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Deareditor,
Iamwritingtoexpressmyviewonthemovieandmusicpiracy.Lastyear,theHongKongGovernmentconvictedapersonofinfringingcopyrightsuccessfully,whouploadedcopyrightedmoviestohisserverandallowedotheruserstodownloadthem.Forthisincident,IamhighlydisappointedoftheInternetuserbecausetheyinfringedtheeffortthatthecopyrightownerpaid.Itismorallywrongtouploadordownloadthepiracymusicandvideosillegally.Inaddition,thisphenomenonmeanstheHongKong'sintellectualpropertyisbeingexploited.Ifthisphenomenoncontinues,itisbelievedthatHongKongwillnothavegoodmusicorvideoanymore.
AccordingtoaresearchfromsomeUniversitiesinHongKong,itwasfoundthatthedifferentagegroupshaddifferentreasonsofthedownloadoruploadthepiracymusicorvideos.Theresearchisdividedintotwoagegroupstocarryout,agroupofteenagersandagroupofadults.Theresearchfoundthereasonofmostteenagersdownloadoruploadthepiracymusicandvideosisthattheylackofmoneyandresources.Onaccountoftheirprocessofstudying,theyundoubtedlylackofmoneyandresourcestopurchasetheexpensiveoriginalCDsormovies.Therefore,theonlywaytheycanenjoythemusicorvideosistodownloadthemfromtheinternet.Andfortheadultsgroup,thereasonisconvenient.Nowadays,downloadingmaterialsfromtheinternetisveryconvenient.Inadditiontothehugeresourcesfromtheinternet,thedownloadtimeisjustforamoment.Therefore,theseadvantagesattractedthemtodownloadthepiracymusicorvideosfromtheinternet.TheywouldnotgotothestorefortheoriginalCDsormovies.
Inthischangingsociety,manycitizensarebeingturnedintocriminalssimplybecauseoftheillegaluploadingordownloading.Asaconsequence,theregulationsneedtobetighteningup.AndtheGovernmentneedstostrengthenthelawenforcementtocrackdownonthiskindofInternetcrimes.Forexample,formulatenewlawstolimittheillegaluploadingordownloadingbehavior.Also,theeducationissignificant.Nomatterhowstricttheregulationis,ifthestudentsarelackofthiskindofknowledge,itwillsurelybecomeaviciouscycle.Thecriminalswillcontinuouslyappearinthecomingfuture.
Tosummaries,iftheGovernmentstilldoesn’tfacetothisproblem,theintellectualpropertywillbedisappearedinHongKong.Allcreativitycompanieswillbeclosedormovedtoothercountriesbecauseoftheillegaldownloadingoruploading.So,IearnestlyrequesttheHongKongGovernmenttosolvethisproblemimmediately.
Yoursfaithfully,
PhilipWong
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