzari:
Carlo is an attorney registered with the Basel bar, Switzerland and is an Intellectual Property & Entertainment Consultant
David du Plessis:
David is the Operations Director of RISA (Recording Industry of South Africa), a regulatory body for South African record labels.
Mark Winkler:
Mark Winkler is the managing director of Tribe. He cut his teeth at agencies such as Y&R, BLGK, The Jupiter Drawing Room and Ogilvy, where he was creative group head.
Links:
The Pirate Party: http://www.piratpartiet.se/
RISA: http://www.risa.org.za/
Tribe: http://www.tribeworld.co.za
Cape Town Daily Photo: http://www.capetowndailyphoto.com/
Jarred Cinman: http://jarredcinman.com
Saul Kropman: http://saulk.co.za
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