“Music downloading from websites like Napster and Kazaa should be legalised.” why?

Question

should we be allow to download music for free? please give strong point and feedback...

Answer 1

If technology allows it, then go for it.

Answer 2

Come on, the artist doesn't need that much money (e.g. to buy himself 2 villas in Haway etc). If the food would be too expensive everyone will start and steal it. But there is a way to solve this. The concerts: in a concert you win very much and from this an artist can live (a simply life - not too fancy).
But think about this some persons are working hard risk their money and don't win as much as a music star. Now is that fair? No! So remember these if a price is too high there will be stealing.
And that's not all, very few stores contain the music you like but a Kazaa and Napster probably contain everything you need.

Answer 3

If you work for a company, do you want to be paid for your efforts? Artists and program writers like to get paid too.

Napster is NOT illegal it uses a paid form of download. Kazaa, Ares, Limewire, etc are NOT illegal. They are simply methods to share a file. But there is a difference between having physical possession of a file and having the legal right to USE the file.

Music (or programs) is NOT free, songs (or programs) are intellectual property that you buy a license to use, you do not own them. But YES I agree, it would be great if there were better ways to make sure that creators get paid FAIRLY for what they produce and fans can use at a FAIR price. How about paying a small fee for each blank cd or paying a price for each mp3 player?

I applaud your thing outside the box! I hope that all the people who post here can come up with a way that would be fair to everyone and that would benefit us all.

Answer 4

This is a tough subject. The artists and producers want their money. The user wants their music for free and the software company gets tied in there. We should be encouraging more services like iTunes 7.2 with DRM free music but for 1.29. I think they should higher the price a little though and shoud have just a little DRM in there. It's almost impossible to meet everyones needs however. iTunes is doing a good job but what if you have Napster, or Kazza. They won't work so my view is that they're should be a meeting in which Different music services CEO are involved to brainstorm ideas. But all in all i think it should be legalized as long as the artist gets 50 cents per donwload.

Answer 5

Copying music from other sources isn't new. People used to tape songs from the radio back in the day. Technology has become advanced and the record industry needs to keep up with it. I think that if albums were worth it, people would buy them. The last few I've purchased have had maybe one or two good songs...definitely not worth the $15 I paid for them.

Answer 6

Well, if you want my opinion, weather it's legal or not has minimal impact on how much it's going to be done. Programs like Kazaa or Limewire are so widely used and appreciated that no matter how illegal it becomes, people are still going to download whatever the f**k they feel like. Obviously hardly anyone is getting caught, and record companies have resorted to guilt tripping it's would-be customers. I say, keep it illegal... it's more fun that way.

Answer 7

Because it's considered piracy (aka stealing). When you find the peer-to-peer sharing software, and start downloading from it, the artist(s) don't get paid for that copy that you just downloaded. Also be careful with the peer-to-peer, because you not only download whatever it is your downloading (music, movies, etc.) but also the viruses that are in the other person's computer (believe me, it happened to me)

Answer 8

WERE PAYING TO LISTEN TO SONGS THAT MAKE THE ARTIST RICH...artist get rich through the people who listen to their music.i DO NOT think we should pay for songs,because if it wasnt for the people listening to the artist music.there would be cheap artists..am i not right?..