To Share or Not to Share is the Question...

 1. I personally think file sharing is wrong, however I would be called a hypocrite because I myself, and I think almost EVERYONE has atleast downloaded a song from any file sharing website. If you have seen Transformers 2 you would remember the character Glenn Whitman saying........

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 I agree with this statement 100%, except I haven't downloaded a couple thousand songs. On itunes, it costs about 99 cents or more for one song which is pretty expensive. If you bought 100 songs, that would cost almost 100 dollars which is unrealistic if you are able to download songs for free from a file sharing website like 4shared or mediafire. In addition, I think file sharing is convenient because instead of spending $20 on a DVD, you can just download it from a website and get the same quality. Although file sharing is wrong, I choose file sharing instead of buying because the prices of songs and other media on itunes are just way too expensive for me.

2. If I was a an artist and I made my own song I would want people to buy my song or CD. However, I wouldn't be mad if people downloaded my songs illegally because I already know that people do it anyways. When you're an artist, your profit is not only from the CDs or songs you sell. Your profit is a bunch of things such as your contract with the record company. If I was an amazing artist I wouldn't care if people downloaded my album illegally because if I was amazing a lot more people would by my album. However, if I was a artist that was going bankrupt or an artist that doesn't have a good recording company I would care more if people illegally downloaded my music rather than buying it.

3. Morally I think downloading material that has been copyrighted is wrong. Downloading this material is still considered stealing, but it isn't a big deal because it is very hard finding every single person that downloads something that is copyrighted. If you downloaded a CD illegally off the internet, you basically just stole that CD from a music store. The big difference between the two is that you are most likely to be caught stealing from a music store instead of downloading it online.