About My Term Research Paper

Hello everyone.

I have changed my thesis for my project. Rather than doing an analysis of the subculture, I am will be showing that MP3 piracy online is much more elaborate than the media portrays (not just a 14 year old uploading mp3s ripped with windows media player onto kaaza).

My research has been quite extensive. in fact, there is very little published on what I am doing. There are numerous publications by the US Dept of Justice about arrests, but most of my information comes from "fieldwork" as well as from the book Software Piracy Exposed (Paul Craig and Mark Burnett: 2005) .

I have learned a great deal about my topic, mostly surrounding the origins of digital media piracy on the Internet.

I chose this topic because a large number of people illegally download music, but are clueless as to where it comes from, not to mention the fact that digital media piracy is a result of new media.

My findings show that the MP3 piracy scene is more than just a 14 year old kid, using windows media player, it is in fact a complex system that involves thousands of people and processes. Quality is key in the MP3 piracy scene.

As I mentioned above, digital media piracy is a result of new media, meaning that without types of new media such as CDs, DVDs, console games, and computer applications, there would be no media to pirate and spread digitally.

(I'm still working on the paper due to the fact I completely reformed my thesis and outline...so i might add more to this later on)