MP3 Downloading

MP3 downloading

 

MP3 downloading has become a huge issue for the music industry. It first started with the creation of a new music format file called MP3. This Latter reduces the size of any sound file (such as .wav) without alterating the sound quality and and therefore it is much easier to handle and is more likely to be uploaded/downloaded. Then came napster, the most infamous peer to peer program. This free software allows any user from the world to exchange MP3 files at a relatively fast rate. No need to spend cash for an album anymore, you can now just download it for free. As for as I am concern, I m going to take position wether it’s fair or not to illegally download MP3 files by analysing both sides :

From the users point of view …

… and the industry and its artist points of view.

So on one hand, internet has become a rich source of information nowadays. You can now find anything you want from information, music, video, software and even people. What makes internet a powerfull tool is its diversity and i believe it’s a shame to limit its capacity. Above all, I believe it’s ridiculous to make someone pay an insanely high fee for downloading. 250 000 dollars and 3 years of prison is way above reasonable. If you need to penalize someone, choose the right way at least. Paying is not the only option. You could for exemple take away one’s driving licence for a temporary moment or even a simple warning would’ve been enough. A second warning would then be the high ticket fee. I believe it’s a more appropriate méthode of warning and threatening by saying «  Okay, we got ya, if you do it a second time, you’ll be in big trouble ».

In this very room, who hasn’t download any thing illegaly ? Do you think you deserve to pay this much ? How about those cops… Do you honestly think that no-one never ever downloaded anything illegal ? And you’re going to let them arrest you for something they’ve done?

On the other hand, we all got to remember that our favorite artist is living out of his song. Eventhough the temptation, we have to remember that downloading can be interpretated as stealing. Would you steal a bag from a old defenseless woman ? No huh… As for me… I never really download anything because it’s too much of a hassle to find the right site. They always change their adresse and so on. But if I had the opportunity to download illegaly, I would think twice.

I believe the downloading issue is to big to be handled especially by the police. Hackers are always a step ahead. They even have developped a way to download without getting caught : IP-blocker. The only way the downloading issue can be resolve is with some self discipline.