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.