This is a digital revolution, and the enemy is big time record companies that have been ripping off music consumers for half a century. ... If things keep going the way they are, the record companies might not be able to pay these artists to make anymore of the music we love. ... I am a person who supports a musician I like, so the greatest thing about downloading for me is that I can download music from an artist I've heard about, and if I like it, I"ll go out and purchase it. And now that downloading has taken its toll on the record companies, when I do purchase, the cds are much cheape...

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Many felt that they were losing a lot of money from record sales. ... The problem that both artists and record labels had with Napster is they couldn't choose whether to give their songs away on Napster they were just taken away. ... I have bought cds from artists that I have sampled on sites like Napster which I am sure I would have never bought without listening to a couple songs of their's first. ...

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I am addressing the RIAA, Recording Industry of America. I am also speaking to people who believe downloading music is piracy or fraud. ... The RIAA is the company who has recorded over 1,000 IP's and is out to get all those music pirates. ...

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Each year thousands upon thousands of jobs are lost in the record industry. ... I picked this article because I enjoy using my file sharing programs to download thousands of songs and I understand and am interested on who many of my actions affect the industry. As you can see artist face several obstacles and challenges in promoting their records. ...

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Music Piracy: Should It Be Allowed? File sharing is when people share files on their computers with other users. This is done across the internet and made possible by peer-to-peer programs. These files can be anything: pictures, text, pornography, movies, etc. I will be focusing on music. The i...

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