8/20/2011

The Truth Behind Music Piracy

By Jack Wogan


Piracy is considered to be a crime by those who work in the music industry. They believe this practice has a devastating effect on music sales and profits. Some people agree, while others are totally against such beliefs. The latter even perceive piracy as a way of promoting music. For the ones who want to show their appreciation to the artists and the bands, paid downloading sites are available. There are also free downloading sites too, which cannot be gathered under the name of piracy as long as the download product is not further commercialized without authorization.

Nobody can blame you for buying certain information and from letting other people downloading it from you. Or, at least, it is not an abnormal thing. Once you have legally bought something, you own that thing and you can do almost everything you like with it. But the view that the consumer has is not always similar with the one of the representatives of the music industry.

Lots of measures have been taken in order to fight against piracy, but not all of them proved to be efficient. A way to combat this crime is to lock down the files so that they cannot be transferred to other users. People were also discouraged to practice this activity by being prosecuted and forced to pay great amounts of money in order to cover the damage. A good idea would be to settle a bigger price for the new music in comparison with the already existing one on the market.

Not many people realize how much money is needed in order to produce good quality music. The ones who work on such a project need to receive their financial compensation. Also, the costs of the services and the materials used have to be covered, as well as the necessary expenses for promoting the product. This means that, if we do not pay for music, the artists will find their work disappointing and the media will be invaded by billions of so-called superstars.

Most of us may regard a simple file sharing as not being that serious as the piracy itself. However, the music industry does not agree. The reason is that, if all of us shared a single file a day, the damage produced would have the same devastating proportions and effects as the premeditated action of selling further an already paid for product. It is very hard for those in charge to keep track of all these illegal transactions. This being said, try not to make their work more difficult than it already is.




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