Internet Piracy

Internet piracy has become a worldwide phenomenon. In the U. S. tho if more than 100 songs argon downloaded every minute. With this growing problem, 3 briny groups suffer. The recording artist suffers financially, the RIAA (The recording Association of America) also suffers financially and finally the downloader suffers if caught. This catch 22 tool has been a thorn in the side of technology since its introduction in 1999. Since then, downloading- or peer-2-peer sharing- has become one of the worst puzzle prohibiteds of technology change the world at large.Since the introduction of Napster back in the year 2000, many more P2P sharing networks turn over been invented to keep the illegal industry alive that left the RIAA in a fix. However, in the light of such(prenominal) programs in that location has also been uproar of other legal P2P programs that offer the same speed for a price. many another(prenominal) people dont believe in paying a price to get their symphony. The RI AA, which together with represents every major and minor artist aside in the market right now has been slapped with programs pickings profits from the artist as well as the industry it self.In an effort to control pirating, the RIAA, accord to an article in Information Week, the RIAA has been trying to pressure people to stop downloading by sending out more than 400 earn to 13 U. S. universities advising of potential copyright infringement lawsuits against students (Adegoke. 2007. ) The issue here is though, the letters are fair half the solution. What happens to the finances of the artist. Times have changed and unlike back in the season of a young Michael Jackson, artists dont make their money in music sales.It used to be- earlier the threat of P2P networks- that records were being certified 8 and 10 meters platinum because of sales. Now a geezerhood artists like Mariah Carey, who had a 2005 comeback debut with the Emancipation of Mimi, make the majority of their profits with the sale of tickets for concerts. Mariah Carey who experienced international success with the album went on to get a certification of three times platinum with in just two months of release. (Billboard. 2007. ) This certification however doesnt take into consideration the number of downloads that were occurrence before the release up to the date of certification.As the RIAA cracks down on scaring people to get their act together and to purchase songs legally, other programs like iTunes, the operating program behind the ipod and also one of the main (legal) online music providers in the world, has provided an inexpensive direction to legally get songs from an internet based program with out all the repercussions of dealing with the RIAA. Although its more common now to use iTunes as a music staple, there are people who despite the legality and popularity of the program prefer and advertise the use of the mob track record in its entirety.In An article by Valerie Block of Crain es New York Business, she states thats she wasnt into the waive and dangerous downloading websites and programs (Block. 2007. ) But as iTunes became so popular, she enjoyed the ease of Buying singles for 99 cents and albums for 10 bucks. manage Block, many consumers dont enjoy forking over almost twenty dollars for a disc of material when in fact all they want is one song. Doug Morris, who is the head of Universal Music Group, wants to- as said by Block- weaken the four-year-old e-tailers (iTunes) grip on digital music sales. (Block. 2007. ) Just as there are people who have a fond opinion around downloading music for free, there are also people who believe that programs like iTunes are taking away the meaning of the entire entrap of material by just downloading single tracks. Personally, as someone who has been downloading music from both iTunes and Ares Pro, I emit to see why it would affect the artist in such a manner. To my knowledge, all the artist cares to the highest d egree is the opportunity for their fans to enjoy their material and also to be able to make a profit from it.Block, who is an esurient iTunes downloader states that rapper turned business mogul Jay-Z has refused to put his latest work in the iTunes store. (Block. 2007. ) The rapper who just released a theme C. D. called American Gangster based on the theme of the movie featuring Denzel Washington, stated in the article, his album should be purchased in its entirety, like, say, a Picasso. (qtd. in Block. ) The issue of downloading programs legality has- in my opinion- been blown way out of proportion in many ways.These efforts dont do anything for the artists, as they are depriving the consumers a chance to enjoy the material that the artist have worked hard for them to enjoy. Besides, who is the recording industry kidding, no proceeds the amount of downloads that go on in a day, artists still make money. Between every time a song is played on the radio, played as an advertisement stunt in the succeeding(prenominal) Pantene commercial, modeling gigs and appearances and other business endorsements they are making more money than many people. Further more, the RIAA only seems to be irecting their line of downloading prejudice to the programs that are in the front, both neglecting the less popular programs such as Bear Share and online forums that offer both tracks off the latest compact discs as well as the disc in its entirety. As a challenge to the RIAA and artists like Jay-Z, a change in costly pieces of material should be looked into to avoid both the issue of legality in downloading as well as the issue of finances amongst the artists. Works cited Arney, Juliane. Become a music master heres what you need to know about downloading music for the internet. IDEA Health & Fitness Source 22. 5 (May 2004) 63(3). Academic OneFile. Gale. Albertus Magnus College. 5 Dec. 2007 . Crawford, Kate. Adaptation trailing the ecologies of music and peer-to-peer networks. Me dia International Australia incorporating Culture and Policy 114 (Feb 2005) 30(10). Academic OneFile. Gale. Albertus Magnus College. 5 Dec. 2007 . Siegfried, Robert M. Student Attitudes on Software Piracy and Related Issues of Computer Ethics. (Author abstract). Ethics and Information Technology 6. 4 (Dec 2004) 215(8). Academic OneFile. Gale. Albertus Magnus College. Dec. 2007 . Smiles, Robin V. Technologys pros and cons. 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