Music Club Activity #1

[laynie.livejournal.com]

Hey Music Club Members! It's time to have a discussion/debate. It's no secret that in the past 5 or 6 years, the music industry has experienced a sharp downturn, mostly due to peer-to-peer file sharing programs such as Napster. The music industry's largest target market (teens and young adults) have turned to the internet for their music needs, where songs can be downloaded for free. After numerous lawsuits, programs such as ITunes have popped up...where songs can be purchased for a small fee. However, illegal music downloading still continues.

So here's the question: Do you think it's wrong to illegally download music, and why? Do you download any music, legally (ex. ITunes), or illegally (ex. peer-to-peer filesharing programs)?

Note: Everyone's opinions WILL be respected here. And there are good points to be made for both sides of this issue.

Brooke / Gryffindor

Comments

[kellerton.livejournal.com]

I personally have the "music is free" mentality. I think that it should be avaliable to everyone, and you can't really put a sticker price on it.

CDs are just too damn expensive. Stores could lower their prices to $12.00 per CD and still make a decent profit, but they want to make as much money as possible. I think if they really wanted to change the situation, they would lower the prices. I would buy a full CD if it was $12.00, but not when it's $30.00. It's stupid.

That said, usually I don't listen to a whole CD by the same artist. I like only one or two songs by most artists, so it's kind of a waste to buy CDs for me, because I'll only listen to one or two songs. The mix CDs that are avaliable are very outdated and kind of crappy.

Also, as I believe some one mentioned, people were making mixtapes a long time before napster came around. This is basically the same thing, but on a larger scale. If more people had have mass-produced mixtapes, it would have been the exact same situation.

Just my two cents

Kelly//Ravenclaw