EOC Week 6: Illicit: The Dark Trade

The movie Illicit: The Dark Trade brings to surface a dark and nasty deed that is going on around the world and how it is affecting every single industry today. It affects the fashion world, from the making and selling of counterfeit, Prada/Louie Vuitton, to the audio/video industry in the terms of downloading music and movies for free. It doesn't just stop there, but as with drugs, no surprise but there, then it also includes human trafficking. To hear that parts of the world are trafficking humans all over the world is quite absurd to say the least. Who knew that people could make tons of money trafficking humans, anyone these days will do anything to make a quick buck. Also these counterfeiting schemes have found their way into our pharmaceutical drugs. That is unbelievable! Now people have to worry about if they are taking the real deal when it comes to there prescription. In the movie they talked about this guy who was making millions of dollars selling fake Viagra to people all over the world. He was making so much money, so fast he couldn't put it in a bank, and he started spending thousands of dollars since he couldn't do anything else with the money. Being an audio production major and musician myself, I can see where these people are coming from, people stealing their hard work right from under them. Depending on who the artist is and the person they are determines their outlook on the subject. Most bands don't make money selling albums anymore since they are available on the internet just about anywhere. They will make most of their money touring the world, performing for their adoring fans. To me music was made for listening and to show people. If people are downloading your music, you must be doing something right since they want to listen to you. I show support for bands by going to their shows and buying their expensive shirts, but it's all worth it. This illegal world of the black market plays a huge impact on the world and the people that inhabit it.