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Deareditor,
Iamwritingtoexpressmyviewonthemovieandmusicpiracy.Lastyear,theHongKongGovernmentconvictedapersonofinfringingcopyrightsuessfully,whouploadedcopyrightedmoviestohisserverandallowedotheruserstodownloadthem.Forthisincident,IamhighlydisappointedoftheInteruserbecausetheyinfringedtheeffortthatthecopyrightownerpaid.Itismorallywrongtouploadordownloadthepiracymusicandvideosillegally.Inaddition,thisphenomenonmeanstheHongKong'sintellectualpropertyisbeingexploited.Ifthisphenomenoncontinues,itisbelievedthatHongKongwillnothavegoodmusicorvideoanymore.
AordingtoaresearchfromsomeUniversitiesinHongKong,itwasfoundthatthedifferentagegroupshaddifferentreasonsofthedownloadoruploadthepiracymusicorvideos.Theresearchisdividedintotwoagegroupstocarryout,agroupofteenagersandagroupofadults.Theresearchfoundthereasonofmostteenagersdownloadoruploadthepiracymusicandvideosisthattheylackofmoneyandresources.Onaountoftheirprocessofstudying,theyundoubtedlylackofmoneyandresourcestopurchasetheexpensiveoriginalCDsormovies.Therefore,theonlywaytheycanenjoythemusicorvideosistodownloadthemfromtheinter.Andfortheadultsgroup,thereasonisconvenient.Nowadays,downloadingmaterialsfromtheinterisveryconvenient.Inadditiontothehugeresourcesfromtheinter,thedownloadtimeisjustforamoment.Therefore,theseadvantagesattractedthemtodownloadthepiracymusicorvideosfromtheinter.TheywouldnotgotothestorefortheoriginalCDsormovies.
Inthischangingsociety,manycitizensarebeingturnedintocriminalssimplybecauseoftheillegaluploadingordownloading.Asaconsequence,theregulationsneedtobetighteningup.AndtheGovernmentneedstostrengthenthelawenforcementtocrackdownonthiskindofIntercrimes.Forexample,formulatenewlawstolimittheillegaluploadingordownloadingbehavior.Also,theeducationissignificant.Nomatterhowstricttheregulationis,ifthestudentsarelackofthiskindofknowledge,itwillsurelybeeaviciouscycle.Thecriminalswillcontinuouslyappearintheingfuture.
Tosummaries,iftheGovernmentstilldoesn’tfacetothisproblem,theintellectualpropertywillbedisappearedinHongKong.Allcreativitypanieswillbeclosedormovedtoothercountriesbecauseoftheillegaldownloadingoruploading.So,IearnestlyrequesttheHongKongGovernmenttosolvethisproblemimmediately.
Yoursfaithfully,
PhilipWong
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