Online+Piracy

=File sharing is quickly becoming a problem to corporate companies and a pathway to free entertainment for users. File sharers are able to download music, movies, and software onto their computers without having to pay companies for the actual product. Music that is technically supposed to be paid for when downloaded, such as on iTunes, is now available for download and distribution amongst people on the internet. Movies can be downloaded off of the computer straight onto DVDs. These bootleg DVDs can be possibly sold to others for illegal profit. Software programs that can cost up to hundreds of dollars normally are now being put onto computers for free because of their illegal distribution on the web. Word processing and presentation programs, for example, can be uploaded which would otherwise had to have been ordered in a multi-program package costing a good amount of money. Both sides of the argument can be argued for or against, depending on a person's position in the matter. Some see file sharing as a positive, because with the rise in social media, access to these certain files become easier and global. Companies don't want to get taken advantage of and tend to be opposed to file sharing, obviously. Anything that can be done to make money will be, and the companies certainly have a right to themedia type="youtube" key="wS9MeoiqA7M" height="349" width="425" align="right"music, movies, and software they are selling.=

==The music industry is divided on its stance of online file sharing. Some claim it hurts the music industry, others claim it benefits the music industry and some even want to embrace online file sharing. Since online file sharing provides people with access to music free of charge, some people of the music industry believe that causes sales to drop. They also consider an infringement on copyright laws and consider online file sharing as the same as stealing. Some people of music find it so damaging that they filed lawsuits against people sharing files. Some artists believe that online file sharing benefits the music industry. They claim it allows musicians to reach a vast audience across the world with ease. Some musicians see online file sharing as a great way to gain exposure, particularly, for young aspiring musicians. They also believe it gives artists a chance to distribute their work that is no longer deemed worthy of commercial promotion and sales. Others in the music industry want to embrace online file sharing. They don’t see file sharing going away so they want to create an environment that will allow for online music to flourish legitimately. media type="youtube" key="JVjxY9u1tyA" height="349" width="560" align="right"== ==File sharing is seen as an acceptable action to those who use it. Songs that would cost over a dollar on online stores such as iTunes can be downloaded for free on programs and websites like Frostwire, etc. I personally know people that use these music distributors because they do not want to spend hundreds of dollars on songs they like when they could get it for free instead. To file sharers, this makes sense because they get what they want, when they want it for the cost of nothing at all. Sites now-a-days can even convert videos off of youtube into MP3 files and then dragged onto an MP3 account to be later put on the device. People have been charged thousands of dollars in songs they have downloaded illegally. Companies with illegal distribution of music and movies have been changed thousand per song or movies! == ==Movies are other files that can and have been shared. Movies can be taken off of the internet on sites in plain view. With the necessary programs to download them, they can be put onto bootleg DVD’s and watched or sold at a cheap price to others. This distribution is definitely illegal and is even warned against in the beginnings of major motion pictures. Software programs are the other major factor in the file sharing game. These programs are expensive, but typically worth the price they costs. Schools and workspaces need these programs to function. Downloading and distribution of them is starting to be fought against, but still happening. Companies and artists have the right to these songs, movies, and software and file sharing is the strategy to get these programs illegally. In an age of social media domination, file makes sense to people but not companies. == ==

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