authors purpose\ndigital piracy by david triling\nmost of us wouldnt walk into a shop and pocket a dvd…

authors purpose\ndigital piracy by david triling\nmost of us wouldnt walk into a shop and pocket a dvd without paying for it. but research shows many have few qualms about stealing intangible items - downloading pirated copies of movies or music, for example. a 2016 paper in social neuroscience found less brain activity in an area typically associated with moral questions when people imagined illegally downloading copyrighted material than when they imagined stealing a physical object. piracy wasnt much of a problem for the entertainment industry until the 1990s and the birth of napster, which allowed web users to share music files. napster was stopped by court order in 2001, but other peer - to - peer sharing platforms steadily eroded the entertainment industrys profits. these days, streaming offers an alternative. users subscribe to a service like netflix and watch movies over the internet much as they would on youtube, but with a higher resolution and no advertisements. spotify, a music - streaming service, has two business models: a free option with advertisements between every few songs, like on the radio, and a subscription with a monthly fee of about $10. thanks to streaming, 2016 may become the second year in a row (since cd sales peaked in the late 1990s) when the music industry sees a bump in revenues, according to a september 2016 bloomberg story: \u.s. streaming revenue grew 57 percent to $1.6 billion in the first half of 2016 and accounted for almost half of industry sales.\ but despite the hopes of some artists and industry executives, new research suggests streaming is no panacea for piracy.\nwhat is the primary purpose of the article?\na to explain the change in the entertainment industry\nb to describe how streaming videos and music work\nc to make an argument for streaming\nd to detail how piracy is a problem\nthe author includes napster to -\na analyze a persons moral code\nb suggest people tend to steal\nc address music piracy\nd explain where streaming came from\nshort answer: what other helpful information should the author include in the article?

authors purpose\ndigital piracy by david triling\nmost of us wouldnt walk into a shop and pocket a dvd without paying for it. but research shows many have few qualms about stealing intangible items - downloading pirated copies of movies or music, for example. a 2016 paper in social neuroscience found less brain activity in an area typically associated with moral questions when people imagined illegally downloading copyrighted material than when they imagined stealing a physical object. piracy wasnt much of a problem for the entertainment industry until the 1990s and the birth of napster, which allowed web users to share music files. napster was stopped by court order in 2001, but other peer - to - peer sharing platforms steadily eroded the entertainment industrys profits. these days, streaming offers an alternative. users subscribe to a service like netflix and watch movies over the internet much as they would on youtube, but with a higher resolution and no advertisements. spotify, a music - streaming service, has two business models: a free option with advertisements between every few songs, like on the radio, and a subscription with a monthly fee of about $10. thanks to streaming, 2016 may become the second year in a row (since cd sales peaked in the late 1990s) when the music industry sees a bump in revenues, according to a september 2016 bloomberg story: \u.s. streaming revenue grew 57 percent to $1.6 billion in the first half of 2016 and accounted for almost half of industry sales.\ but despite the hopes of some artists and industry executives, new research suggests streaming is no panacea for piracy.\nwhat is the primary purpose of the article?\na to explain the change in the entertainment industry\nb to describe how streaming videos and music work\nc to make an argument for streaming\nd to detail how piracy is a problem\nthe author includes napster to -\na analyze a persons moral code\nb suggest people tend to steal\nc address music piracy\nd explain where streaming came from\nshort answer: what other helpful information should the author include in the article?

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For the first question, the article mainly discusses digital piracy, its history (like Napster), and how it affects the entertainment industry. It details how piracy is a problem. For the second question, Napster was a platform related to music sharing (piracy) and its mention is to address music piracy. For the short - answer, possible information could be about anti - piracy measures.

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  1. D. To detail how piracy is a problem
  2. C. address music piracy
  3. Information about anti - piracy measures (e.g., legal actions against pirates, technological solutions to prevent unauthorized downloads)