My life with online music has been a very short road. This past summer I started going on Pandora to listen to music that I didn’t own. I loved the fact that I didn’t have to buy the music in order to listen to it, and the best part was that it’s free with some commercials. After I got annoyed with the commercials I heard about Grooveshark. This is an online music player in which you choose the songs that want to play, and the order they play. They’re no commercials and the fact you can choose the song and listen to it in the full was awesome. The best part of it all though, is that it was free.
I know that music piracy exists. Honestly, I have no idea how you would go about stealing music and using it, but I know a lot of people who do. For instance, lime wire is all I heard about throughout my high school years. Also, I know people can download music illegally. It’s a federal offense to download copyrighted material illegally, yet some people do.
Some people think that it’s no big deal whether people steal music or not. Their thoughts are if it’s up there to be stolen then they would take it to steal the music. Also, music composers hate piracy and hate it when their music is stolen. They‘re being scammed every time some pirates their music. Most people who pirate music sell the songs for a profit. Music composers don’t like that at all.
I am not a fan of piracy. I personally think it’s dumb. If you want a CD or even a movie that much go out and buy it, don’t go to get it through illegal means. The difference of paying 12 dollars and stealing the music is well your out of 12 dollars or you go to jail for 5 or more years. Personally, I would rather pay the 12 dollars.
I read "How to Save the Music Business" article. The author is completely against piracy. He believes that it is taking away from the music business' and dragging them into the ground. He most definitely believes in subscriptions. He wants to stop piracy and make people pay for music.
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