AGAINST MUSIC PIRACY

Paul Kelly CIS1055.001

Music Piracy

Music Piracy File Sharing Peer-to-Peer History of illegal music Downloads

Popular forms of illegal downloading

Limewire Gnutella Napster The Pirate Bay BitTorrent Fast Track Kazaa

Breakdown of Legal Online Music purchase

40%

30%

8%

10%

12%

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Controversy

The internet and music Copy Rights Illegal downloading of music Artists Cut Quality of Music

Against Music Piracy Argument RIAA Copy Right infringement Quality of Music Artist thoughts…

"Record companies, publishers, radio stations, retailers, artists and others in our industry must take a very strong position against the stealing of our writing and music or else those writings and music will become as cheap as the garbage in the streets.“

Stevie Wonder As an artist who has dedicated his life to music and the

music business, I have seen what illegal music copying has done and continues to do to new and established musicians. I understand why people download music, but for me and my fellow artists, this is our livelihood. When you make an illegal copy, you're stealing from the artist. It’s that simple. Every single day we're out here pouring our hearts and souls into making music for everyone to enjoy. What if you didn’t get paid for your job? Put yourself in our shoes!“

Sean “P.Diddy” Combs

Artist Opinions

CD’s vs. Digital Downloads

Work Cited

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"What the Artists and Songwriters have to say." Musicunited.org. Web. 15 Nov. 2009. <http://www.musicunited.org/3_artists.html>.sfdgsdfg