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Music has been enjoyed for decades now. From records to CDs and now online streaming music is available on the brink of our fingerprints thanks to the internet.
Spotify, Tidal and Sound cloud are some of the most well known music platforms. These platforms come with a monthly fee of consuming music or a free version which allows the user to listen to music without paying but there are restrictions. However with the help of internet music can be easily obtained through no purchase at all. Music Piracy has been on the rise ever since when Napster was created. Napster allowed users to download songs for free.
This causes an ethical dilemma because music is seen as intellectual property copyrighted by the producers. Is downloading music really theft of property? According to an article by Christian Barry, he splits the debate into two sides. Many musicians copyright their music in order to protect their rights from music piraters. Therefore these musicians are protected by the law. Looking at Virtue Ethics of music piraters.
They use music to support their personal gain. While music sharing does undermine CD sales it can positively effect conumers. According to Teleological ethics, its consequences are very negligible. When looking at a typical artist who makes music they are well compensated for their music. However more profit goes toward the record labels who own the rights of the music. Barry 3. These were people who also said that they download music regularly.
Their response as to why they continue to compromise their integrity was based on the fact that they did not feel that the record labels or the individual artists themselves were actually being adversely affected. In their minds, their downloading and sharing of this music is only helping the music industry, especially up-and-coming bands who are trying to develop a name for themselves. Music was very successful back in the past but now is being loss by music piracy.
Napster has been accused of illegal acts because it does provide copyrighted music. They have to take away peoples jobs to recover from the loss of the billions of dollars due to illegal downloading. With losing all that money they can not pay the employees to work. What do you think about free music downloading?
Do you think it should be allowed or not? It is also based on how the music file-sharing is affecting the success of music industry negatively. While McArdle is persuasive when she claims that music file-sharing is not benefiting the music industry and the entertainment industry financially, I also see that there is a lack of solid evidence to back up her argument, which complicates this issue.
Some people love it and some people hate it. Musicians feel they need to be paid for people listening to their music and the average downloader feels there is no harm in downloading a few songs. Are there positives aspects of downloading music for free for musicians? Are there negative aspects of downloading music for the average person? The public has been quick to blame these musicians for violence in the United States.
People are calling for government regulations in the form of ratings, warnings, edited material, and even bans on such allegedly offensive music.
But how far is too far? Should the government regulate what should rightfully be the responsibility - and the right - of parents or guardians?
It cannot be denied that there is an excess of violence in today's music.
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