For Music Sharing 1. Don’t want the whole CD * Sometimes a CD only has a few songs that are good * They are expensive Artists are for music sharing * Many artists support file sharing. Janis Ian -"The premise of all this ballyhoo is that the industry (and its artists) are being harmed by free downloading. Nonsense." Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore -"Trying to control music sharing - by shutting down P2P sites or MP3 blogs or BitTorrent or whatever other technology comes along - is
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Peer-to-Peer File-Sharing: What is the risk? Every day‚ millions of computer users share files online. Whether it is music‚ games‚ or software‚ file-sharing can give people access to a wealth of information. You simply download special software that connects your computer to an informal network of other computers running the same software. Millions of users could be connected to each other through this software at one time. The software often is free and easily accessible. Sounds promising‚ right
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File Sharing: Good Vs. Bad In recent articles about file sharing‚ a few things have become very clear. What is the reason that the government and recording artists don’t want you to share music files? Sure it has something to do with the lack of tax dollars it produces for the government and the loss in income for recording artists‚ but it also has a lot to do with the time and effort put forth to make these albums. In a recent article "Music industry worried about CD burning"
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Peer to peer downloading and file sharing is now one of‚ if not the most popular uses of the internet within today’s generation. The downloading and sharing of files takes place in networks such as Limewire‚ which provide individuals the opportunity and tools to search and download files from each other on a limitless basis. One of the prominent features that have lead to the success and popularity of this medium of obtaining music is the variety of music itself. Because of the extensive number
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information. People can find just about anything on the Internet with the click of just a few buttons. File sharing was introduced in the late 70’s and since then‚ has continued to grow. It boomed in the 90’s with the introduction of mp3 files. There are millions of people who use file sharing in legal ways. However‚ that number is masked by the amount of people who abuse the concept of file sharing and downloaded copyrighted material such as music or movies. This topic is very controversial in today’s
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The Effect of File Sharing on Record Sales An Empirical Analysis * Felix Oberholzer Koleman Strumpf Harvard Business School UNC Chapel Hill foberholzer@hbs.edu cigar@unc.edu March 2004 Abstract A longstanding economic question is the appropriate level of protection for intellectual property. The Internet has drastically lowered the cost of copying information goods and provides a natural crucible to assess the implications of reduced protection. We consider the specific
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Banning File Sharing Sites In an article found in Just do IP (Issue 42‚ August 25‚ 2000) Talal Shamoon states‚ "People are copying music because they feel somewhat disenfranchised with the options they have at their disposal in the digital space. It’s up to the content industry to create value in the digital arena and they’ve made phenomenal steps in that direction." District Judge Marilyn Hall Patel ruled in favor of the Recording Industry Association of America (http://www.riaa.com/) (RIAA)
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Information Literacy May 26th‚ 2011 Should Music-Sharing Programs be outlawed in the United States? Research Question: Should music-sharing programs be outlawed in the United States? The reason I chose to research the topic dealing with illegal music-sharing and the websites that facilitates this was because I think that we are ALL guilty of this at one time or another in our lives. How far do we need to go in order to police files sharing online‚ specifically music files? I hope to be able
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File Sharing and the Revenue of the Creative Industries Introduction File sharing hosts‚ who provide online storage to share various files ripped from media like recorded music‚ films‚ and books‚ have been considered as a type of internet piracy that threatens the creative industries‚ including films‚ music‚ software‚ and books. (Van Eijk‚ 2011) However‚ after the shutdown of Megaupload‚ one of the most popular file hosting site‚ a series of ripple effect happened‚ causing several other file sharing
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of it has become inevitable. Some technology users feel that if they have access to data‚ regardless if it is legal or illegal‚ they will use it without considering the consequences their actions have. 2. While the participants of illegal file sharing do not directly hurt another person‚ they cause loss of profits for companies. By downloading music‚ videos and illegal programs‚ the respective industries are losing profits. Although one user will not make a big difference‚ if all consumers started
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