In the end, Piracy is illegal

By Wren Culp Staff Writer Taking cars, iPods and cell phones is what people call stealing. Physical stealing is illegal. But what most people don’t think about is the fact that stealing something over the Internet is also stealing. It’s called piracy. And it’s illegal. Since the dawn of the Internet in 1989, music artists had a new way of reaching audiences, companies had better ways to get their products out, and online shopping even emerged. The internet was a revolution. But of course, there are always people that want to take a shortcut when it comes to paying for stuff. The textbook definition of stealing is “to take the property of others without permission…