In the insightful words of popular Canadian band Barenaked Ladies, “When the Gap went online, T-shirts didn’t become free.” Of all industries that have been revolutionized by modern technology, few have been hit as hard as the music industry. The internet has made music distribution easier than ever. This digital era has unfortunately for music producers, made it easier than ever for consumers to get music access without paying for it. Stealing music, let alone anything in existence, is strictly against the law. Despite the legal offense of the matter, stealing music over the internet betrays the recording artists who create it. Inescapably, stealing music threatens the occupation of the thousands of working people who contributed to producing the music. In all, this sweeping music thievery is detrimental to the entire music community, and to those downloading illegally.
For centuries, artists and other creative people have been granted the right to own and control their......
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