Finally I have found some information on how some artists feel and how some of the downloading sites feel on this subject.Lars Ulrich is the drummer for Metallica, a heavy metal band, talks about how he feels. He said that it is his work and he should be rewarded for it and he should pick what happens to it and how it should be distributed.He compares his work to that of a carpenter. He says if a carpenter makes a table then it is his choice if he wants to sell it, keep it or just give it away. This is a good point because if you make something it is your spot to decide what should happen to it. He says this is just like music artists, they made the music so they should be able to decide what should happen to it. The rapper Dr. Dre agrees with him and in April of 2000 they took Napster to court for copyright infringement(is the unauthorized use of material that is covered by copyright law). Napster is a web site that allows you to get fies offline without paying for it and allows you to share it with other people.In court Napster's head(Hank Barry) states that his website is actually helping the music industry because by letting people sample the music it will make them want to buy the album. I disagree with this because if people are going to download the music offline then they already have it and there is no point to buy it. And if they do want the CD then all they have to do is go to the store and buy a pack of blank Cd's. So in my opinion that website is not helping the music industry. Some ideas that i have to help is maybe we could let those sites have the music on them but instead of having the whole song, just have like a quarter of the actually song. then if people like that part of the song then they will want to buy the CD to listen to the rest of the song and album. Or maybe since allot of people just buy blank Cd's to put there own music on, maybe a percentage of the sales of blank Cd's could go to the music industry. Those are just a few ideas and I'm sure that if people just sat down to think about the situation that they could actually think about more ideas or more effective ideas.
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" Rock Musicians Warn Legislators of Internet Piracy Peril." The New York Times (2000):
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Good point about the blank Cd's Mike. But it's almost like both sides are right in that music can cost too much, but if you work, you want to be rewarded for it. What would you think if you were an artist?
The cost of a CD is worth it if you really want the music. Take that hit in the wallet. Downloading music isn't cool. It can bring viruses to your computer. The risk is not worth the reward.
You bring up a very good point if I was in the music business I would be mad as well. why should i do all this work and not get paid. I like your idea that these music download site should only be able to give you a sample of the song instead of the whole thing.
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