Piracy in Media and the Bangladesh Scenario
Cover Story Piracy in Media and the Bangladesh Scenario Faizul Khan Tanim writes on how piracy in the media is affecting emerging economies like Bangladesh. The piracy phenomenon is described as a pricing problem internationally but the scene is quite different in Bangladesh Here in Bangladesh, high price of media gadgets; low income; negligence of law enforcement agencies; very low royalty for artistes; zero awareness of music or media content fans; and cheap digital technologies are the main ingredients of media piracy, experts believe. So far, there has been no study or survey that has been conducted to figure out as to how much revenue Bangladesh looses per year due to media piracy. However, according to an online report published by Havocscope Black Markets – an online database of black market activities, the music piracy market value in Bangladesh stands at US$ 180 million which is 11 times higher than our neighbouring country India. Furthermore,...