“I don’t know why it’s so illegal honestly. “Because I’m broke, I don’t know how else to say it,” he said. “Sometimes they’re not on there and you just want to find them but when you find them you have to pay for them, and they’re $7 or $6.”Īnother student said they watched pirated movies because they didn’t have any money to pay for a legal streaming service. “There are movies that like are just classics, but they go off Netflix, YouTube, or Hulu,” he said. “Not exactly sure the exact trouble I can get in I just know I can get in trouble,” said a student who asked to remain anonymous.Īnother student said they used websites with pirated content because they couldn’t access certain movies on the streaming services they did pay for. Students at Akins said they knew that piracy was illegal, but they were not aware of what the exact punishment is for watching pirated movies. Under current law, downloading copyright-infringing digital material is a federal felony punishable by up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine, while streaming the same movie, TV show, or music file is a misdemeanor punishable by up to a year in prison and a $100,000 fine, according to an article by the American Consumer Institute.
However, piracy in modern life takes on the form of an everyday act streaming or downloading movies, music and other digital content.
When most people think of piracy, the first image that pops into their heads is that of a rough-looking sailor from the 1700s.
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