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

[jissa.livejournal.com]

I've realized I make it look as though I'm against using Kazaa and what not in all cases, which is not strictly true.

And actually, nyreak put all of them in nifty bullet points (although I'm torn a bit over the last one, due to the exitance of Napster To Go and what not). I myself have definitely downloaded extra tracks available on the foreign versions of CDs (and what is up with that, anyways? It makes no since to me the US Radio Sunnydale should only have 12 tracks, while the UK one has 21!), and I fully support the sharing on unknown music meant to be so shared . . .