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Plagiarism has more than one name<\/h1>\n\n\n

More than 7 million users use pirate sites, more than any legal service offered by TV operators in Poland. However, this number is still almost one million less than six years ago, a drop of 11 per cent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The latest Deloitte report commissioned by the Signal Association is an attempt to capture the phenomenon of TV content piracy, its scale, specifics, causes and consequences. The theft of content and intellectual property on the Internet is a complex issue and the problem is business, technological, legal and social.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

The report outlines users’ perceptions of piracy. Many are aware of the dangers of illegal content use, but these are not sufficient reasons to abandon piracy sites. However, some users are unaware of the illegal nature of these sites or rationalise their behaviour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Deloitte report became an inspiration for the journalists of Radio 357, who raised the issue of piracy in their morning programme a few days ago. One of the participants in the conversation was dr Agnieszka Kwiecie\u0144-Madej, a lawyer and lecturer at the Department of Civil Law at the University of Wroc\u0142aw.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Going back a few decades, the programme makers recalled that in the 1980s and 1990s it was quite normal – copying films and music and computer games. It was illegal, but completely official, so nobody called it piracy. Although that’s exactly what it was. And not only did no one mind, no one called it stealing someone’s intellectual property.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Piracy today looks a bit different. And it has many faces. Why do people steal films, music or other property online? Because they are free or cheaper. The losses caused by such practices run into billions today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Deloitte report does not mention this, but the use of other people’s property and creativity is still flourishing, for example at universities. Semester papers, final course tests, bachelor’s and master’s theses are checked for plagiarism by lecturers and supervisors using special anti-plagiarism software. But plagiarism still exists,” said dr Agnieszka Kwiecie\u0144-Madej on Radio 357:<\/p>\n\n\n\n