Illegal+Music+Download+Alternatives

**__ A Page Made by: Anthony Capelli and Juan Ortiz __**

The music industry is suffering, and many of us are at fault. The objective of this page is to talk about alternatives. Alternatives to how we obtain our music, alternatives to the way the nation is handling the situation, and alternatives to ways minor groups, such as universities, are handling the situation. Hopefully, this site can provide detailed information to inform our reader about the issue of piracy, how it is being handled, and how we can avoid committing this crime. -Anthony Capelli __** Alternatives To Downloading Pirated Music ** __  There are many people out there who are willing to pay for music, and who want to follow the law, but just don’t want to buy a whole album. There all many alternative. Let’s say someone wanted just one or two songs off an album but disliked the rest of it. They can go to an online music store like iTunes and Amazon, and down single tracks for a dollar or less. Plus, with music stores competing, it’s bound to become cheaper. In the past year, album sales have gone down like never before. But music as a whole is not going down. Stores like Wal-Mart, iTunes, and Amazon, all have online music stores that provide CD quality music for less money. Also, it makes it easier for everyone to follow the law. -Anthony Capelli Nowadays, it seems like there can never be an album that has quality music on every track. So why would anyone want to pay $13 for one? Online music stores make it easy to download CD quality music (track by track) for less, and follow the law. This is a very good article for a research project because it gives readers an alternative. In my paper, I would constantly be telling the reader not to download music illegally, but I need to give them an alternative. This article provided me an excellent alternative that would catch many peoples’ attention. - Anthony Capelli  

**__How Other Countries Are Handling This Issue __** 

 Music piracy isn’t only a problem in the United States. This common crime in Mexico is rapidly increasing and the Mexican government has a plan. They plan to have ISP’s warn copyright offenders. If they offenders oblige, there is no problem. If they disagree, they could have their Internet service suspended or cancelled. This would prevent the offenders from committing the crime again. Unlike the United States government, the Mexican government would not fine anyone or throw anyone in jail for the crime of piracy. -Anthony Capelli

Personally, I think that Mexico is handling the problem the right way. Many people commit piracy, so it is wrong to crack down on random offenders. A warning is the way to go. If they fail to oblige, they deserve to have their Internet service suspended or cancelled, but never fined or thrown in jail. If I wrote a research paper on the issue, I would recommend that the United States government cracks down on piracy the same way Mexico plans to. -Anthony Capelli  

**__<span style="font-size: 18pt; color: #808080; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; background-color: #800000; msobidifontsize: 11.0ptmso-fareast-font-family;">How Universities Are Handling The Issue __** The music industry is suffering, and the fact that “everyone does it”, will no longer be taken as an excuse. As unfair as it may sound, the music industry has no choice but to crack down on those who download pirated music. Sarah Bourland, a student at TCU, had only downloaded 133 songs and faced a $3,000 fine. The music industry understands that this is unfair, but it is in desperate need of the money and needs to teach others a lesson. They hope that if a person is punished, others will see and switch to downloading music the legal way. Until then, random people will continue to take the hit for all people who download pirated music. -Anthony Capelli

I live a very music orientated life and hope to one-day work in the music industry, so I understand the industry’s pain. Although, I have to disagree with the way they are fining people who download pirated music. Instead of just fining random people who have committed the crime of piracy, look for the ones who abuse the policy. If someone downloads only 133 songs, there is no need to fine them. Locate someone who has downloaded 50,000 songs, and fine that person. That way, the music industry is still collecting the money it needs, and the people who have committed the crime of piracy many times receive the proper punishment. This article greatly supports my topic of “music downloads”. It talks about the dangers of downloading pirated music and what can become of someone who commits the crime. It relates to many peoples’ lives because many people download pirated music and it would help society if they were educated on the topic. If everyone understood the damage to the music industry, and the danger they could be getting themselves into, perhaps they would start downloading music legally. -Anthony Capelli

Students at Penn State are paying a plan with Napster to get music for a $1 a song and then add whatever the amount is after the end of the semester to their tuition plan. This is legal and also bringing back the newly revived Napster. 16% percent of piracy that is reported comes from campuses. This idea is spreading towards other colleges and influencing that all should add this plan with their semester tuition. Since the music is not compatible with the iPod it is not very liked and to top that it is not able to used with Mac either, only for PC. Yet while the numbers are growing they are not big compared to the ones who are not agreeing and continuing to illegally download music. There are many students who still think that downloading music for free is right rather than being legal. -Juan Ortiz

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