FiLE SHARiNG

explain your personal ethics regarding file-sharing, and identify what it is about these cases that (for you) makes some acceptable and some not.

- Downloading a song you don't own from a major label artist.
I feel that there are enough people out there who still feel the need to buy cds and singles, so it wouldnt hurt for me to download it. most of the songs that i have download are from cds that i have bought before, but since they scratch, there basicaly useless.

- Downloading a song you don't own from a struggling independent artist.
Independent artists should want people to download their music, its exposure, once you get labled as main-stream, and people like you, they will buy your cd because they want to support you. just look at Soulja Boy, where would he be if it wasnt fot lime wire and you tube?

- Downloading another copy of a song you already own.
Theres nothing wrong with this at all, if you have already bought a song or cd, it doesnt make since to go spend 13 more dollars just to listen to a couple songs that you like.

- Shoplifting a CD from a store
This is just wrong, because its just like stealing anything else from the store. music is put on the internet to download, cds arnt put in stores to be stolen.

.- Downloading a song to "try it out" if you like it enough, you'll buy the CD.
I feel that this is reasonable, because if you buy a cd that you dont like, youll feel robbed of your hard earned money that you could have put into your gas tank.

- Copying a CD from a friend.
I feel that this is ok, because most of the time you are going to steal the cd from your friend anyways.

- Making music you own available online to share with a couple of friends.
Theres no big problem with this, its just like the cd thing.

- Making music you own publicly available on the Internet, such as through KazAa or Limewire.
There is a larger range of people, so this makes it had to justify, but its not a crime untill you get cought.. we break laws all the time whats wrong with sharing music that people love.

ANALOG to DiGiTAL

The analog to digital change has affected my life in a positive way. No more cassette tapes, or crappy looking and sounding (not to mention BULKY) VHS movies, no more tripping over the long phone cord that stretches all over the house.Now we have Cd's, ipods, DVDs, cordless phones, cell phones and devices with more memory that we can handle. With the introduction of analog into media, directors have been able to make movies that they never thought they would be able to bring to life and Musicians can record at home just as easy and effectively as if they where in a studio. I like the idea of digital media, because instead of my finger going numb from holding down the rewind button on my walk man just to skip a song, i can now skip it with the press of one button on my ipod. Or instead of rewinding every movie that i rent from blockbusters, i can just put it in the box and bring it back. the analog-digital change is good and needed. Even though when DVD players came out they where 150-200$, if you need one, now they are basically giving them away... and if u don't want to buy all of your favorite cassette tapes or VHS, or even vinyl records all over again, don't worry... there are converters that you can buy to change everything. Some people would rather choose the richness of the voices on vinyl or the "reliability" of an Anolog phone what ever it is, vs the convience of all Digital devices, but "To each his own."

E-Waste

The issue of E-waste is hard to address, becasue its something that we are all guilty of. everytime you upgrade your tv, phones or Mac computers more and more waste is created. then its sent to some "developing" world country to be "recycled" but the way they do it is just as terrible as their living conditons. i remember on the video that one man was chopping a battery up with a butcher Knife.

For me, the best way to recycle my old electronics is to sell them. i get a new cell phone about every 6 months, so its easy to sell my old one because its still fairly new. With Tvs and computers, you can always turn to Ebay or Craigs List instead of the corner that your house is on. one persons trash is another persons treasure.