Since 2000, when the file-sharing service Napster first became popular, digital piracy has dogged the media industry. As broadband speeds have increased, pirates have gone from downloading single songs to grabbing artists’ entire catalogues. Yet piracy has not exactly swept the world. It is endemic in some countries but a niche activity in others. Media piracy is more common in the developing world than in the rich world. The most piratical countries are places like China, Nigeria and Russia, where virtually all media that is not downloaded illegally is sold in the form of knock-off CDs and DVDs.
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