The global ‘epidemic’ of movie ‘piracy’
Crime-wave or social construction
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11267083 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Majid Yar (0000-0002-5680-3801, University of Kent, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 677-696 |
| Publication date | 2005-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Media Culture & Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0163-4437 • E-ISSN: 1460-3675 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0163443705055723 |
| OpenAlex | W1964736889 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 24 |
| References cited | 15 |
The growth of film ‘piracy’ has become an increasingly high-profile issue. Business groups, national governments, international organizations and law enforcement agencies have claimed that ‘piracy’ has undergone near-exponential growth, doing untold damage to the movie industry. This article attempts to critically examine this apparent ‘epidemic’. Two contrasting types of explanation are explored. The first treats the rise in film ‘piracy’ as the real effect of a range of social, economic and technological changes. However, the second perspective takes a more critical stance towards ‘official’ discourse, and suggests that the ‘epidemic’ in fact ought to be seen as the product of shifting legal regimes, lobbying activities, rhetorical manoeuvres, criminal justice agendas, and ‘interested’ or ‘partial’ processes of statistical inference. I suggest that this latter reading of ‘piracy’ as a ‘social construction’ is a necessary and valuable counter to an industry-led discourse that tends to obscure rather than illuminate the complex array of processes at work
Critical reading · Law and economics · Law enforcement · Perspective (graphical · Political economy · Political science · Product (mathematics · Reading (process · Rhetorical question · Sociology · Crime, Deviance, and Social Control · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance · Law · Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses
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| Unique citing works | 24 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,09 |
| Citation span | 2004 - 2022 (19) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 24 |