Do you think its ok to download music illegally?

Question

please give me your views on this

do you think its morally wrong or has society been forced into it

some views are that: their making millions anyway

and that people would rather download it illegally and give the money to charity

please tell me you opinion on this subject

Answer 1

Obviously it's not "ok" or the ethical thing to do...why? Look up 'illegal.'

Answer 2

Of course it's not ok. It's illegal.

Do you think that music comes for free? Somebody has to pay.
The musicians must eat.
Intruments must be paid for.
Studio time costs.
Even posting the music on the Web is not free.

You want to take the music for free and you think it's ok? Don't be silly.
Who is going to pay all the costs?

I agree that some music companies can be greedy and thie charges are often to high; but even the Sony's of this world have to have an income.
They can't "make millions" if nobody pays for the product. If there was free music downloads then nobody would buy a CD and that would quickly lead to the end of mass music.

Your question (and many answers) is aimed at the wrong target.

Answer 3

People THINK it's okay because it's easy and rarely has repercussions. Just like downloading anything illegally. In the end it will be for the best though because it will advance copyright technology and let record companies know how terrible they are. I also think a huge issue is that many people download songs to sample them and if they like it, they buy it. People tend to get pissed off when you are charged $20 for something you've never heard and find out it's crap. Customer satisfaction right? I think Radiohead recently sold their album online where you could put your own price on the cd and download for what you thought it was worth.

Answer 4

Yea, I think it is. Because first off if I buy something I think I ought to have the right to share it with who I want. Second anyone with any real morals at all would buy what they wanted to keep. So If I allowed someone to download a copy of my dvd, cd, whatever and they liked it... then they should accept the responsibility to pay for it. After all if the artist etc. isn't making money, then they possibly wouldn't bother making another album or movie. It is appalling that these big money companies think they can tell people what to do with items they have paid for. Their attempt at digital tyranny only makes things inconvenient and more difficult for legitimate paying customers. Pirates will always be able to break their protection, will always find a way to distribute copy's and so on. Not that I'm necessarily bashing the "pirates" cause after all one injustice is usually met with another. I think the whole problem is exaggerated and in many ways p2p networks help support and distribute much like advertising. And I'll finish saying if billions of dollars isn't enough for the MPAA and whoever the **** lobbies for musicians isn't enough.... then maybe they need humbled with a little piracy.

Answer 5

There are two ways to look at this:

First, if you are a musician or songwriter, selling the music you sing or write is your liveliehood and you need to sell it to pay your bills and support yourself. Music dowloaded illegally cuts into your income. So, illegal dowloads are just like stealing any other product.

Second, from the consumers' point of view too many musical groups have been putting out albums where you have, for example, twelve songs on the CD, but only two of them are any good. So, you just spent $15 for two songs and ten average or below average ones. A lot of people were feeling ripped-off by that. So, downloading only the songs you wanted seemed like a way to get the songs you wanted and teach the musicians a lesson for ripping-off consumers for years. Many people who downloaded songs illegally felt that, since they had been getting rippped-off for a long time, it was only right to "return the favor". Besides, most people are aware that musical groups make a lot of their money from touring and memorabilia sales. So, it really didn't seem like stealing them blind.

But, the baser instinct of illegal downloads wasn't a feeling of consumer revenge. A lot of people downloaded music and movies illegally simply because they didn't want to pay for it. "Why pay when I can get it for free?" the sentiment ran. The idea being that, since musicians and their companies were wealthy, they wouldn't miss your $15, right?

Ultimately, downloading music that you haven't paid for is stealing. It's just as much stealing as shoplifting from a store or breaking-into some one's home. You're taking something that you have no right to take.

A number of companies have seen that allowing people to download individual songs via the internet can boost sales and keep consumers happy and that explains why we have iTunes, Rhapsody, etc today. There are still some holdouts, but, I think all of them will come around eventually.

Answer 6

I don't believe that there is any argument that it could be considered anything but morally wrong. What one is doing by downloading songs illegally is taking someones work without providing compensation, no matter how much that artist is being paid.

As for being forced into it, music is not considered a need of life and therefore no one could be "forced" to get music. That argument would serve for needed medicine, shelter, or food; but not for music.

Answer 7

Ok, When it was still lega to fdo it I did dpwnload some OLD song of the net. But when they changed the rules and said that it was not legal I have not done it since. If it is now illegal then anyone who does it is now breaking the law & can & should pay the price; jail & or what ever is thier punushment as deamed by the law. So NO I don't think it is ok to do this!

Answer 8

by definition--NO, it is illegal.

and the views that say they are making millions anyway, look at it this way. you work. you buy a nice car, stereo, furniture, and eletronics. I don't work. I take your car stereo and electronics. you still have some nice things, but you have so much and I don't. IS THAT RIGHT? the people who download and say they give the money to charity are just trying to make themselves feel better about committing a crime.

Answer 9

It is not OK. It is morally wrong and also a crime. Nobody is forcing anyone into it. They make pennies per CD. Give money to charity anyway.

Support your local musician.

Answer 10

It's TOTALLY OKAY. See, before the 20th century, musicians didn't get money like they did and the only reason they started getting paid as much was because the technology was so ARCANE that only the scumsuckers at the RIAA had it. Now EVERYONE has it! We are no longer DEPENDENT on those a--holes at the RIAA so their systematic robbing of us is OVER!!! THEY'RE THE THIEVES, NOT US!! If I was dictator, I would find every single one of those people who work for the RIAA and they'd be swingin' by the neck, GUARANTEED! Every single person! Period!

Answer 11

I think its wrong because your are buying music without official permission and in a way you are depriving charities of their money form charity singles.
But thats my view.