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]

OK, so I'm starting to feel like there's a bit too much "download music is EVOL" vibe here.

I do not support downloading music illegally and keeping it on one's computer or mp3 player.


On the otherhand, I don't feel that it is always neccessarily wrong. If people really are simply downloading songs in order to sample them and delete the songs after deciding whether to purchase them, I don't actually have a problem with that. Sometimes it can be nigh on impossible to hear the songs that you wish to without purchasing them, and you really shouldn't have to buy something to determine if you want it or not.


Sorry if this seems a bit of a wasted post, but I was feeling bad because the debate seems to have degenerated all towards my side . . .