Can you justify downloading films and music online for free?
I have a lot of people that are very close to me in the recording industry and no, it is not ok to download media for free that is copyrighted. Really it is no different than stealing a CD out of a store. A LOT of hard work and many, many, many hours and countless sleepless nights go into making music. Most artists out there are not the billionaire Jay-Z’s of the world.. in fact most people would be really suprised to see how little mosts artists get paid considering what kind of work they do. Would you want to work 100 hours a week for months and months just to not get paid for it? I think not. The fact of the matter is that if the work has a copyright – then you are stealing.. just the same as shoplifting. Oh and FYI for anyone who uses Limewire (I saw the answer above that says how awesome Limewire is) – my sister got the PANTS sued off of her for downloading music off of Limewire. She’ll be paying for that for a loooooooooooooong time to come… so unless you think that paying fine
