Music Piracy
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Music Piracy
Williams Pg. 1
I am against music piracy communities like Napster because they take hard earned money away from music artist. The music industry has cheated recording artists for years. According to Scot Hacker ( the author of the book MP3: The Definitive Guide) there are two sides to the pirate scene. There is theory and there is reality. Those on the side of theory believe that because the recording industry has mistreated recording artist for nearly a century by underpaying them, ignoring real talent, and over charging their fans, that artist can reclaim control over distribution and production by the use of MP3.
Those on the side of Reality know that there are few web sites on the internet like MP3.com that give unsigned artist a chance to become famous.
The reality is that the majority of downloaded music on the internet is illegally pirated copies of copyrighted music. The Pew Internet & American Life Project have results of the Internet Tracking Reports on MP3 music traffic...