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

[theweezerlover9.livejournal.com]

I really don't think it's wrong because CDs and DVDs and CD players, and all of those media players are very expensive of late. It's annoying to have to buy a ton of music on top of that. A lot of the music on my iPod is illegally downloaded. The only stuff that isn't is from CDs I bought because I like the artist a lot, so I like to support them.
I just think it's a hell of a lot easier to get it free. Specially when funds are low.

[Er.. I'm bad at debates? :D]

Kaitlyn//Hufflepuff