Internet radio and podcasting has been growing as a media distribution force to reckon with, but along with it comes the problem of piracy as well. With faster and
faster communication technologies, it is now easier and smoother to tune in to your favorite internet radio stations as well as the live podcasts of your favorite books being read. This is where the Harry Potter Book 6, which was the Half-Blood Prince, literally went out the shelves, both legally and illegally, right after broadcast!
My sources indicate that the origin of the book is not yet known to be either a bootleg copy or an original one, but the podcast was definitely illegal in nature! With
mobile phones now being equipped with internet connectivity and thus internet-radio tuning capabilities, this form of copyright infringement would pose more of a problem than it is now if there would be no action taken whatsoever against it. I just think advertising would be the main solution to piracy - have those billion-dollar earning corporations shoulder the expenses for intellectual-property proprietor compensation in exchange for efficient advertising which would bring such companies about a billion more as additional profits!
The Harry Potter Book 6 podcast was indeed illegal, but it also helped in the sales of the book.
Ebook broadcasts are being much of a trend these days, and without a regulation body to monitor future broadcasts, chances are my theorized solution would be next in line. I do hope it comes around as soon as possible, for as an artist, I know what they mean when they say piracy makes the victims go hungry!
