In Response To Kevin

In response to Kevin’s blog post about illegally downloading music, I am going to have to agree with the points he makes. The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAS) does not understand that the amount of money itunes and Amazon ask for customers to pay for a single song is outlandish. There is no such thing as “virtual stealing” but rather “virtual sharing”; websites such as www.demonoid.com support the idea that people can download their music onto the website and others can use a Torrent (a file sharing application) that allows one to download the shared files. The technology that the 21^st century has given us has allowed the consumers to be in power of downloading music. Companies want to make a bigger profit than they can handle, and we as a people are stopping them. The point that Kevin makes that recording industries are making enough of a profit from going on tours, selling apparel and being a celebrity to make up for their lowering CD revenues is completely correct. With recording industries finding different ways to make money, why not give the people the legal ability to download or share files on the internet?

Kevin’s blog post ensures to look at the opposite end of the issue because the law is the law and ultimately pirating does not give back to the artists recording the music. Though they need to realize that if they want pirating, illegal downloading, or sharing, whatever it is called to stop recording agencies need to be more realistic. Kevin sympathizes with the industry while also stating that it is not as if he does not want to reward artists for their music, but would rather go see an artist live at a concert. Finding a common ground with how to approach music downloading can make music downloader’s and musicians to be satisfied with allowing everyone being able to hear their songs.