Why do you think unauthorized music downloads should or should not be illegal?

Question

Please help out, and if you answer please get into detail !!!!

Thanks!!!!

Answer 1

I think there should be a site that musicians can upload their music for users to be able to listen to and dl full songs - not albums.. Frankly thats how alot of people get known through people being able to listen to a few songs . I wouldn't have bought of half the musicians I listen to unless a friend of mine didn't have an mp3 of a couple of them. After I heard the song by Neal Schon "Cool Breeze," I ended up buying all his records. It would also be a medium at which the artist could get exposure. But then again, it would be authorized, so unauthorized dls shoul be illegal.. How would one like it if you did a job and didn't get paid for it??

In regards to a cd having only one good song, thats why products like itunes exist...

Answer 2

I don't think it should be illegal at all. I think it's a double standard personally. The musicians who perform these songs have made millions of dollars in revenue already from record sales, concerts, merchandising etc.... so what's the big deal if somebody wants to download a song or two.

I understand the whole argument of intellectual property, but the flipside of that coin is that once a song has been played on the air long enough, especially if its a hit, after a while these songs are public property to an extent.

If I'm not mistaken once a band signs with a label all thier songs belong to the record label, so f u c k these winy puss-e musicians give a little something back to the people.

I'm not a cheapskate, but if I like one song on a CD why should I have to pay almost 20 bucks?

Answer 3

This is exactly the same fight that took place with the invention of the radio. The recording companies thought playing music on radios was an infringement of their copy writes and no one would buy their albums if they could hear it for free on the radio.

After much court wrangling and fighting, the courts decided playing music on the radio not illegal.

Time has shown that it actually increased sales of albums. Playing the albums on the radio turned out to be free advertisement and people bought the albums so they could hear them any time they wanted.

Today, recording companies that tried to stop the radio companies from playing albums, spend millions to induce radio companies to play new songs on the air.

Then came the tape recorder, and you could record many songs and play them back non stop in your room, at the beach, or in a restaurant.

Same fight, just different dogs. Same out come.

The difference in the fight today is the FBI getting involved. The FBI should be trying to stop the next 911 instead of arresting the kid next door for giving his girl friend a copy of a love song. What a waste of tax dollars.

My personal view, Once I pay for the CD, DVD, etc. it becomes my property and I should be allowed to do with it what ever I want. Burn it, Throw it in the trash, Or give it away to someone else, just like a used paperback book.

Answer 4

It should be legal to download music in the internet.

1. Artist should move with time. Either keep the price of their CDs cheap or sell it over the net.
2. They can make good income by giving live performances and if they are really popular, their fans will pay top dollars to watch them perform.
3. Too many artist are just good looking but cannot sing live.
4. A normal album has about 10 songs and about half of it is craps. Another reason for costly CDs.
5. Move with time, new inventions are to improve our lifestyles, not to be keep in mothballs.

Answer 5

The maintenance of intellectual property rights has run into technology. It used to be fairly costly to steal books or recordings; now it is trivial. Unfortunately for the owners, there is no possible technological fix for this: in order for the material to be usable, it has to be presented in cleartext form, and once that is done, it can be sent in an error-free manner to anyone else. The only possible recourse that publishers have is to price the products so cheaply that people are not motivated to steal them.

Answer 6

Poor artists. Now little Jimmy won't get his Olympic swimming pool....

Make it not cost 20 bucks for a lousy CD that I only want one song on, then I may quit sharing music with my friends.

Answer 7

If you leave your keys in your car and someone drives off with it, it's still stealing.

Recorded music is property. Taking it without the owner's permission is stealing. The fact that they might never actually know is totally irrelevant.