Downloading Music: Is it right or wrong?

Ok. This is for my Mass Communication and Society class. I have to write about how I feel about the music industry and if it is right or wrong when downloading music illegally. I would have to say that most people I know download the music on sites that are free, so they will have the music and not have to pay a penny for it. I think that it is unfair for the music industry to get ripped off, and not get paid for their hard work. If I was working and didn’t get paid for it, then I would be pretty mad and upset about it too! But I also think that the prices for one song need to be less than the 1.00 that Itunes charges. People don’t want to pay a ton to get songs, and I don’t want to as well. People want to listen to the songs but these songs come and go, and they don’t want something that isn’t really going to last long. I think that if the prices were cheaper then more people would be willing to pay for them. If prices stay at what they are currently at, then the music industry will continue to get ripped off. I think that it is very easy for people to get music offline illegally as well. They can find it quick, and in the next second it’s downloaded, and then they’re listening to it on their Ipod. Most people enjoy downloading their music offline because they don’t have to buy the artists whole CD. They can get the song they want and not all the others.

            It’s interesting because I am listening to my Ipod while I am writing this. Some of my music is from CD’s I had in high school, and some my sister has downloaded on the computer. I’m not the type to download music because my sisters usually do it, and they usually have the song downloaded on the computer before I go to download it. I just plug my Ipod into the same computer, and then I’ve got them all on my Ipod too. The music that she has on her Ipod was just copied onto my Ipod. So is this a form of illegal downloading? When you add the song you bought to two different Ipods? What if you bought it already? Don’t you own the song since you bought it? It is definitely interesting to think about….