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Internet Music Piracy: Fast, Cheap, and Easy

In an age where popular culture and technology are both rapidly expanding and becoming entrenched in the daily lives of Americans, it was no wonder that their paths would eventually cross. One aspect of pop-culture especially affected by the growth of internet usage is the music industry. Modern technology has made wide-scale trading of music possible in the form of MP3 files available over the internet for free, all at the click of a mouse. File sharing has been an issue many teens have felt strongly about, particularly since the time blank, recordable CDs have become widely available and inexpensive. The Recording Industry Association of America, however, has recently begun questioning these practices. The issue that arises here is should music be accessible for free trade over the internet.
It is fair to say that not everything on the internet is good for you, and definitely not everything on the internet is legal. The legality of file sharing was not a topic of debate when N...

Posted by: Rebecca Wyant

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