| Let's
pretend for a moment you are a
song writer. You have just
written a brilliant song you are
ecstatic about. After years of
struggling as an artist and
musician, you believe this song
may be your ticket to a viable
career. You work incredibly hard
to record the song and you are
even more excited when it becomes
a hit. Life couldn't be better. Meanwhile, a fan
hears the song and buys your CD.
The fan takes your CD home and
creates an mp3 download of your hit
song. From there, he puts it in
the file sharing folder on his
computer for all the world to
download. As mentioned in "What is File
Sharing", the
person downloading the file for
the first time never pays for the
mp3. The only person who pays for
the song is the very first person
who bought the CD and creates the
first mp3 to be shared
In fact,
given the fact that file sharers
don't like to pay for the music downloads they enjoy, the
original song was probably copied
from a noble friend's CD who
never intended for it to be
shared with millions of other mp3
downloader’s without one
cent going to the artist.
The only
other question that remains is
this. How would you feel if you
were that artist? Now, some argue
that popular artists are still
making millions of dollars so
what's the big deal? Well,
assuming that logic was ethically
correct, the next time I'm in a
Wal-Mart I'm going to steal a
couple of CD's because they are
"already making millions of
dollars".
It comes
down to one basic question
everyone must answer for
themselves. Will you download
with integrity and pay for your
music? If the answer is yes,
there are legal
music sites available that
don't use file sharing networks.
Click
here to learn how legal
mp3 download sites are
different.
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