Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Music Piracy
I plan to do my research project on the evolution of music piracy. I hope to cover how music piracy has contributed to the decrease in value of the music industry as a whole. I would also like to describe how the digital age has encouraged major labels such as Atlantic Records to embrace the new age of music online rather than attempting to fight it, as they have in the past with lawsuits such as the infamous Napster case. I will cover the various legislation that has been put in place to avoid music piracy (as unsuccessful as it has been), as well as the recent transformation that Limewire has made.
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I am taking a class called Computer Ethics, and we talk about things like music piracy. It is a really interesting topic. Have fun !
ReplyDeleteYes, I think this is an interesting topic as well. Music piracy has been going on for years and no one is close to even stopping it. And while it continues, the music industry's sales is going down every year. Good topic!
ReplyDeleteMusic piracy and copyright issues have been a big problem to the music industry to a point of destroying it. Most consumers will no longer go out and buy a CD anymore, rather we would just download it from the internet. Of course, these actions are illegal but in some way, almost each one of us are doing it and owns some of the stolen music. It is pretty much hard to stop music piracy in today's digital market. The downloads of pirated music are still growing, the question is is it too late to fight priacy?
ReplyDeleteI think music piracy is a problem that will never die out. It's up to the record studios and artists to find a way to fix this problem. I am curious how much CD sales are down from lets say 2000 until now? It must be a dramatic decrease. I think they believe that all this piracy will end soon, but it won't. People have gotten into the groove of getting music for free. The only way, I think, to prevent this is to find some way to digitally sell their songs, other than iTunes, and to track each song with ID numbers. Best way to stop a problem is to find its source.
ReplyDeleteThe problem is that the internet isn't nationally divided. You can access a site in the UK from a computer in the U.S. It's so hard to control with legislation because well, if someone creates a P2P website in India, they can't be held accountable for breaking a law in a totally different country (correct me if I'm wrong). I hope to examine how major labels and artists are attempting to make the digital age a positive era for music, rather than a destructive one. Piracy is probably never going to disappear, you disband one site and a month later another one pops up, but it's how they choose to move forward for the future that will make the difference.
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