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Law Day Did you know that downloading music for free over the Internet is illegal? I read in a Times For Kids article that, “more than half of youth aged 8-18 continue to download free music, games, and software even though they know it’s against the law”. I think there should be consequences for illegally downloading music because the artist is not getting paid, it causes financial problems for the music industry, and it is stealing. My first reason for why there should be a consequence for illegal downloading is the artist does not get paid for the tracks that you download. Nobody wants to work for free. The Dixie Chicks said, ”It may seem innocent enough, but every time you illegally download music a songwriter doesn’t get paid.” If the artist doesn’t get paid, then the artist may stop making music. Do you want your favorite band or artist to stop making their music? If this happens than you cannot even download their songs off the Internet. My second reason for why there should be consequences is that it causes financial problems for the music industries. According to thinkquest.org, 803 million CDs were sold in 2002. The only problem with that, is that this was 80 million less than in 2001. The IFPI said that sales of CDs have decreased 23% between 2000 and 2006. The main cause of the decline in sales is because of illegal downloading. This affects the entire music industry financially. My third reason is: IT IS STEALING! Illegally downloading music is like going to a music store and stealing a CD. Mark Knopfler, a British guitarist, said, “You might as well walk into a record store, put the CD’s in your pocket and then walk out the store without paying for them.” If you would not steal from a store, then why would you steal by downloading from your computer? There is no difference between stealing and illegally downloading except that one is just over the Internet. Ehow.com says that one possible objection is that because of the way contracts are made, artists do not own their own music- record labels do. So when artists change labels, their new label is not allowed to make the albums from the old label. So if the old label decides not to print any more albums or release any of the songs, they are no longer available for consumers who wish to purchase them. As a result, illegally downloading music (unfortunately) is the only way to listen to those songs that the artist made from a prior label. I think that the consequence for downloading illegally should be that on their 1st to 3rd offense, they pay a $30 fine, plus the cost of the songs. Then on their 4th to 7th offense they should pay a fine of $80, plus the cost of the songs, and a week of imprisonment. If one wishes to get out of jail before the week is over they must pay an extra $50 fine. I think this would crack down on the problem and let the public know that it is a serious crime and will not be tolerated. I have discussed three reasons why there should be a consequence for illegal music downloading, one possible objection, and what I think the punishment should be. As an 11 year old, personally, to prevent illegal music downloading, I will inform everyone I know and tell him or her to spread the word. An option you can use not to break the law is to go to a website that pays for free downloading by advertisements. A great example of this type of website is prizerebel.com. I hope this information has informed you about illegal music downloading and has encouraged you to make the right decision.
QUIT ILLEGALLY DOWNLOADING FREE MUSIC!
Just go to Prizerebel.com to get free music and other stuff!
Copyright is the set of rights given to the author or creator of an original work, including the right to copy, distribute and adapt the work. These rights can be licensed, transferred and/or assigned. Copyright lasts for a certain time period after which the work is said to enter the public domain. Copyright applies to a wide range of works that are substantive and fixed in a medium. An Act for the Encouragement of Learning, by vesting the Copies of Printed Books in the Authors or purchasers of such Copies, during the times there mentioned, is now seen as the origin of copyright law. Since the 19th Century copyright is described under the umbrella term intellectual property along with patents and trademarks. Copyright has been internationally standardized, lasting between fifty and one hundred years from the author's death, or a shorter period for anonymous or corporate authorship. Generally, copyright is enforced as a civil matter.
Copyright is literally the right to copy! It's just what the name says!
All of this information was obtained from wikipedia.
Law Day is May 11. Follow the finger for my essay. By the way downloading copyrighted materials is just wrong. Copyright laws and other stuff about copyright is to the left. But if you want an essay, then go up.
Say you wanted the new album of Greenday. So then you go on the internet and find the new album of Greenday up to download for free. You want it, so you are about to download it and then your mom comes in the room. You tell her what you were about to do and she tells you that it's illegal, so you exit the window and are happy your mom warned you. If your mom did't warn you, you would have possibly been arrested. Now tat you have read this and seen this glog, you hopefully won't ever illegally download music.
