What are your thoughts on sharing mp3's (music files)? This is an illegal activity and recently the University of Nebraska was named as one of the top 5 schools in illegal music downloading. Read the article about this here and blog about what you think.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18644781/
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I personally think its kind of dumb to have to pay all that money just for downloading some music, but on the other hand i can see why it is illegal because the people making the music aren't profiting from it and everything. I think that the person in the article was right when they said "i compare me downloading music to driving 5 miles over the speed limit". In my opinion it shouldn't be such a HUGE deal.
i have never illegally downloaded any music before. I usually stick with my itunes and buy gift cards because it is way easier and you don't feel any guilt. I certainly do know people some in my family that have and still do do this but since people have been getting caught more often, they don't really use it anymore. I convince them to download itunes.
I think that they should make it legal and then there wouldn't be so many people doing it when they are not suppose to. I also have never illegally downloaded music but i do know some people that do and that is there problem if they get caught as long as I'm not the one who is doing it.
I knew that downloading songs was illegal but I tried to deny that fact because it's so simple to get songs. I haven't downloaded songs from limewire but I know a lot of people who do. I don't really know what I think about it because I see both sides. I think that it would be difficult to find all the people that download music illegally. I would be to afraid to get caught if I did that.
I like to download some music from the internet because i don't have to pay for that song.I never use My mac to download anything but some time I use to save some picture that I like.
i really didn't know that it was that big of a deal. i have downloaded music before but i don't anymore because i don't have internet at home and i usually just go buy the CD's i want anymore anyways. i am not sure what i really think about it because i understand where both sides are coming from.
Well my thoughts are, it is illegal so we should'nt do it,but if you are getting it from someone else for a gift or you dont know where they got it from. I dont think it should be your fault. Also maybe if stuff wasnt so expense these days, the kids would just go buy it.
I don't think anybody should go to jail for illegally downloading music. They should get fined if they do it a lot and should at least not download movies or anything because those are a lot bigger than music.
I think that downloading music is much more than just driving 5 miles over the speed limit like the article said. I usually stick to itunes and listen to songs on the internet but not downloading.
I think that if you download music and get caught you should have to pay what it would cost to get each song, i.e. itunes store prices... I think its dumb that they are charging college kids insane amounts of money and making them go to court... maybe if they didnt make downloading ONE song $1.99 people wouldnt download music from programs such as limewire. Its much simpler to just download a song or two when you want that specific song. The artists arent making money off of it but i dont think they really need to. Theyre making more than enough money anyways...
Well, by law a copyrighted song can only be possessed by the person who bought it. However it doesn't help that we just punish those who take, some punishment should go to those who are just dealing out the songs. Also if song-sharing is illegal, then y do such programs, like limewire, which allows us to share songs, not get in trouble?
i will agree that ppl are going to constantly do it until they themselves get caught. I also think there could have been a better approach as to getting ppl to stop, as this is a new and coming problem, and its going to get worse before it gets better. The threats to sue, only make it worse.
I can see where the music industry is coming from because if i produced all the music and people took it i would expect to get paid for it. But i also think that they should target the people that download thousands of songs not the people who have only downloaded a few songs. I also think that there are much bigger issues in the world of justice and suing all these people will only tie up the courts more than they are.
I agree with most that it is wrong to download music you didn't pay for, because like what Clare said, the musicians aren't profiting from those who are getting the music from others. But like some of the kids said in the article, there are probably thousands of people across the country are doing this, why are they cracking down on college students now, yes I realized because they are more likely to do it but they have so much to pay for already. But yes, I agree to a certain extent, hat it isn't right.
people who download songs illegally should gt in trouble for it... its the same thing as stealing candy from a baby :P anyways... they will pay eventually once they get caught
I think it is right for people to get in trouble for downloading music illegally (by not paying for it). It's no different than stealing a CD from a music store! These artists deserve money for their songs, and their fans of all people should not be the ones stripping them of these profits.
I think it's kind of stupid to have to pay for music. If you have can sing and have a voice worth listening to then you should share your voice for free.
On college networks (like UNL, UNO, UNK) I believe that they have to be downloading music while on a schools network anyhow. I think there should be legislation passed that programs like LimeWire, BearShare, and FrostWire should be legal (at least for music) beacause, like I said, it shouldn't cost $1 to download music, the artists make plenty of money from concerts, tours, and CD sales anyhow.
Yeah I know I don't have the longest blog this week but that's cuz I am gearing up for next week...expect a book!
i think that people shouldnt illegally download music i dont know how limewire and all the illegal downloading sites get away with it. people know stealing is wrong but they dont think getting music for free is wrong. it doesnt matter how big or important it is big or small stealing is stealing and against the law
Trevor Danielson
I don't think it is a big deal if they don't like it don't make it so people can download music so easily! Make it so you have to pay to download music! It is their own fault they put it up there so people can access is so easily! Now days anything you can imagine is at the click of your finger!
I think that people who illegally download music should have to pay a fine for all the songs they downloaded they should then have to switch to a better program then the wire downloaders Limewire, Frostwire Etc they should just switch to itunes or something.
I understand why so many young adults on campuses think that they are taking this way overboard. So many people download music illegally and don't get caught. I understand their reasoning of why it is illegal but I also think the consequences are a little harsh. It's too bad that you have to pay a dollar per song you download, if you look at the playlists of those who illegally download they have thousands of songs, which if they had downloaded them legally that would have cost them thousands of dollars. I-pods have the memory for thousands of songs if people weren't downloading the free music i-pods probably wouldn't be as popular as they are because people can't afford the high price of songs.
I dont get why it is such a big deal that we cant download music personally i dont see the big deal. but then they are really making a profit just giving the music to us free.
Me, personally have no idea what I am doing with computers all the time, and I don't even know how to download music anyhow, I do it the old school way, and I think that it is stupid that people would even chance it in the world we are living in, everything is on tape or you are being watched in some sort of strange odd way. All you have to do is get a job and buy a CD and rip it to your computer and if you have one you can download it on your ipod or mp3 player.
I think that paying all that money for songs that are downloaded is kinda stupid. I think the United States has better problems to worry about then to worry about music. What is this world coming too. I say if your downloading music you shouldn't then don't do it.
Well Mr. P., I think they should just get rid of the programs and wesites that make it easier for us to get the music, and then we wouldn't have to worry about doing it and getting in trouble. If that would happen it would help us all in the long run because if we continue to download our music for free the artist will have no money eventually and then they couldn't make there music and then no more music for us to listen to and that means that it will stop even if it continues...
I think if you would think about it in more tangible terms, like someone stealing another person's hand painted lawn gnome named Phil. Can you really say whats the big deal? Like Phil, someone worked very hard to make that music and should get payed for it. Stealing music is debated because it is so untouchable, if it was a thing, I think people would have no problem throwing the book at them. I think that they should put them in jail for down loading a lot of music, much like anything else tangible, otherwise were is the constancy. If you don't then were do you draw the line from illegal but ok and defiantly illeagal? What can you take before it's considered 'stealing'? It's kind of like scaring a person to death, they died of a heart attack, but does that make you less responsible? You think down loading music is illegal but it's no big deal, does that make it any different from stealing anything else? No it doesn't.
i can see how easy it is to get free music and the programs that do it.
many people wonder how the programs ever get made, well anyone can make any program they want so thats no mystery, but somehow they find a loophole and are allowed to share it on the internet allowing millions of people to use it and by the time the internet source is shut down it has spread too far and theirs not much authorities can do, and thats why it seems no one gets in trouble.
Imagine 1 guy trying to catch 10,000 hamsters in a 10 acre field, yes he is going to catch some but compared to the 10,000 out there its nothing and seemingly pointless. it would be near imposable to catch them all so he goes after the bigger and slower ones cause there easier, but there will always be hamsters.
hat I'm trying to say is that no matter how bad the fines and how the strict the laws they make there will always be someone that will find i way to do it.
i think if people illegally download music they should get in trouble i mean like pay for it but they shouldn't go to jail for it, but most def. they should pay!
when comes to this topic i dont really know, because ive never used limeware or whatever. i guess the only thing i do with music is put it on my itunes off of cds, if that counts as illegaly downloading music i think the law should change.
I don't really know if I agree with all those college kids getting sued for illegal downloading I mean I think that they should target the people that are making the programs that are making the music.
ok so i have to admit it is kinda dumb that you have to pay all that money only if you want one song from that artist, although i can see the other side of things that the people who are producing the songs do need money, but i think its a waist of money if you buy a cd for $15 and only like one song.
Im not really sure how I feel. I understand where the music industry is coming from because it is stealing from them. I feel bad for all the kids who have had charges pressed against them. I know that a lot of people know that downloading the songs are illegal but I don't think that a lot of kids realize its a big deal and how much trouble they can actually get in for downloading the music.
My opinion goes both ways on this situation. I understand that downloading music illegally is the same thing as stealing, but I think they should focus more on punishing the person or groups of people that put the site together. Going to jail for downloading music illegally seems a little far-fetched. There are way worse things people should be fined and sent to jail for.
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