Hello, everybody. Today we're going to be talking about online piracy or software piracy. So online piracy, or software piracy, is the practice of downloading and distributing copyrighted works digitally without permission, such as music or software. The principle behind piracy has predated the creation of the Internet, but its online popularity arose alongside the Internet. Despite its explicit illegality in many developed countries, online piracy is still widely practiced due to both the ease with which it can be done and often defensible effects behind it