Illegal Downloading Versus the Recording Industry Mathieu Charlebois March 26‚ 2011 MUSI 1002B Alyssa Woods -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We live in a constantly changing world where we are finding ourselves having to adapt to new ways‚ trends‚ and products constantly. Within the past century‚ technology has been the major catalyst for changed and has made its mark in all industries. The music industry was birthed from the advances
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upside to it all. For starters‚ the most obvious pro to the music industry is money. Money helps open a lot of doors‚ and so when a major label takes interest in a musician‚ most media outlets will want to sign the singer. Moreover‚ a handful of major labels have been in the business for decades and have long established connections that help you reach your music career goals. However‚ as nice as money and connections may sound‚ the music industry can be tricky when it comes to just that
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Downloading Music from the Web: We believe that even though downloading free music from the internet might not be right in the eyes of the artist that as a consumer we still find ways to support the artist. We pay for their shirts‚ hats and concert tickets. Plus there are still people out there who do buy their music. If music fans everywhere decided to start downloading from the internet I am sure that the music companies would find some way to make the consumer pay for it. Yes‚ they are
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of censorship in music has become a very controversial state; many of today’s population can agree either way with the topic‚ “There is no consistent evidence that rap music on its own significantly influences behaviors or attitudes‚” wrote Jennifer Copley. While others sit and argue that we are
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“Illegals” Immigration‚ that one word can bring up so many opinions and spiral so many conversations. Illegal Immigration it is a very controversial topic in the news these days. The topic is important to many but there are some people who could care less. A rising share of unauthorized immigrants have lived in the U.S. for at least a decade. There are people who want all immigrants out of the country and support the Presidents “Wall” and those immigrants who have sacrificed their lives to come
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Downloading All Music Should Be Made Legal In 1999‚ an 18-year-old college dropout named Shawn Fanning revolutionized the music industry with the program he invented called Napster. Napster was an internet program that made it possible for users to share music files for free. His product gained instant interest across America which brought an opposite response from the Music industry. In 2001‚ as expected‚ Napster was sued for copyright infringement by the Recording Industry Association of America
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order to convince the audience of my findings." Comm 222 Outline Title: Music Downloading Main Points: Music is always surrounding us Distribution Artist Rights Jeff Tweedy Theft and Lost Sales Samplers and The Radio New Discoveries Thesis: People should be able to download music for free. Downloading can actually help the music industry rather than destroy it. Introduction: Music has been around for hundreds and hundreds of years. People can relate to the
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Shoplifters Everyone knows that shoplifting a CD is illegal and morally wrong. However‚ not all people agree that downloading music or copying a CD is theft. Most people are aware of the copyright laws‚ but some people are confused about the ethics of downloading music. I am one of those people who is confused. I download music on occasion. I have never felt I was participating in an unethical activity. However‚ I do understand that downloading music is cheating the artists from earning the money
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For as long as America can remember‚ throughout the years‚ hundreds of thousands illegal and legal immigrants from all over the world come to the United States. Of the thousands of immigrants that come into America‚ they each have many different reasons and stories. Immigrants come to the United States‚ some to better their life and to go after opportunity’s that they could not do in their home country. Others are refugees and have no other choice but to flee their home country due to the wars and
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people have found ways to take music off the Internet and put it onto their own computer‚ iPod‚ or blank CD. It all started in 1999 with the creation of Napster. Napster introduced a revolutionary new idea that was to forever change the way people thought about music: peer to peer file sharing. Peer to peer file sharing‚ often abbreviated as simply p2p‚ allows different users swap songs‚ with no regards for copyright infringement. Now the most popular way to take music off the Internet is to use
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