Does the internet facilitate or hinder control of the crime of piracy?
The question of whether the internet facilitates or hinders the control of piracy is three pronged. Firstly, it must be acknowledged that the historical development of piracy and how technology has contributed to the ease of music and other forms of media reproduction distribution is not a new phenomenon. This therefore means that specific reasons that set aside the internet as either a hinderer or facilitator of crime control require to be identified in order to fully illustrate the single handed impact of this technology on the crime of piracy. Secondly, copyright protection law requires not only to be examined in terms of existing rules against copyright theft, but the specific treaties aimed at piracy within the digital era require detailed analysis. This also goes hand in hand with the examination of procedures specific to internet crime that are carried out by the international enforcement groups and government organisations that give the law their teeth. Thirdly and finally, as
