... 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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... , once among the most robust and profitable sectors of popular culture, have fallen dramatically since the advent of Internet file-sharing operations like Napster. Before this technology came out, the CD market was a great success. However the initial demand of this technology drove prices up, as the market moved towards equilibrium. Due to such high demand prices stayed high for a considerable ... time, aggravating consumers. Department stores could afford to lower the CD prices to compete with music stores, which could not. The major music distributors decided to make a privacy policy ...

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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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... I am at all. Some people are not like that. The FTC has always been trying to get record companies to place parental advisory stickers on their CD's that have bad content, and now all CD's with explicit content have these stickers. The RIAA has mailed brochures making parents aware of what these stickers mean. Many record companies are blamed for children listening ... to music with explicit content. On the other hand, record companies blame retail stores for selling CD's to anyone even if they look too young. This is true ... because you can go buy a CD without your ID being checked t...

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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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... ridiculous. A person should definitely not be penalized or sued for downloading large amounts of media. I understand the artist that is recording the CD does not agree with downloading music, but they make enough money from people who purchase the CD's at a local store. The RIAA is the company who has recorded over 1,000 IP's and is out to get all those music ... at this time is Napster. The program designers have designed these programs for users to have fun with and experience great ideas on the internet. As long as a person copies a CD they purchased to their hard drive, and distribu...

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... the size of an audio file by an approximate factor of 12. This compression causes no loss of sound quality in the file. Due to these compression factors, a single recordable CD (CD-R) can hold hundreds of files. 2 The MP3 phenomenon was at first limited to the personal computer, but as the popularity of the format grew, several companies began developing personal MP3 ... of limited capacity, but more recent developments have made for greater storage capabilities and wider-spread use. MP3 capability is now included as a part of many DVD players. The portable CD player has been expanded t...

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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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... labels were charged with illegal price fixing. "Attorneys general in the two states, who were joined in the lawsuit by 39 other states, said that the industry kept consumer CD prices artificially high between 1995 and 2000 with a practice known as "minimum-advertised pricing" (MAP)" (Lieberman). The labels settled the suit for 143 million dollars. RIAA labels continue to ... ...

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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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... . 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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... . 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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... 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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... ethics today is the issue of peer-to-peer file sharing. Peer-to-peer file sharing technology poses many legal and ethical questions. Does sharing copies of legally purchased music CD's constitute theft? While the technology itself isn't to blame for the illegal distribution of copyrighted material, do the providers of such technologies have an ethical responsibility to ensure that their ... ...

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