Counter » Crime Statistics http://www.counter2010.org Counterfeiting and Piracy Research Wed, 19 May 2010 10:14:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 The global ‘epidemic’ of movie ‘piracy’: Crime-wave or social construction? http://www.counter2010.org/2008/05/29/the-global-epidemic-of-movie-piracy-crime-wave-or-social-construction/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://www.counter2010.org/2008/05/29/the-global-epidemic-of-movie-piracy-crime-wave-or-social-construction/#comments Thu, 29 May 2008 18:22:05 +0000 Neil Horton Yar, M. (2005). The global ‘epidemic’ of movie ‘piracy’: Crime-wave or social construction? Media, Culture and Society, 27, 677-696.

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 [...]]]> http://www.counter2010.org/2008/05/29/the-global-epidemic-of-movie-piracy-crime-wave-or-social-construction/feed/ 0