had touched on how people are making a hobby of illegally downloading music. I found an article by Amy Adkins titled How Does Illegally Downloading Music Impact the Music Industry. She touches on a few subjects of how illegally downloading music directly affects the music industry. She opens up the article stating that 30 billion songs were illegally downloaded between 2004 and 2009 which is a staggering statistic. Napster came out in 1999 and was a free file sharing website where people were getting music illegally. Themusic industry has loss $12.5 billion due to the availability of free music. Some people have been taken to court for being found downloading illegally. In her article Adkins reveals that due to the illegal downloading of music
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There are many reasons for increasing the illegal downloading for music in the last years.
The technology development of computer and communication led to increase the illegal downloading of digital multimedia (e.g. music). In general, there is no change in the behavior of buyers, but starting of internet network and uprising of computerized systems, result in latest rise in piracy.The digital revolution has been one of the most important causes in control of piracy. As the arrival of the digital revolution, it has become not difficult to copy digital information without losing in its features. One more significant cause has been the introduction of the Internet, a commercial Internet protocol that has basically opened the front gate to low cost worldwide sharing. A third facilitator has been the fast growth of high speed internet. Developments in broadband technology have permitted people to upload and download enormous files fast. The existence of these three causes has become a 'perfect storm' for illegal downloading. As a result this could considerably destroy market progression and sustainability of companies. (Sudler, 2013).
Another reason for increase the number of illegal downloading there is no global obligation within the countries to control the online piracy. For example, China has website named Baidu, largest search engine site in China, remains to provide a facility of sharing widespread music (Young, 2011, cited from Sudler, 2013). Other countries such as
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Effects of Illegal Downloading on the Music Industry Illegal downloading is commonly known as piracy, it describe that the steeling music from artists, songwriters, musicians, record label employees and others whose hard work and great talent who make music possible. Nowadays, downloading music is available for everyone on internet. However, it is still illegal. Downloading music on internet is what most people are doing because they do not have to pay, and they can choose only the songs they want to have. Unlike CDs which we have the whole album which might contain the songs that we do not want to listen to, plus we have to pay for it. However, it is not always a good thing, it might be good for the people who download the music, but...show more content...
These claims included accusations that Napster was response for allowing users to infringe upon existing copyrights and were even encouraging users to download unlicensed copyrighted materials. When the recording industry won this landmark lawsuit, Napster stopped offering their file sharing services to users, and soon their company failed. The Institute for Policy Innovation make a conclusion that global music piracy causes $12.5 billion of economic losses every year, 71,060 U.S. jobs lost, a loss of $2.7 billion in workers' earnings, and a loss of $422 million in tax revenues, $291 million in personal income tax and $131 million in lost corporate income and production taxes. Today, most people who download music illegally do it by using new peer–to–peer networks like BitTorrent. The BitTorrent protocol is for of handling a lot of data very quickly and is very popular for people who upload and download copies of movies and television programs that have no license. In more recent years, dozens of major record labels and Hollywood studios have begun offering legal videos and tracks through BitTorrent in order to distribute their content on their own terms and avoid the pirating of their content. The Institute for Policy Innovation concludes that global music piracy causes $12.5 billion of economic losses
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Downloading Copyright Music: Legal or Illegal Illegally downloading music of the internet for free is a huge controversy in this day and age. Many people fight that the music was bought at one time so they are not hurting anyone. Companies and musicians on the other hand, have a different view about downloading this music for free. They argue that have made this music and people are downloading it off the internet instead of buying it from a store. Sales in the music industry have gone down as a result, a twenty percent loss globally since 1999. The music industry is suffering greatly from people downloading music off the internet, so are the musicians who make their living from selling their music, and if you do download music do you...show more content...
A new cd that you wanted just came out so you decide "I will just download it off the internet what is the worst that can happen, if anything at all?" Well the truth is if you get caught downloading or uploading music protected by copyright there are some major consequences. Consequences for downloading this music can be as high as three in prison and up to 250,000 dollars in fines. That is just for a first time offended, the second time you get caught you may face imprisonment of six years and be fined 150,000 dollars per song protected by copyright. For college students that are caught on their campus downloading this music can even be disciplined by their university. This punishment varies between schools but can range from a simple warning to expulsion. As of March 2004 some two–thousand people have been sued by the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) for illegally downloading this copyrighted music. Downloading copyrighted music off the internet affects the music industry, and the musician, plus if you do not know the consequences of downloading this music why download it; would you jump into murky water with out knowing what is in there? Some may argue that they only download some songs to see if they want to buy the cd, but if you already download the entire cd then what is the chance you are going to go out and buy the same songs you have. The Christmas season is coming up and this year instead of just being cheap and Get
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Imagine an individual pouring every fiber of their being into something that they treasured and yielded great passion for. Now imagine the product of that person's intensive work being stolen right out from under them by a complete stranger that they will never meet. This is the gut wrenching case that filmmakers face with illegal movie downloads. The fact is that movies are not only the collective work and effort of just a filmmaker, but rather the joint endeavor of many people. In the film industry, illicit movie downloads not only hinder the efficacy of diligence and commerce, but they also deter legitimate services that contribute to the original creators of creative works, thwart societies' traditional values of movie screening,...show more content...
Despite the argument that some may yeild, that there are plenty of running movie theaters, it is evident that a move away from classical old time traditions leads down a new pathway in cinematic viewing experiences. If this is the case, then the entire future of the film industry and how society views it can drastically differ in a negative manner. Along with a move in a different direction of making film an outing and event comes many consequences; most of which are a negative outlook for enthusiasts and professionals in the film industry. In taking a step farther from old time traditions, society moves into a digital age with an entirely divergent economy than that of the drive–in movie era's market. While one can argue that there are many advantages towards society moving into a digital age because of the advances in certain fields like science and medicine, one can also argue that there are many downsides to the advances of technology in fields like literature and the arts. Technology provides access of information at the tips of anyone's fingertips, and with that amount of power can come a great amount of dangers, like having the ease and ability to steal movies at the drop of a hat. Even though technology provides innumerable amounts of information which can be vastly beneficial for society, like all fine resources, something that is made for just causes can rapidly and forcefully turn into an terrible source that holds awful consequences. This is
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The Problem of Illegal Movie Downloads Essay
The Effects of Music Downloading
Klinton Fletcher 4–14–14
Comp II
The Effect of Music Downloading on the Music Industry
The music industry faces major effects with illegal downloading of music. So many people today are trying to find the cheapest way to get their favorite music, by their favorite artist, so they can listen to them from their phones or mp3 players; therefore, it is reducing the amount of music that will hit the market. There are many new devices and technology that are used to download music illegally that makes it harder on the music industry. Illegal music downloads lower the revenue and profits because they potentially change the structure of the industry. Illegal downloading can affect the artists because they are not getting paid for their talent and songs they have written. The music industry has a problem with advanced technology that is allowing people to obtain music for free. I found that CDs are not the best source of income anymore. CDs are still one of the leaders in the music industry; even passing the increasingly online music downloads. Nevertheless, the sales of CDs have dropped millions and were sold in 2008, which was down almost 20 percent from the previous year, about 84 percent of all album purchases were CDs, and 90 percent the year before that. Music downloading websites have gained a share of the sales for the industry. Since the era of downloads; the music industry has spent millions of dollars to stop illegal downloads. With portable Mp3 players, Mp3 Get
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Lisa Abberger Dr. Claire Roof Abberger 1 English 111 03B 04 Sept. 2013 Is the Music Industry in a Crisis? In Elaine's McArdle's essay "Up on downloading," three Harvard Law school Professors William Fisher III, Charles Nesson and Jonathan Zittrain come together to discuss solutions for illegal downloading of music. In this essay,the music industry claims it has a money crisis. (McArdle 1) I think perhaps it is really a marketing and a technology issue. The music industry has so many more resources now then it has ever had in the past. One of its biggest resource is Itunes. This should be a great resource to market and sell music. The music industry should not have any type of money problems. The industry needs to use...show more content...
I believe that music industry needs to come to terms with changing technology and change their way of doing business. They will not be successful till they use technology to their advantage. Marketing also plays an important role in the music industry. An example of good marketing Itunes currently does is gives free downloads of songs here and there. If this is an artist I have never heard of and I like the song I will look up other music by that artist and down load songs that I may have never Abberger 4 downloaded. I think Illegal downloading will continue unless the music industry makes some drastic changes. Abberger 5 Works Cited McArdle, Elaine. "Up on Downloading." Harvard Law Bulletin 2008. Print Retrieved on August 22,2013.
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MEDIA@LSE Electronic MSc Dissertation Series
Compiled by Dr. Bart Cammaerts and Dr. Nick Anstead
Why pay if it's free? Streaming, downloading, and digital music consumption in the "iTunes era"
Theodore Giletti, MSc in Media & Communications
Other dissertations of the series are available online here: http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/media@lse/mediaWorkingPapers/
Dissertation submitted to the Department of Media and Communications, London School of Economics and Political Science, August 2011, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the MSc in Media & Communications. Supervised by Dr. Bingchun Meng.
Published by Media@LSE, London School of Economics and Political Science ("LSE"), Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE. The...show more content...
These trends are not confined to European or American music markets. Baidu, China's largest online search company, recently signed a deal with rights holders to license music on its website for both free download and streaming (Hille, 2011). The surge in popularity has led some to believe that the digital music market represents the recording industry's next sustainable business model, along with diversification into live events and merchandise. However, relatively little is understood about the consumer who uses a combination of legal and illegal sources to acquire music a la carte. In the decade prior to the Internet, the music industry was relatively healthy overall with worldwide sales peaking in 1998 (Baym, 2010). Since then, peer–to–peer (P2P) networks such as Napster have contributed to the decline in sales of CDs. There is some disagreement about the extent to which file sharing has negatively impacted the recording; however, evidence points to copyright infringement as a significant factor. The digitalization of music effectively removed the industry's monopoly on high–quality reproduction so that illegal copies were of equal standard to the original (May, 2007). Concomitantly, the intangible nature of digital music has resulted in new consumption practices. Efforts to counter digital piracy have primarily used legal mechanisms to dismantle P2P networks and prosecute file sharers. More
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Why suing college students for illegal downloading is right. Today, the world is a global village; increasing the use of Internet, and technology has created a huge impact in our day–to–day living. It is straightforward to download free music from the Internet. People have unlimited access to various website that offer free download on just about anything you wish for, without been a member on such sites. It is about the suing of students for illegal downloading with the hope that it would increase the advent of the anti–copying culture. Why suing college students for illegal downloading is right? This is a controversial topic with advantages and disadvantages.
Firstly, before suing students the government should shut down websites and blog pages that give this student access to the music files. Suing students because of illegal downloading won't be effective if these sites are still up and running. The main culprits are thefile sharing networks that give students access to download music from the internet. The best way to stop illegal downloading will be to shut down the file sharing networks. Tracking down individuals and filing lawsuits against different individuals across so many college campuses is unrealistic; it may also result in innocent students being wrongly accused of committing the crime. Not only is it unrealistic, but filing law suits on every student found guilty might cost the industry more money. If the music sales have dropped due to copyright,
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At the dawn of the internet, many things such as books and text became obsolete, due to insufficient monitoring of internet activity and sites. Individuals were able to gain free access to books and publications that normally needed to be bought, or required a fee. This is something that has caused problems for booksellers and publishers. Now, as technology advances, it also begins the decline of music, software, and television industries–but something can be done before it's too late. Illegal downloading is a problem that affects us all, either directly or indirectly. Many people do not take it too seriously. They have not realized that it is an epidemic; like a disease that keeps growing as people become...show more content...
People need to be aware that what they are doing is wrong and is just like walking into a store and stealing it off a store shelf.
It's not only the music industry that's being affected, this "epidemic" also spreads into the movie industry, which spends millions to entertain us, computer software companies, the ones that make the programs that we use at home and work and make our lives easier. Even publishers of books and magazines are being affected. People take magazines and books and scan every page of it on to their computer as a picture image and distribute it freely. Since people now have the option to download music, movies, or software for free online, they will not buy the retail products anymore, therefore driving the profits and income down for companies selling these products. If all of this keeps up, America and the rest of the world will soon lose many of the companies that provide them with essential programs, entertainment, music, books, and magazines.
If the music industry is not successful in stopping the illegal transfer of music, then they will start compensating for their loses by raising the price of the music for commercial users. This includes music that is in movies, video games, radio, or used on TV. If their prices are raised to use song in a movie or TV show, theaters and
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Illegal downloading is an act of obtaining copyrighted music without proper payment or consent from an owner. This is a crime and consequences may vary depending on the degree of this matter. Commonly, video and film are illegally downloaded, resulting in many antagonistic responses from the recording industry. This topic sparked a controversy among the recording companies for negligent laws to be turned upside down. The peer–to–peer network is highly responsible for this matter in which individuals share music through the linkage of computers via the internet. Many cases had been handled in court, and one of the outcomes affected drastically in the life of a twelve year old girl, who was fined a great sum. These cases help to unleash a message towards the public: when caught, one will be dealt according to the law. In the music industry, the control of sheet music is of the utmost importance. Technologies were mainly the problem to bring music into society. In 1902, disc–based phonographic cylinders replaced the Edison Records. Later on, in the 1930s, electronic microphones surged the market, making it possible for recording studios to do its job which would have been impossible to do before. One technique that developed from electronic recording was overdubbing. Overdubbing was first used by the Victor Talking Machine Company in which a recorded part was played over another to enhance the quality of the music. With the advantages of these technologies,
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The recording industry estimates that it loses more than $4.6 billion every year to physical piracy (Lessig, 2004). The chart below shows that Spotify is helping to shift consumers away from piracy and towards their free, legal alternative.
Due to the history of illegal music downloading in the digital age, consumer's willingness to pay for the services provided by Spotify remains very low.
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Artists and record labels are still debating whether or not interactive advertising revenue services such as Spotify will shift the culture of the music industry consumers by discouraging music piracy (Seabrook, 2014) or further damage the industry by reducing paid downloads of songs and albums (Garraham, 2015). Spotify claims that users of its free service eventually change into becoming paying subscribers, therefore doubling the amount they pay for music from about $5 per month $9.99 per month (Spotify, 2015). Reports claim that record labels are placing increasing pressure on Spotify, constantly stressing the need to reduce their offerings on its free service and therefore more accurately reflect the work of artists (Ingham, 2015).
Apple Music is one of Spotifys newest and most threatening competitors. Apple Music offers every prospective subscriber the first three months of Apple Music at not cost. This competitive offering may decrease a number of Spotify subscribers. However, Apple Music does not
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Flash back to October, 1997. The punk rockers who call themselves Green Day prepare to release the much anticipated follow–up album to Dookie, Nimrod. Every kid between the ages of 10 and 20 is ready to pounce on the album when it hits stores. Every one of my friends begs their parents to take them to the store on that cold Tuesday morning. The older kids ditch class to get in line at the local Best Buy. The album sells 80,000 copies in the first week and over 2 million before the new Millennium . Now, let's fast forward to 2004. Green Day is preparing for the release their eighth album, American Idiot. This time, none of my friends rush to Best Buy, where the CD is only $12.99. None of the little soon–to–be punk rock middle...show more content...
In the fall of 2001, I started a band with three of my friends called Off and On. Through the Internet, we accumulated fans in nearly every state before we even played a real show. When we did finally release a four song demo, we made even more fans thanks to MP3.com, a website that streams your songs free of charge. Up to that point, the Internet was our best friend. Without any paid advertising or promotion, we went from no fans to many. Purevolume.com has replaced MP3.com as the main provider for unsigned bands, and even some signed bands, who want new listeners. The problem with illegal downloading starts at this exact moment in a band's existence. When the band decides that they want to make a profit off of their material, many kids who have grown up in the information age still feel that they are entitled to anything the band releases. They will either burn the CD from a friend or download illegally. Both are new concepts and neither helps the band directly. (Future CD sales and possible concert ticket purchases are some possible indirect gains). For older bands, such as Green Day, who had to promote and advertise the old fashioned way in the early 1990's, the system is even more
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Essay on Against Illegal Music Downloading
Ever since the start of illegal music downloading there has been an ongoing debate. As with any controversy, there are those whose positions stand at one end of the spectrum or the other and also those who are moderate or nonchalant. Many believe that downloading a song without paying for it is not only illegal, but also immoral. None–the less, people continue to download songs, rationalizing that the record companies are getting what they deserve after years of overpriced CD's or that the artists won't really miss the money. Some people are not sure what to make of the situation, sympathizing in some respects with either side. There are several proposed solutions to this problem, but it has become obvious that there is not easy or clear...show more content...
Companies like Apple, have decided that it is best to get in with the downloading business. However, an end to the illegal downloading conflict remains to be realized. The RIAA and associated artists continue to wage war against illegal downloaders while computer savvy audiences persist in sharing music files online every day. While it is undoubtedly true that downloading music is a crime, it remains to be proven that it is wrong. Without establishing this principle, most downloader's are likely to continue the activity. Even with new, inexpensive and available means of downloading files, they can still be shared for free online. The rift must be repaired between music lovers who feel that they have been taken advantage of in the past and recording companies and artists who worry about their future livelihood. I believe that at the heart of this controversy is a drive to bring music production into the twenty–first century. Making CD's more accessible, economical and usable benefits all everyone except maybe the CD producers, in the end. Listeners can access music when, where and how they want to for less money, as the have grown accustomed to doing. Musicians cut out the middleman, allowing them to keep more of the profit. This is undoubtedly the future of the industry. While companies are searching for ways to hold on to 90 percent of the profit and to continue to combat illegal downloading, others are negotiating new terrain
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ILLEGAL DOWNLOADING AND ITS EFFECT ON THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY
The act of illegal downloading and its effect on the entertainment industry is an argument that has provoked many different reactions and opinions from many people in many different industries around the globe. In this essay the author will examine the different aspects to this argument, both positive and negative, and also share their own opinions and experiences. However, the main focus of the essay is on the side of the file sharer. How has illegal downloading really affected the entertainment industry? Is it true that all recording artists, movie directors and writers are better off without illegal downloading? The author of this essay suggests that this may not be the...show more content...
The few songs available for free on 'Myspace' generated enough hype amongst the public it to lead to their discovery. It can be argued quite easily, therefore, that they have "Myspace" and free online publishing to thank for much of their success. "The freeman's journal" article (referenced below) discusses the negative impact of illegal downloading on a band called 'Glyder'. They calculate that 30,000 copies of their most recent album has been downloaded illegally. Bands can argue all day long that they're losing out on thousands of potential record sales, however if the people who illegally download 'Glyder's' music like the band enough, it's the opinion of the author that they will still go out and buy the album itselfs in order to support their pursuit to fame and to keep them producing music. It's like the old saying goes "No publicity is bad publicity". Without illegal downloading many artists wouldn't get as big as they do and wouldn't get offered the gigs & concerts as a result, which is where a huge chunk of an artist's capital comes from. It is the opinion of the author that up–and–coming artists in the movie & music industry should be pleased that their music is getting heard, illegally downloaded or otherwise. However the author is sure there would be a host of angry artists leaping to their own defense, stating why they deserve to
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At the end of the 20th century, file sharing and illegal downloading through Napster were the biggest hits among audiences everywhere. Because of this, many people started to believe that the music industry was failing due to declining CD sales. Although a valid statement, the music industry is not failing; instead, it is changing in many aspects due to file sharing and illegal downloading. Music is always evolving in new and innovative ways, regardless of the minor comeback vinyl records have made. Today, digital files are the most popular form of obtaining music. When one has a digital file of music, he/she is able to share with others without changing the file, in terms of quality. What makes this possible is the binary coding that...show more content...
An article by CBS said, "Jurors ordered Jammie Thomas, 30, to pay the six record companies that sued her $9,250 for each of 24 songs they focused on in the case. They had alleged she shared 1,702 songs online in violation of their copyrights." Although the consequences are harsh, the chances of getting caught with the act are so slim because there are so many people sharing smaller amounts of files to other peers. It seems to be that this type of change of listening and obtaining music is inevitable because there are just so many benefits that outweigh the negative aspects. The music industry is changing in the respect that single songs and playlists are dominating entire albums. In other words, more people prefer to purchase individual songs by other artists rather than purchasing entire albums. What made this possible was the creation of iTunesand its music store, but of course an iPod is necessary with the two. With the iTunes music store, one has the option to either buy an entire album, typically for $9.99, or purchase individual songs for $.99 each. Listeners can also preview the songs up to ninety seconds, which can either make or break the decision to buy the song or album. If one were to purchase the individual songs, they would essentially be saving more money, which is more appealing. It brings up the question, "Who would not want to purchase only the good songs from an album for a cheaper
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Essay on The Cost of Illegal Downloading
Illegally downloading music from the internet is one of the leading topics in the world today, and especially targets the poor, busy college students of America. Let's be honest, converting my favorite song from a YouTube video to an mp3 is extremely quick, convenient and above all else, it is entirely free. So bring on the million dollar question, why should we pay for music? Stealing music off the internet illegally, first off is against the law. Hence the terms "stealing" and "illegal". Second, it betrays the songwriters and recording artists who create it as well as stifles the careers of new artists and up–and–coming bands. Not only that, but it threatens the livelihood of the thousands of working people, from the recording engineers...show more content...
Real fans get the real thing. People who partake in the illegal downloading of music try to justify their behavior by arguing that the people who make these recordings are all rich anyway, and that music should be free. To insist that music should be free is the same as saying it has no value. That music is worthless. And it definitely is not. Music doesn't just happen. It is made, beat by beat, note by note, by people who work hard to get each and every aspect of it right. The wishes of an artist should be respected by his/her fans. If a musician asks that fans pay for an album, they should respect the time and effort that went into its creation, and simply pay for it. These people altruistically gave something, is it so detrimental to give back?
I acknowledge that paying for these tunes can add up overtime to be an expensive hassle, but the expenses required to download music are put towards a person's income. Jobs, even careers are at risk. Consider that this is how songwriters "go to work," the same as a secretary or a salesman. The difference is in how they get paid. It's your licensing fees that allow them to earn a living. The money you pay goes to songwriters. Writing a song can take days, weeks, or months, and recording it usually involves several musicians and singers, or a band, and often a recording studio and a producer, plus numerous more, all of whom require payment. Hands down the greatest way Get
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Recently, research found that Americans consume audio for an average of 4 hours and 5 minutes each day (Edison Research, 2014). Wherever one goes, one can find most people wearing earphones or headphones and listening to music. Accordingly, downloading in the music industry becomes larger and more advanced. However, many people are dissatisfied about how complicated the legal audio downloading tool is and choose illegal services rather than the legal downloading tools. The causes of people's preference for illegal downloads of music are the broader range of music provided, lower or free price, and convenience. Firstly, illegal downloading provides a broader range of music than legal downloading. One of the disadvantages of legal downloading is a shallower range of...show more content...
In the survey done by the website new.com.au, 37 percent of 5712 respondents chose "convenience" as their reason of downloading illegally (news.com.au, 2010). In a UK government report, it is written that the UK music industry must make the legal downloading system simpler and faster in order for the consumers to use it. The report has discovered that UK users who want to download music from the Internet have to use several search engines and wait for hours (Make legal downloading of online music easier, says UK government report, 2000). The report shows that many of the consumers are not satisfied with how the legal downloading system works and turn to peer–to–peer sites, which is illegal, because of inconvenience. The illegal downloading system, compared to the legal system, is much more convenient. First of all, the users will find numerous peer–to–peer sites in a single search engine. The users will just have to enter the keyword to search for what they want. Most of the links will not take more time to download than the legal one. Simplicity and less time are the reasons why people decide to download
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