Apple Inc. and Apple Corps have decided to kiss and make up. The terms of the settlement are confidential ( Apple Inc. will own all of the trademarks related to "Apple" and will license a portion of those trademarks back to Apple Corps for their continued use). Hint hint - it may be a very special Valentine’s Day for Beatles fans on iTunes.
However, if you’re in college, you might not care that Sargent Pepper’s could soon be available for “legal” download (not to mention Beatles demos, outtakes, previously unreleased songs - I'm getting goosebumps already) . Multiple studies still show that college students have no ethical issues with illegal downloading, etc. So, how do we fix this? How do we get a generation/culture to understand, stealing is not cool? Should we offer stiffer penalties, community service or jail time - can we force them to attend a Mariah Carey concert?
Seriously… can these people be saved?
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A random informal survey of the students in the MCCNM 101 Media and Society class found this:
98% of students are involved in illegal downloading of music. Regarding their knowledge of whether it was illegal or not, 60% said they realized it was illegal, but did it anyway.
Those who argued that music should be consumed for free, suggested that it can be a great marketing tool for the artist, as it might interest the consumer in eventually purchasing music or attending concerts. Others realize that artists put great effort into their music and not getting financially compensated is not right.
WORKING PAST INTERNET FILE-SHARING FRUSTRATING
[SOURCE: C-Net|News.com, AUTHOR: Les Ottolenghi, Intent MediaWorks]
[Commentary] Once media-hungry consumers get a taste of free music, video and games through file sharing, there's no turning back. File sharing offers consumers the complete package: rich media delivered directly to their computers, phones and e-mail addresses at no charge. Why would anyone want to return to a linear distribution system that requires more effort, more money and more limitations? The future of music is peer-to-peer file sharing. Consumers have opted out of the old system, which they found cumbersome, slow and expensive. They will never return.
http://news.com.com/Working+past+Internet+file-sharing+frustration/2010-1025_3-6157343.html?tag=html.alert
I DONT THINK IT IS STEALING!!!! Ohhh those poor multi-million dollar artists... Should we feel sorry. Last week I had to count pennies to buy tampons. I LOVE MUSIC (rap especially), and I vaguely remember when artists just wanted to be heard. Now they want a second mansion on top of killer celeb status? Hahaha funny guys. I probably shouldn't be saying this since my career goal in an A&R but I think all the money is leading to a rush to create/promote/distribute albums. Anything for a quick buck right? There has been an inevitable consequence.... THE MUSIC SUCKS! There are so many talented rapper and DJs and musicians out there, but when 'anybody' can get 15 minutes we get swamped with too much choice. This, in turn, encourages illegal downloading. Why buy a whole album if (1) the only song you've heard off of it plays 45 times a day on FM (except REV they're hard) and (2) You're pretty sure most the songs are garbage. Somebody needs to enforce PRODUCT QUALITY, I volunteer. Until these albums become worth the $20+ they cost... I say way to beat the system.
MCCNM 101
When I hear a song I really like on the radio, but I do not want to pay 15 bucks for the whole CD, I will download that song. However, if it is an artist I really enjoy, then I will buy the entire CD. Times are changing and I don't think there is anyway to stop the illegal downloading. It is here to stay. Even with the downloading artists are still managing to make millions. I agree with Jen when she said it is a great marketing tool. When I download a song I searh for other songs by that artist and eventually tour dates.
Downloading music is not a crime and should not be considered one. I believe that most people who own a computer have downloaded music, knowing it was illegal or not. Personally, I know if there are only a few good songs on a cd, i'm not going to go out a buy a $14 CD if i can download those few good tracks on the net, its not worth it.
I know of a few people who "illegally download" or file share. I find them both to be wrong and unfair. I buy my music fair and share off of iTunes. I think of it this way; you go to work to get paid, so do the artist. And their paycheck is coming from us. Wouldn’t you be mad to go into work and find out that your working hard for free? And to think that the "muli million dollar artist" doesn’t need the money is almost a shame to say. We are paying for their talents.
But for those who do illegally download, it might not be that they just don’t care, but because it is made so easy. A free internet site called Limewire takes seconds to download to your computer and before you know it music is being shared from person to person. There is no problem with sharing it, unless the original provider never paid. Look at it now millions of people have then not paid for their music. And with audio files being exactly the same no matter how many times you copy or share, stealing music, videos and games is made way to easy. iTunes has tried to solve this with some music having a limited number of times you can send and let another iPod have your music. Problem with that is, you can simply burn a cd...now what? Music is still free and easy to steal.
But to stop this process of free music is obviously too hard for music companies to try and stop, otherwise something would have already been done.
Downloading music has been made so easy that I don't understand why people wouldn't. It's as easy as typing in the name and 3 minutes later you have the song loaded on to your mp3 player.Without having to pay the $15 to buy an album with only 1 r 2 sons you enjoy. I don't think it's wrong as long as someone paid for it at the beginning.
It's sort of funny but I didn't actually know that it was illegal to download songs for free onto an IPod or MP3 player. But the only reason why I didn't know is only because I know how easy it is to do it. Why would something illegal be so easy to get away with is my biggest question. Other than that I think that it should be made harder to do and if you do get caught at least have to do community service or something minor like that to get the point across that it is illegal and not going to be tolerated. However the funny thing is that a long time ago when there weren't CDs and only cassette tapes, it wasn't illegal to hear a new song on the radio and record it on one of those tapes. Yet the song was in your possession and you didn't have to buy the album, so why is it such a big deal now that technology has just gotten fancier.
I believe that illegal song downloading is unethical but necessary to cause a shift in the paradigm to music industry holds. The musicians only get a percentage of the royalities of a song which is usually less than what the record company there signed to gets. If there was a more fair way of compensating everyone involved in creating music, I would be more willing to pay for music. I feel that illegal downloaders are like modern day Robin Hoods, causing the RIAA to sit up and take notice. Until we as a society come to an agreement of how much a song is really worth and make the record companies understand that as well, illegal downloading will continue.
Im sorry to tell the world this but illegal downloading will never stop. College kids today are from the stone of the napster days.Giving the fact that napster wasnt the greatest in quality and speed it was a place where "friends" traded thier music like the days of making a tape for your friend. With techology growing everyday coders and hackers will always have a step on big time corperate companies.Thus making illegal downloading widly available and making people feel that its "ok."
I feel that "illegal" downloading isnt that big of a deal. I feel that true musicans love the fact that they are being heard and their music is being appreciated. I feel that college students have no shame and problems with downloading music of the internet due to the fact that we rather would just downlaod songs we want to here and not albums. I feel that there could be no way to truely fix the problem of "Illegal" downloading unless eceryone that does it goes to jail and fined, and I believe that any and all punishments for downloading a song is severe.
I don't have any ethical issues when it comes to downloading music for free. The artists make millions of dollars and if they really had a problem with illegal downloading, they have millions of dollars to help them fight it. They could file huge lawsuits, but they don't because enough people attend their concerts and obtain their music legally. They get more money than they know what to do with. In this age, the internet is limitless. Who wants to buy a cd and walk around with a bulky cd player? Those days are just over. Illegal downloading will never stop unless the internet is stopped.
Joann Babbitt
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