PARAGRAPH Music is an art form whose medium is sound and silence ‚and to many people in many cultures‚ music is an important part of their way of life . Invention of the internet and copyable audio-file formats made downloading and sharing music very easy . However‚ this should be considered a criminal acts as downloading music for free is equal to stealing . There are several reason why downloading music for free is equal to stealing . Firstly ‚ because it is legal issue . Music is under copyright
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Effects of Illegal Downloading on the Music Industry Illegal downloading is commonly known as piracy‚ it describe that the steeling music from artists‚ songwriters‚ musicians‚ record label employees and others whose hard work and great talent who make music possible. Nowadays‚ downloading music is available for everyone on internet. However‚ it is still illegal. Downloading music on internet is what most people are doing because they do not have to pay‚ and they can choose only the songs they
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Illegal Music Downloading Have you downloaded anything from an Internet? The Internet which is widely used by every generation all over the world brings them various vital roles. For instance‚ we can easily download music from the Internet. All you have to do is click the bottom a few times. Who could predict like the evolution decades ago? However‚ nowadays‚ anyone has uploaded music‚ which we are able to download for free. Illegal music downloading is free and convenient that leads to the effect
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Downloading music has become a part of everyday life of all most young people in modern world today. With the development of computer‚ downloading music and file-sharing are also developed. Although in someone’s opinion‚ that is a kind of piracy‚ I support music-downloading and file-sharing‚ as a teenager. First of all‚ we should ask why people like downloading music and sharing file which they are supposed to buy in the store. The main reasons are: users do not want to spend $18 to $20 bucks for
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Problems With Illegal Music Downloading In May of 2003 Kazaa had become the most downloaded software in the world with 230 million copies downloaded worldwide (Basen N.P.). So that is at least 230 million potential customers who are not paying for a lot of the music they are listening to. Downloading music for free is illegal and the current punishments are not doing enough to stop all of the downloaders. On June 31st 1999 the worlds first way for people to share music for free over the internet
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protect the artist that wishes to see royalties for their music that they have created. America has in place laws to protect the artist and have made it clear to the public. I agree with this decision due to that if I were the artist I would not want my work to be illegally downloaded and I would want my royalties. According to Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA): Title 17‚ United States Code‚ Sections 501 and 506 protects the music and if downloaded illegally may leave you civilly and
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Illegally Downloading Music In the past ten years Internet music sharing has become a huge issue in the recording industry. Recording companies are furious‚ claiming that file swapping is destroying their album sales and greatly hurting the artists. Music consumers are justifying their actions by stating that album prices are outrageously high. In Anthony Gorry’s essay‚ “Steal This MP3 File: What Is Theft?”‚ the author demonstrates how illegal downloading of music is becoming a huge problem in
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Outline Music‚ a very popular trend in our day. There are all types of music; hip hop‚ rock‚ rap‚ pop‚ etc. With the growing amounts of songs and artists‚ people want to listen to them more. Therefore they need some source in order to listen to these songs. If downloading music off the internet is considered “illegal”‚ then why do people have music sharing websites? There are about 500 online services located in 40 countries. With all these websites people should be allowed to download music and let
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A report by Jupiter Research suggests that the music industry may = be facing a crisis because of the number of young people still illegally downloading music from Internet. The problem has now grown so serious that the numbers of young people who download music from illegal file-sharing websites outnumber those using legal services. According to a survey ‚ 5712 nearly 6000 respondents said they had illegally download or streamed music in the past 12months. Of these‚ 69.5per cent said they did
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none of my friends rush to Best Buy‚ where the CD is only $12.99. None of the little soon-to-be punk rock middle school kids are begging their parents for a ride. Instead‚ nearly every kid I know between the ages of 10 and 20 is on the Internet downloading the album illegally. Whether it’s Bit Torrent or Kazaa or Limewire‚ as long as the quality is decent‚ my friends couldn’t care less where they get it. This is no new concept for these kids‚ who have grown up in what is known as the information
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