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    November 2015 Music Piracy Have you ever wondered what music piracy, or did you already know but never knew both sides? Well music piracy is the large scale, of unauthorized duplication of recorded music with the intent to defraud the copyright holder of his/her royalties; this includes the composers, lyricists and performing artist. The importance of music piracy is that it impacts the music industry causing them to lose billions of dollars each year. Some people feel like music piracy is stealing

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    Music and films are bought and meant to be bought to be enjoyed by the general public, not to be stolen and used for a profit when it is not their right to do so. Piracy has been a big factor of illegal actions that occur through. Piracy, unfortunately, has been happening for years now. People pirate movies and music and give it out to the public to use. While it is cheaper to get than the regular prices of the product, it affects the business of music and film. People tend to do this in a way that

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    Kehrmeyer AP English 2 February 2016 What Should The Punishment Be for Music Piracy? Piracy, the government call this a crime, other people would call it a response against mega businesses. Whatever piracy is should not remove the fact that the government has laws against piracy, and many wonder what the appropriate punishment for people who don 't follow these laws should be. I like many others, believe that music piracy should not be punished so severely, but of course, like many things in life

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    Many people are in discord with the polemical statement, music piracy should be legalised. It is a topic that provokes arguments, as some believe that it should be free and accessible whereas others believe that it should be paid for and should remain illegitimate. Music piracy is the act of illegally downloading music for free, bilking sites such as iTunes and iMesh that lawfully sell music to millions of people worldwide. It is one of the most frequently committed crimes. According to an article

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    The music industry has been on the decline ever since new ways to pirate music have become available. In fact, the Recording Industry Association of America estimates that six percent of the U.S. gross domestic product is generated by the entertainment industry and that the music industry contributes significantly to this. Bender and Wang found that a one percent increase in piracy results in a 0.6 percent decrease in music sales, which could put major companies out of business. While the walls of

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    Music piracy is an infringement that involve the copying or selling of creative works that which the copyright owner, composer, or artist did not consent to. Before the invention of newer technology that allowed for the piracy process to become less difficult, music piracy was much easier to control. With this new and improved technology of the 21st century, users of the web began adding media files to the internet, which made all previous difficulties substantially less challenging. It was much

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    The music industry has developed in a series of technological advances, from the development of vinyl to the digitization of music and the creation of formats such as compact disc (CD), digital audiotape, and minidisk (Leyshon 2001). Although the digitized music facilitates consumers, it causes the appearance of piracy and the drop of sales. The subject of piracy has occurred for a certain period. Since 1920's, music piracy has appeared into the world with the production of cassette tapes, voice

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    AC8 The Abomination of Music Piracy A new type of theft has had a spike in the recent years, in which the internet has become extremely prominent at this time. This new theft is called “online piracy” This theft occurs when an online user uses a P2P(Peer to peer) website for file sharing, and shares files such as songs or software. This is considered theft due the fact that the files aren’t free, they have a price to them. Music Piracy is an abomination to artistry, and the creation of Art. It

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    How did music piracy start? The music industry is going through yet another change. The music app Napster has returned and many people like how you can listen to a free sample of the recently released music. A lot of music industries have lost revenue due to music piracy for the past few years. The RIAA stated that music recording industry Napster lost $4.2 million worldwide from piracy (Witherbee). Music piracy is the large-scale, unauthorized duplication of recorded music with the intent to defraud

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    Music Piracy And Piracy

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    today’s world of conflict and international tension, music can aid to bring people together. This generation enjoys access to extensive communication with people around the world, through calls, text messages, and social media. Social media especially plays a vital role in bringing people from all parts of the world together over common interests and beliefs. Music is playing a major role in the unity of people through social media (Lachman, 2014). Music is often shared through Twitter, Instagram, Facebook

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