Recently artists in the music industry have complained that their work is being stolen every time a consumer downloads music from shared files on the Internet. Should downloading music from the Internet be made illegal? There are some people that believe downloading music from the Internet should be illegal because the music artists do not consent to their work being shared. Downloading music should be legalized because once a consumer purchases a product, he or she can do as they please with it, even share the file on the Internet. The music industry takes advantage of the consumer since they often over price products and music artists typically make most of their money from public appearances and the sale of paraphernalia. .
First, I believe downloading music should not be made illegal because once a consumer purchases a product, he or she can do as they please with it, even share the file on the Internet. Just the other day, The Monitor was talking about this music center that people download from. They stated that if a person gets caught downloading music from there, they were going get receive three warnings and their computer was going to get fried. If a person buys a CD and feels he wants to share it, that's his or her own business. That is money that goes to the artist. Each consumer has a right to do what he or she wants with his or her own product. Statistics recently showed the drop of sales from the year 2000 to the year 2002, was only 13%. That states that people are still buying CD's from artists they love. I recently bought a CD at the store and listened to it on the way home. When I got there, I called my friend and told her I bought it and she almost fell out of her chair because she was so excited I got it. I told her I would put the songs in my computer and she could download it from me so that she wouldn't have to waste her money that she needed for gas.
