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Music and movies are very entertaining in America, but prices of CD’s and DVD’s are rising nowadays. ... ) are an easy way to access music and movies but they may also come with a price to pay. Music recording and movie producing companies are trying to crack down on people who download music and movies through file-sharing networks. ... “People should be able to download music and movies with a descent fee, but should not face serious criminal penalties.” People should fight back, and defend their rights to privacy, file sharing networks should take more responsibility, and music and movie industries should stop suing people for downloading music and movies. ... Through a survey from the PEW project survey online, 35 million teenagers and adults said they download music or movies online and 26 million said they share files online. The downloading population increased form 30 million to 35 million from 2001 to 2003. ... Music artists and movie producers are soon to go into court with 2 file sharing network companies. (PEW Internet Project Survey”)
The millions of Americans who download music and movies have a lot to say about why it should be made legal. ... Many teens feel that file-sharing networks are free and convenient, but are not too concerned about downloading lawsuits. ... 65% of the people today don’t care if the music or movies are copyrighted. (“PEW Internet Project Survey”) Teens and adults feel that the music recording and movie publishing companies should lower the prices of CD’s and DVDs if they want more people to purchase them. ... “They are picking on kids, hoping their parents will go crazy and scream at their children for downloading something that the RIAA said is illegal. ... They proposed ideas of licensing music with a small fee. (“File sharing networks fight back”) Grokster and Streamcast use their technology not only for downloading music and movies, but for academic uses also.
Approximate Word count = 1585
Approximate Pages = 6.3
(250 words per page double spaced)
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