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Ethical Issues:
Is Downloading Movies from the Internet Ethical?

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  • By:
  • Anthony Maldonado- Formatting/Animation
  • Shay Mohsin- Typing
  • Eyal Ben-Haim- Pictures/Editing
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Our Opinion
  • The few people that download movies ruin the industry by:
    • Producers and actors have suffered a loss in income because of the decrease on movie tickets sales.
    • Sales of movie tickets have been increased due to downloading movies.
    • Movies are not being bought or rented as much as they used to.
    • Illegal sales of copyrighted movies.


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Pros
  • Get to see movies before they come out
  • Free to watch repeatedly
  • Bootleg to people for income
  • Access is unlimited
  • Convenient



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Cons
  • It’s illegal
  • Creates loss of jobs
  • Loss of money to all industries involved.
  • Children can gain access to movies above their age rating.
  • Uses RAM and hard drive



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MPAA:
Motion Picture Association of America
  • The MPAA has a multi-pronged approach to combating Internet piracy:
    • educating people about the penalties of piracy
    • taking action against Internet thieves
    • working with law enforcement authorities around the world to deplete pirate operations
    • working to make certain that advanced technologies will permit the legal distribution of movies over the Internet.
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MPAA