To steal or not to steal music :: essays research papers

To Steal Music or Not to Steal Music     The music industry is a very cutthroat business. Within the prehistoric few months a great deal of controversy has arisen. This controversy is based around whether copying music and sending them to friends is illegal or not. There ar legion(predicate) different views on this but recently record companies have taken legal action against file sharers and these people who have been convicted have been effrontery penalties for their actions regarding music copyrighting laws. Considering how these issues have been found on sections D, E, and C this topic is relatively not so fundamental. I believe that this issue should be more important than some of the other issues because it relates closest to the people. Most of the people in America have used file manduction or at least knows individual who has tried it. The action that should be taken should be from the opinion of the people who create the music industry, the peopl e.      The first article that has to deal with music and file sharing was published on August 19, 2003, Page E03, in the Philadelphia Inquirer, The (PA). In this article the Recording Industry Association of America states that they will not pursue small(a) violators when it comes to the illegal sharing of songs on the Internet. Also, many different people feel the RIAA is being excessive says that Senator of Minnesota Norm Coleman. Excessive seems to be the opinion of many people on this topic. 20 days later on April 29th, Apple came up with a potential solution to music pirating on the Internet the report covering this topic was published on Page C11, Philadelphia Inquirer, The (PA). Two years after angering the recording industry with its "Rip. Mix. Burn" ad campaign, Apple Computer Inc. has won its cooperation in creating the Internets least restrictive commercial music service yet. The iTunes Music Store announced by Apple chief executive officer Steve Jobs yesterday draws from all five major labels in offering more than 200,000 songs at 99 cents a transfer - and includes some big-name artists who previously shunned online distribution (Page C11, Philadelphia Inquirer, April 29, 2003). I believe the creation of Apples new solution is not really going to get a lot of customers because, say you buy 10 songs for $.99 per download the price comes out to be around the same price of an album with 10 songs on it.