The Cultural Characteristics and New Methods of Music and Movie Piracy in Nigeria
Piracy of creative works is as old as the history of plagiarism before the invention of printing and broadcasting. And it has been evolving into the different developments in mass communication from the printer to Napster. The most common method of piracy of music and movies is by downloading which is the most common form of digital piracy in the entertainment industry.
The 2013 documentary film "Downloaded" by Alex Winter showed how widespread addiction to downloading songs, movies and other forms of IP is doing collateral damage to the entertainment industry.
In 2011 it was reported that movie piracy cost the Australian economy more than $1.3 billion in revenue in just 12 months..
"The Motion Picture Association of America looked into this belief and discovered that piracy costs around $20.5 billion annually in the United States alone (Plumer, 2). In fact, a study back in 2005 estimated that a 10% decrease in worldwide piracy, including both film and music, over the course of four years would add 1.5 million jobs, $64 billion in taxes and $400 billion in economic growth (Kai-Lung)"Studies on movie piracy in Nollywood have shown the complicity of the first marketers of Nollywood movies.
https://www.google.com.ng/amp/s/moviepilot.com/posts/2889420/amp.
Many of the movie marketers originally got into the business by pirating Hollywood movies, a practice that continues to flourish. “Piracy is not a problem with the system,” said Jade Miller, an academic at Tulane University who has researched Nollywood’s economics. “It is the system, essentially.” Miller’s academic interest is in media policy and the development of creative industries.
https://steppesinsync.wordpress.com/2012/03/08/copyright-wars-ii-what-pirates-of-hollywood-read-american-film-making-pioneers-share-with-nollywood-marketers/.
The most piratical countries are places like China, Nigeria and Russia, where virtually all media that is not downloaded illegally is sold in the form of knock-off CDs and DVDs.
https://steppesinsync.wordpress.com/2012/01/21/copyright-wars-i-consequences-of-illegal-downloading-for-local-media-industries-international-media-investment-and-global-cultural-trade.
