Stealing. Whether we think it's bad or not we can't deny that it's frowned upon just a little bit. But haven’t we all engaged in one type of stealing? (Well two if you include the IKEA pencils; but that’s another blog) No, I'm actually talking about illegal downloading.
Yes, we've all done it.
The strange thing is, in the first weeks confessions nobody owned up to it. I would argue down to the vowel that this is simply because it didn’t occur to anybody to confess to such a blasé 'crime' rather than the idea that nobody had committed it. I mean, we were sitting amongst drug users, fish killers and a boyfriend-dad seducer; it’s highly unlikely that this bunch would think a little harmless illegal downloading is crossing a line.
And when good old iTunes charge 79p per download it’s understandable why 95% of all music downloads are illegal.
The question is should it be illegal? I guess the fact is still that people are getting music which they haven't paid for; but somebody somewhere along the lines paid for it. So this generous individual can upload it on a peer to peer network and SHARE (this being the keyword) something that they did actually pay for. In fact, it'd be a great global conspiracy in future to just have one person buy an album and pass it on to everybody else. That would at least screw with Simon Cowell's head.
Yes, we've all done it.
The strange thing is, in the first weeks confessions nobody owned up to it. I would argue down to the vowel that this is simply because it didn’t occur to anybody to confess to such a blasé 'crime' rather than the idea that nobody had committed it. I mean, we were sitting amongst drug users, fish killers and a boyfriend-dad seducer; it’s highly unlikely that this bunch would think a little harmless illegal downloading is crossing a line.
And when good old iTunes charge 79p per download it’s understandable why 95% of all music downloads are illegal.
The question is should it be illegal? I guess the fact is still that people are getting music which they haven't paid for; but somebody somewhere along the lines paid for it. So this generous individual can upload it on a peer to peer network and SHARE (this being the keyword) something that they did actually pay for. In fact, it'd be a great global conspiracy in future to just have one person buy an album and pass it on to everybody else. That would at least screw with Simon Cowell's head.
I never even thought about downloading music during that lecture! Very true aswell, there probably was very, very few if anyone in that lecture who had not downloaded music illegally. I put it down to the prices charged to people for the songs. Yes, it may ONLY be 79p they will claim, but considering most ipods/mp3s can hold hundreds, sometimes thousands of songs, the price of holding a music collection in the palm of your hand can be extortionate! It could be the most-committed crime in the country.
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I think it is justfied to download music from the internet. Not only is it expensive to buy, I dont think that there is anyone who buys an album enjoys all the songs that are on there. Some of the songs are just there to make up the album.
Downloading music is value for money, as when people buy albums from the shops, they too are downloading the C.D's as there can only be one original C.D as the rest are copied.
The same goes for D.V.Ds infact they are worse.
Keep downloading who ever does it.