One of the sources for my "Crossfire" paper is an interview with a current student at American Universtiy, that wishes to remain anonymous. When talking to this student about file sharing and downloading music on the internet, he responded to the following questions as follows:
Q: Did you ever download music from a file-sharing program, where you did not pay for the music?
A: Yes. I used all of the programs: Kazaa, Limewire, Morphious, Aires, and others.
Q: Did you download more than 1,000 songs illgeually?
A: No, never from more than one program.
Q: Do you know that you were breaking the law when you were downloading the music?
A: Yes. I continued to download the music because it was free, and I could get it on demand.
Q: Did you ever sell any of the music you downloaded for free?
A: No, Never; therefore I never felt like I was doing anything wrong.
This interview is with a student that used to download music illegally, but has since started using Napster, where he now pays for all of his music that he downloads. This is one of the sources I will use to argue for the right to file sharing.
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file sharing, while amazing for those doing it, is ruining the record industry. Not to sound like a douchebag, lars ulrich comes to mind, selling their songs is how musicians make money and to deprive them of any profits from their craft is just wrong.
File sharing is great for music - really helps since cd's only have one or two great songs at best. Love itunes.
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