Wednesday, April 13, 2005

RIAA to Sue 405 More College Students

BetaNews | RIAA to Sue 405 More College Students

The recording industry is going after more college students for illegally downloading music. Now, I am one who is loath to spend the kind of money asked for new CDs today, but I also think that the people who make the music have the right to charge whatever they want. If you don't like it, buy something else or try getting the songs you want via a legal source like Napster or ITunes.

If people continue to violate copyrights by downloading media illegally, the risk is that people will no longer want to be creative because their will no longer be a monetary incentive. Rampant illegal copying in the far east has devastated their domestic music industry. It just doesn't make sense to spend the money and effort at coming out with a CD only to have someone steal it and sell their own copies.

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