Our research team, Free Mickey, chose to uncover digital copyright infringement and the limited social stigma attached to the topic of the new media environment. Our online space proved to be a beneficial home to our research as we structured our project in the subsequent manner: We devised three main arguments to support our research question- Why is there a limited social stigma attached to copyright infringement of new media? The arguments state that 1) Digital platforms make acquiring and moving new media extremely easy. This ease of acquisition and movement of digital media has resulted in tremendous popularity of copyright infringement. Additionally, basic social interaction and crowd theory explain that due to the popularity of copyright infringement, it has become so widespread that though such actions are illegal, it is not perceived by society as wrong. 2) The physical presence of others has a great affect on an individual’s decision to infringe upon online digital copyright. Not being seen in an online space (anonymous to a physical person) makes one believe they are not being watched (and insusceptible to penalty), and thus a limited social stigma of infringement results. 3) Market forces tend to convince us that music is overpriced, and as the record industry is price gouging because of their monopoly, people feel less guilty stealing their works. The medium for delivery of online goods has changed; our perception of music and digital products has changed significantly, resulting in a limited social stigma of copyright infringement.
Accompanying each argument is a series of comments that are equally integral towards our assignment and overall claim. They should be read with the same care and thought as the original blog posts. We hope you find our arguments and comments intriguing; much thought and research has been devoted towards making our claims concise and applicable to the new media environment.
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