Piracy is Courtney Love's main point of discussion when speaking to the Digital Hollywood online entertainment conference in 2000. Love's purpose is to inform the audience about what she believes piracy to be and how artists are affected.
Love is clearly well-informed and she uses many statistics, such as how Toni Braxton received 35c from each album sale thanks to a "terrible recording contract", demonstrating that her speech is well-researched. Love is honest with her audience, which builds her credibility, and offers her own opinion as she talks about facts. She uses offensive language…
