0616 presentation

There has been a controversial issue that downloading music without paying on the Internet is illegal. I think it is a little wrong for the people who downloaded music on the Internet without paying, because they just have a part of responsibility for this action. The conservative record companies and people who uploaded music are also responsible for illegally downloading music.

First of all, people who uploaded music on the Internet are more responsible for this illegal action than people who downloaded music. Most of people uploaded music to their websites to attract more visitors, so that they can earn money from the advertisements through the music. It means that they improperly used music to make profits. If they do not illegally put music on the Internet, people will not have sources to download music.

In addition, it is not wrong for people to download music on the Internet to use without making profit, because they did not infringe the creators’ right and did not decrease the profits they can make. Furthermore, free downloading songs probably can increase the creators’ profits. In other words, once the music becomes famous through the Internet, music creators can create value of music via the concerts, TV dramas, advertisements, or movies.

Finally, some of record companies have some responsibilities for the illegal downloads, because of their conservative attitude. When the technology has progressed, media have also changed, so the record companies have to change their ways of sales. For example, nowadays, most people do not listen to music by compact discs, but by MP3 players. However, the conservative record companies still sell music through compact discs, so it makes easier for people to download music into their mp3 players on the internet than to buy a compact disc. Furthermore, some people just wanted one song in the album, but the record companies did not sell singular songs, so people have no choice to search and download the song on the Internet.

In conclusion, I think people downloading music are not the only role to be responsible for this action, because the conservative companies and the people unloading music are the main causes of the illegal music download.