Music Piracy

I was recently thinking about the last time i brought a CD. To this day i still cant even remember the last album i brought which is a little disheartening to think. Sites like Limewire and Bearshare have targeted young music listeners, who honestly do not have the money to purchase CDS to illegally download music. Even before sites like limewire and Bearshare, my friends and i would use tapes (yes tapes) to record music off the radio.

I will be honest, i have downloaded all my music content over th years, or have given my ipod to a friend to update- who has also illegally downloaded their music too. I dont think that there is any harm in this and the only people it really affects are the music artists who have enough money as it is.

The piracy advertisements that are shown before you go into the movies or before you watch a dvd seem like annoying bids to try and get people to stop downloading music and films. Placing laws on this i feel hasnt helped at all because nearly everyone downloads music these days and people are just going to continue to download their music content. Itunes however have helped decrease music piracy to an extent. Being a university student, i still cant justify spending $2.50 for a song where i could just get it for free from a site like Limewire.

I think for illegal downloaders, they feel there is no-way they can get caught online. Piracy advertisements arent doing their job if more and more people are still downloading. The cost of CDs i feel have increased so there is no reason as to why people are going to stop. Governments should just make it legal and music artists will just need to find alternative ways for people to buy their music. Maybe by partnering with sites like Limewire and Bearshare. Its a start anyways.