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  2. Music piracy - Wikipedia

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    This article points out that technological development such as file sharing, MP3 players, and CDRs have increased music piracy. The most common forms of music piracy are Internet Piracy and compact disc piracy. It also discusses the association between music piracy and organized crime, which is defined as profit-driven illegal activities.

  3. youtube-dl - Wikipedia

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    youtube-dl <url> The path of the output can be specified as: (file name to be included in the path) youtube-dl -o <path> <url> To see the list of all of the available file formats and sizes: youtube-dl -F <url> The video can be downloaded by selecting the format code from the list or typing the format manually: youtube-dl -f <format/code> <url>

  4. Online piracy - Wikipedia

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    The release of Napster in 1999 caused a rapid upsurge in online piracy of music, films and television, though it always maintained a focus on music in the MP3 format. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] It allowed users to share content via peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing and was one of the first mainstream uses of this distribution methods as it made it easy for ...

  5. You Wouldn't Steal a Car - Wikipedia

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    "You Wouldn't Steal a Car" is the first sentence of a public service announcement that debuted on July 12, 2004 in cinemas, [1] and July 27 on home media, which was part of the anti-copyright infringement campaign "Piracy. It's a crime.

  6. Pirated movie release types - Wikipedia

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    In October 1999, DeCSS was released. This program allowed anyone to remove the CSS encryption on a DVD. Although its authors only intended the software to be used for playback purposes, [2] it also meant that one could decode the content perfectly for ripping; combined with the DivX 3.11 Alpha codec released shortly after, the new codec increased video quality from near VHS to almost DVD ...

  7. Trade group efforts against file sharing - Wikipedia

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    In late 1999, RIAA labels sued Napster for providing a peer-to-peer file sharing network for MP3 files. The plaintiffs claimed that Napster "facilitate[d] piracy of music on an unprecedented scale." [15] Napster became bankrupt during the case; and has since been taken over by Roxio and provides a download service which is sanctioned by the RIAA.

  8. Download - Wikipedia

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    In computer networks, download means to receive data from a remote system, typically a server [1] such as a web server, an FTP server, an email server, or other similar systems. This contrasts with uploading, where data is sent to a remote server. A download is a file offered for downloading or that has been downloaded, or the process of ...

  9. File sharing in Japan - Wikipedia

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    84% of those who had used file sharing software reported using WinMX mainly to share J-pop mp3's. [6] About half of these people had used Napster in the past, but its use was dropping off. Isamu Kaneko of Tokyo University releases Winny , the first Japanese file sharing client, based on the anonymous P2P , distributed data store and node model ...