After one of the groups presentations on downloading music, I've been thinking more about it. In high school I would download and also a little in college, but now I use itunes. One of my friends just had her whole computer crash, so she took it to get fixed and they had to change the whole hard drive. In doing this they had to delete all her music, pictures, and other downloaded things. When something like this happens it makes me understand more why you would want to download illegally. Who would want to pay for music all over again. I think she has most of her music backed up, so it's ok, but what if you didn't? Also I think that paying for music is good, but there are some artists who have plenty of money, and spend it on cars and mansions. Should we really have to pay them?
1 comments:
I think you are right about the downloading in a way it is wrong but there are circumstances like the one you mentioned where it is very frustrating. I had my computer break last semester and I lost all of my data too. Unfortunately, I had very little of it backed up (I back up everything now!) Anyways, it was hard for me to justify paying for music I already owned and payed for once but I have repurchased some of the music. I think it is important for us to realize that in those instances it is our fault not the artists so we should be the ones responsible enough to pay the consequences. My dad is a musician and I know how hard that life can be - no matter how much money you think they have and don't need any more it is still their rightfully earned money and it is not ours to say wether or not they should receive it.
Post a Comment