Music+Downloads+Harm+Industry

How can illegal file sharing harm a country's economy? The music industry is taking great losses from the peer-to-peer (P2P) music downloading programs. Most of these programs do not have a license or permission to distribute this material. From 1999 to 2006 the music industry lost 4.2 billion dollars in revenue (Klosterman 1). That is a lot of money! Also, there have been some attempts to make headway into solving this problem. Some colleges are proposing a monthly fee of $5 (Scott 3), for access to these programs(They would block them with filters).Also, in the UK they are making laws against this. -Michael Doyle and Wardell Gadson  The new fad of illegally downloading music off of the internet is a growing problem. The free downloading of music is causing many problems for the music industry. The Recording Industry Association of America has targeted 30,000 college students over the last four years with lawsuits (Scott 1). -Ryan Winton and Kyle Maylish

"It's not the downloading that gets people in trouble, it's the sharing of your downloads with others that does, because that is considered illegal redistribution, which is considered piracy. Piracy is actively monitored by the RIAA and [|MPAA] which people have dedicated to search for their stuff on these networks, skimming for IP addresses." - Matt Mifka

I am in agreement with Lisa Scott of the Lantern at Ohio State University. Her article was about college students and lawsuits that the Recording Industry Association of America ([|RIAA]) are putting on students. The artists who make this music are not doing just for fun, it is their livelihood and we must respect that. I totally agree with the RIAA in wanting to put a small monthly fee on colleges, but some of the lawsuits are a little ridiculous. Charging college students a settlement of 3-5 thousand dollars and if they refuse a fine of 750 dollars per song is a little too much (Scott 2). Not only do these kids have pay for the tuition they also have books and other essentials to pay for. So, I suggest that any one with a program such as Limewire or illegal music downloads should delete and stop downloading.- Michael Doyle & Matt Mifka

====As mentioned above, music downloading harms the industry; however, it does not only occur in the United States. People download illegally in other countries including [|Germany.] These downloads have greatly affected the record industry in the country. Statistics say that if all downloads in a five year pace were bought with money, the industry would have gained about 1.2 billion euro which is equivalent to 1.9 billion dollars. German music artists confess that they feel stolen from when people download illegally (Spahr "Theft thwarted"). Mexico is also trying to crack down on illegal music downloading. Copyrighters in Mexico get sent warnings, and if they keep copyrighting, Mexican Internet Service Providers cancel their services (Cobo 1). - Kyle Maylish and Dante Gleason ====


====Though many people are able to illegally download music, the United States and other countries are doing everything they can to crack down on these downloaders. In the title 17 sections 501-506 "it states that "the unauthorized reproduction, distribution, rental or digital transmission of copyrighted sound recordings" has severe civil and criminal penalties" (Hall 1). Some people are saying that true fans would pay for their bands music but no one really is paying. So I think until they can completely prevent people from illegaly downloading we need to talk to people about making moral and ethical decisions on what is right and not to steal from musicians and the record companies.New Zealand has rallied with other European countries and the U.S. to stop this Illegal Downloading all arouund the world and to give these artists their right to business.-Ryan Winton & Michael Doyle ====

[|Music Piracy] - Kyle Maylish
====[|Illegal Music Harms on Indusrty]- Kyle Maylish ====

[|Illegal Music Downloading]- Kyle Maylish
====[|Illegal Downloads Harm On The Indusrty]- Ryan Winton ==== ====[|Illegal Downloaded Music Regulations] - Matt Mifka ==== ====[|New Zealand Legislature on Ilegall Music Downloading] -Michael Doyle ==== ====[|Illegal Downloading effects Industry greatly] -Michael Doyle ==== ====[|Illegal Music Downloading] - Matt Mifka ==== ====[|Ethical Situation in Young America] - Michael Doyle ====

[|Students Fighting Copyright Restraints]- Dante Gleason
====<span style="font-size: 105%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">[|Financial Stick Against Illegal Downloading]- Dante Gleason ====

<span style="font-size: 110%; line-height: 200%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">**Works Cited- Dante Gleason**
====<span style="font-size: 105%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"><span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Spahr, Wolfgang. "Theft thwarted: illegal downloads decline in Germany.(GLOBAL)." //Billboard.// 120. 15 (April 12, 2008): 21(1). //Student Resource Center - Silver//. Gale. Saint Joseph Preparatory School. 7 Apr. 2009 <http://find.galegroup.com/srcx/infomark.do?&contentSet=IAC-Documents&type=retrieve&tabID=T003&prodId=SRC-2&docId=A177673879&source=gale&srcprod=SRCC&userGroupName=phil72249&version=1.0>. Richards, Adria. __Limewire logo.__ 9 Mar 2009. __Flickr__. 27 Apr 2009. < http://www.flickr.com/photos/adriarichards/3342006049>. ====

<span style="font-size: 105%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> __Logo The Pirate Bay.__ 10 Aug 2009. __Flickr.__ 8 May 2009. <http://www.flickr.com/photos/dekuwa/2750206362>.
<span style="font-size: 105%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> ====**Works Cited - Wardell Gadson** <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">Graser, Marc. "Yahoo spins Rhapsody." __Daily Variety__ 298.22 (05 Feb. 2008): 38-38. __MasterFILE Premier__. EBSCO. McShain Library, Philadelphia, PA. 11 Mar. 2009 <[].> ====

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====<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"> **Work Cited- Kyle Maylish**==== ====Cobo, Leila. "The Coming Crackdown." __Billboard__ 121.6 (14 Feb. 2009): 16-16. __MasterFILE Premier__. EBSCO. [Library name], [City], [State abbreviation]. 11 Mar. 2009 <[] >.====

**Works Cited- Ryan Winton**
====Hall, Sarah. “Illegal Downloading Could Harm Industry.” __The Apache Pow Wow.__ The Tyler Junior College Student Newspaper. 4/23/09. <.http://media.www.tjcnewspaper.com/media/storage/paper1314/news/2009/04/17/ArtsEntertainment/Illegal.Downloading.Could.Harm.Industry-3711409.shtml>====

<span style="font-size: 105%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">//**__Works Cited- Michael Doyle__**//
====<span style="font-size: 13px; color: rgb(64,64,64); line-height: 19px; font-family: arial; border-collapse: collapse; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; webkitborderhorizontalspacing: 2px; webkitborderverticalspacing: 2px;">Fergus, John. "Three strikes is out: New Zealand drops ISP legislation.(GLOBAL)." Billboard. 121. 13 (April 4, 2009): 6(1). Student Resource Center - Silver. Gale. Saint Joseph Preparatory School. 8 Apr. 2009 <[]>. Klosterman, Chuck. "Anyone Seen My $4.2 Billion?." Esquire 149.4 (Apr. 2008): 68-70. MasterFILE Premier. EBSCO. McShain Library, Philadelphia,NJ. 10 Mar. 2009 <[]>. ==== ====<span style="font-size: 13px; color: rgb(64,64,64); line-height: 19px; font-family: arial; border-collapse: collapse; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; webkitborderhorizontalspacing: 2px; webkitborderverticalspacing: 2px;">Scott, Lisa. “Music downloading faces changes.” The Lantern. Ohio State University. 1/9/09. 2/10/09.<[]>. “Use Illegal Music Downloading To Give Kids an Ethics Lesson.” TBO.com. The Tampa Tribune. 2/24/08. 2/24/09.< http://www2.tbo.com/content/2008/feb/24/bz-use-illegal-music-downloading-to-give-kids-a-le/>. ====

**Works Cited - Wardell Gadson**
"Facing the music: should people be fined for illegally downloading songs? (Debate It!)." //Know Your World Extra.// 41. 9 (Feb 15, 2008): 8(2). //Student// //Resource Center// //- Silver//. Gale. Saint Joseph Preparatory School. 8 Apr. 2009 <http://find.galegroup.com/srcx/infomark.do?&contentSet=IAC-Documents&type=retrieve&tabID=T003&prodId=SRC-2&docId=A175550061&source=gale&srcprod=SRCC&userGroupName=phil72249&version=1.0>.

====<span style="font-size: 13px; color: rgb(64,64,64); line-height: 19px; font-family: arial; border-collapse: collapse; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; webkitborderhorizontalspacing: 2px; webkitborderverticalspacing: 2px;">OUT-LAW News, Mark B. "Music industry has 'strong case' against LimeWire | OUT-LAW.COM." __OUT-LAW.COM: IT and e-commerce legal advice and support__. 14 Jan. 2009. 08 May 2009 []. ====
 * Works Cited- Matt Mifka**