... one might think that the music sales have dropped dramatically, however, that is not case. A recent study states that "file-sharing led to 5% fewer CD sales worldwide last year" ("Digital Music Hardly a Lucrative Sector" 2). Although the sales are down, bands like "N Sync "broke the one week record for ... CD sales, ringing up more than 2.5 million" copies sold of one of their albums (Band 2). One suggestion that is being made is that people are ... previewing what they hear on such MP3 programs and then "buy the higher-quality CD if they like what they hear" (Band 2). Is the music indu...

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... In these rooms, there are servers who have lists of thousands of audio and video files, software, and video games. These files include music CD's that have not even been released to stores yet and movies that have recently been opened in theaters. With over 40% of Web users ... the people downloading the music) have become a more serious issue, artists have begun to speak out against them. Bootleggers directly influence artists" profits off of CD's and their status through SoundScan. SoundScan compiles all record sales and, along with the RIAA, determines if an album is considered, gold ...

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... use to burn illegal music. Napster use to be one of the top CD burning web site until they were shut down. Some people don't understand that burning CD's makes the music stars lose lots of money. I asked a teen why did he think CD burning was an important topic, he said "it's making the rap stars ... right. After I talked to him he told me he found his information off of commercials and the web. I asked a student and she replied "you have to buy the CD's yourself". This young lady told me she found this information shopping at stores. Me, I think as a matter of a fact I know that it ef...

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... face a new foe like no other. With the combination of software such as Napster and the MP3 technology, users can now download songs with near CD quality at no cost. With all this new computer technology(Internet, MP3, Napster), moral issues have been subject to debate like never before. Is downloading ... free music stealing from the music industry? From the way I see it, the music industry has brought this upon themselves due to overpriced CD's. A CD costs on average 12 dollars. The CD's usually have one or two good songs that are worth listening to. For over twenty years, the industry h...

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5 years ago, the music industry was experiencing exponential growth. Millions of listeners were paying up to 20 dollars to get a cd with maybe 12 songs. Today, the music industry is headed towards its doom, cd sales are as low as they have been in years. Why? How many songs do you have in your library. The response of many people would be staggering ... media. So, In five years, in ten years, where will file sharing be? Undoubtedly the recording industry will have to compromise with users and customers alike. CD's before Napster costed in excess of 20$ a cd. With free competition, artists wil...

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... listen it to any time I want? Do I just go download Napster for free and steal it and then listen to it at any time I want; perhaps even burn a few MP3 CD's so I have an entire musical collection of stolen goods of which I robbed several artists of? By choosing the right decision, the consumer is not only satisfied with the music he ... , and ultimately our economy. The consumer supports the artists, the recording labels, the studios which record the music, the companies which print and package the CD's, the retail shops that sell the CD's and the manufacturers of CD players. Through the...

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... from the Field Research Corporation, a San Francisco-based research firm, 22 percent of Napster users said that because of Napster, they did not buy CD's any more or they bought fewer CD's." This ultimately means that since CD sales are declining, music artists and industries are losing profits. RIAA also reported that its own survey of music buyers showed "...over 50 percent of ... that have downloaded music for free have made copies of it. Just two years ago, only 13 percent copied it onto a portable device or a CD burner." They also report that in 2001 40% of all "music consumers" ow...

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Would you rather pay at least fifteen dollars or nothing for a cd? The obvious answer is free. There are many websites on the Internet where you can download free music, pictures, movies and much more from someone else's ... " (Smith). Musicians, who have already walked down the red carpet in Hollywood, are scared of what this might do to their income. Accomplished musicians have always made a new cd and sold it for a profit, the almighty dollar bill. What the artists don't realize is that technological advancements are going to happen. The world is becoming completely digital. ... sales" (S...

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... . For the most part it shows the lack of vision and understanding the RIAA and some musicians have concerning the future of music. Why are CD sales down? In 2002, there was a 10% decline in record sales. The RIAA blame file-sharing, however, they need to consider the following ... , they scream copyright infringement and call their lawyers." (Boyle's) The second possibility is price. Music is overly expensive. Sometimes, paying $15 for a CD is just not within people's budget. What file-sharing has told the recording industry is that a very large number of people are more willing to ... ...

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... is big time record companies that have been ripping off music consumers for half a century. No more are we forced to buy a $17 cd because we only like one song, ending up with a pocket full of lint, and a cd full of shit. The Technology savvy, computer literate, youth of the world have struck back at the monopoly that is the recording industry ... know that even though my local record store does not carry a particular band or song I"m searching for, I can always find it on a p2p network. Just two weeks ago I found out a cd from one of my favorite bands was out of print. In the old days ...

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... adapting from one "original" idea. The majority of copying and fraud involves software and clothing items. One aspect of this is known as bootlegging. This is where someone copies a program, CD, performance, etc., and sells it on the streets. According to Mike Edward's of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry claims that world wide ... CD piracy accounts for 6.5% of the industries annual sales. A different approach to borrowing one's idea doesn't necessarily copy the product. Instead it involves misleading the consumer. As in one case, the ... the Florida Departmen...

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... record store clerks and, also, people who enjoy providing music to the public. Unauthorized reproduction and distribution of copyrighted music is illegal, and is just as illegal as shoplifting a CD. If you burn CD's from peer-to-peer networks such as Kazaa, or Morpheus, or another free music downloading site, you are breaking the law. If you are distributing the music, you ... ...

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... development of economies, as well as in social and cultural life. One way of stopping piracy is the use of unique forensics laboratories that trace the manufacturing source of pirated CD's through microscopic examination and measurement. This science has helped link infringing discs to source factories and resulted in many raids on suspect plants worldwide. Another method of stopping piracy is ... who download music from places such as Kazaa and Napster. Piracy is a critical issue in our culture right now. Everyone can help put an end to piracy by buying authentic CD's from stores (not ...

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... widely-popular; used by millions worldwide. However, the files shared on this network are not always "free". Most music files (or MP3's) and movies are "ripped" from the source, usually a CD or DVD, and distributed out onto the net via Kazaa. I personally use Kazaa and have seen whole album compilations and movies not even released to the public yet. The Recording ... ) As an aspiring musician, I have acknowledged the monetary aspect of the Recording Industry and how file-sharing hurts the music economy. Taking into account how much it costs to produce a CD, millions of dollars have been...

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... the world. The acronym MP3 stands for Moving Picture Exports Group 1, Audio Layer 3. This format is a type of compression made especially for digital audio. It works very effectively to compress CD-quality music into a file about one twelfth of the size, while retaining close to the original quality. This gives the listener an appealing new method to listen to music. Many ... , sometimes it can be hard to tell whether the music on offer is legal, and has been submitted by the artists themselves, or whether music has been copied from a copyrighted CD and published. The easiest way to tell...

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... fingers out of other peoples pockets is the copyright law. The protection of copyrights was established to allow a person, who qualifies, to protection their work. Works such as poetry, movies, CD-ROMs, video games, plays, paintings, sheet music, and yes, recorded music performances can be protected by a copyright. A good group of society is out to get something for nothing. I translate this ... ...

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... new bill, it will hamper these oppressed people's attempts to gain freedom. The Recording industry has been adamant on its view that file sharing has been instrumental in the falling CD, music sales on the internet and in stores like Wal-Mart there are other reasons for this drop. Traditional music sales are off 6 percent, and online sales are off 20 ... ...

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... , digital media can be transferred quickly and exponentially. In 1987, the Moving Pictures Expert Group created a standard in music media called a MPEG 3 or MP3. MP3's allow users to take audio CD's and store them in compressed files on their computers. Because of their small size, MP3's quickly adapted to the online environment. A small program, that when downloaded to your computer can ... ...

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... them. Because the copyright laws can not be applied over the Internet, it causes a domino effect. First, the music industries loose out. Second the artists that gain profit from every CD or tape sold do not now get that. And soon to come, this will be hurting the music lovers when there are not record companies left, and there's no where ... ...

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... voted for the United States President, then there is obviously something very desirable to the American population. It is legal to publicly broadcast copyrighted works. So when someone purchases a copyrighted CD it becomes the consumer's property. Since it is the property of the consumer they may do what they please with it as long as the consumer is not gaining profits ... ...

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... . They are the international organization responsible for global copyright protection and enforcement. The basically fight overseas piracy by encouraging governments to identify and warn infringers. The IFPI mainly targets illegal CD manufacturing plants and develops automated anti-piracy technologies for the Internet. As with the RIAA, the IFPI also engages in litigation against violations. The consumer-sponsored mp3.com is a good ... ...

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... : Music used in used in concerts that aren't broadcasted. Mechanicals': Royalties from record and reproduction of copyrighted music. Print: Songbooks, music scores and income from rental and public lending of CD's and videos. As a little tip to you I would suggest you open and run your own publishing company alongside your record company. It's very cost effective and saves a lot of time ... ...

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... great harm to everyone who brings music to the public," it has affected the sales at stores, such as Sam Goody and Music World. From a personal perspective, I have not bought a CD at a store for a couple of years because of the fact that downloading is cheaper and much easier. I guess in a way I am part of the problem for music companies. The RIAA ... ...

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... , a software industry Mentor Graphics Corporation have hundreds of developers working on a single product. Consider the scenario where there is nothing like copyright protection. Then day they would release their first CD of the software, millions of users would simply copy the valuable software without paying for it. A hundred dollar software could be easily copied just for a few cents! The sales of ... ...

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