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

[bartendersgirl.livejournal.com]

I don't think it's wrong. No. Especially if you look at the prices of what CD's are for just maybe one or two good songs on it. The prices of CD's has not gone down in ten years, unlike other products.

The big record companies are making tons of dollars from producing the same kind of sounding music over and over. Half the people that download are colledge students and high school kids. People that can't really afford to spend a gazillion dollars on CD's for just a couple songs.

On my old comp, when I had Kazaa, yes, I did download music, and if I had Kazaa on my currant comp, I'd do it again. I refuse to pay $13 to $20 bucks for just one song.

Nikkie//Gryffindor