File Sharing, (A Step Ahead in Technology)

Have you ever taped music off your favorite radio station? That’s the old way you would do if you can’t afford the albums. Today people are doing a similar thing, downloading music from the Internet. Downloading music off the Internet is such a convenient way to get your music. It is such a great opportunity for those who are willing to takes their chances, and chances are, they would not get sued by the RIAA (Record Industry Association of America). I, as a peer who does share and download files off the Internet, believe that file-sharing should be legal even if it seems that the majority is of those against it. File-sharing is a technology that is just a step ahead and industries as of the RIAA should start to deal with it.
File-sharers use softwares called P2P (Peer to Peer) networks. These networks (programs) are free to download from the Internet and you don’t need to sign up or join in to use it. Popular networks are Kazaa, WinMX , Limewire, Morpheus, Grokster...