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Ruining The Music Industry

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Although, there may be various reasons people see downloading music as theft, they do not understand the actual benefit for the musician and the consumers. Certain industries blame the availability of downloading music for ruining the music industry. In an article by Stephen Seigel, he claims that “music-sharing programs have reduced music to its purest form” (“Nipping at Napster”). Being able to receive free music from Napster, decreases the beauty of music since downloading does not come with the photos, as CDs do. This causes people to separate the actual meaning of the music from the package, which furthers people away from the artist’s message. People will now focus on going to their nearby stores to buy hard drives, or CDs, just to download …show more content…

When someone downloads a song, they do not stop the industry/artist from selling more CDs, or albums. So, as Promiscuous was being downloaded for people’s right to entertainment, it kept it’s number one position on the Billboard. It is the difference between taking a copy, and making a copy. In an article from Forbes, Erin Jacobson explains how Spotify is similar to Napster, with the same legal issues and lawsuits. Jacobson states that “Pandora and similar services are classified as non-interactive services because a user cannot choose to listen to a specific song on demand” (“How Spotify”). Basically, industries become upset that people want to choose to play their music, but consider it stealing, when these services are giving the artist credit, just like people do when citing an article they will use in their essay. Now, it could be a bit difficult for individuals to have the same satisfaction as before, when listening to music, knowing they do not get to choose what they listen to. The sales and money that services will acquire depends on how pleased the rest of the world is with their music

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