http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,510283,00.html
In the early 90’s music CDs was how we listen to the latest jams. Today CDs is still around but there are nearly as many people who buy CDs like they did in the 90’s, some have move on to downloading music from the internet, because it’s very easy to do and cheap. Music file-sharing has become popular to get music for free on sites like Napster, Limewire, and Frostwire. Some people say it’s wrong to download music, while some say its right. In the article from Youth news network, it points out that “For people who download music, it's a matter of thrift and convenience to get music from many different Internet sources. For people opposed to it, it is stealing or pirating copyrighted material.”
In the Fox News article, big record labels put pressure on several countries around the world and it’s said that they are “cracking down hard on illegal file-sharers with a “three strikes, you’re out” policy and the United States may be next.” Basically it states that “if you get caught three time sharing files illegally, and your internet access gets cut off.” My issue is do they really have the right to cut your internet off? If this were to happen in the United States then a lot of people would not have internet, because many people in the United States use file-sharing frequently. The article states that "It gives the RIAA [Recording Industry Association of America] way too much power, but it's going to take acquiescence from the ISPs [to happen]," Sohn says. "I think it's unfair and un-American in many different ways. No copyright holder should have that much power based on an allegation." I also believe that by having this law passed in the United States, it would get a lot of people to use the legal sites like iTunes and Rhapsody.
References: Fox News http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,510283,00.html
Youth News Network http://www.ypress.org/news/downloading_music_is_cheap_but_is_it_right
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