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Sociological Perspectives on Media Piracy in the Philippines and Vietnam (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2016)
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Sociological Perspectives on Media Piracy in the Philippines and Vietnam (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2016)
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This book addresses the persistence of the optical media piracy
trade in the Philippines and Vietnam. It goes beyond arguments of
defective law enforcement and copyright legal systems by applying
sociological perspectives to examine the socio-economic forces
behind the advent of piracy in the region. Using documentary and
ethnographic data, in addition to resistance and ecological
theories in sociology of law and technology as the overall
theoretical framework, the book investigates factors that
contribute to this phenomenon and factors that impede the full
formalization of the optical media trade in the two countries.
These factors include the government's attitude towards the
informal sector and strong resistance to tougher IPR protection,
unstable and sometimes conflicting policies on technologies,
burdensome business registration process and weak enforcement of
business regulations, bureaucratic corruption and loopholes in law
enforcement system as well as trade ties with China. In addition to
that, the book highlights the social background of the actors
behind the illegal business of counterfeit CDs and DVDs, thereby
explaining the reasons they continue to persist in this type of
trade. It invites policymakers, law enforcers, advocates of
anti-piracy groups, and the general public to use a more holistic
lens in understanding the persistence of copyright piracy in
developing countries, shifting the blame from the moral defect of
the traders to the current problematic copyright policy and
enforcement structure, and the difficulty of crafting effective
anti-piracy measures in a constantly evolving and advancing
technological environment.
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