Illegal Downloading

So I'm sure we are all victims of it at some point in our lives--but illegally downloading music is not something to take lightly. Along with the serious trouble one can get into for it, it is ethically a problem.

If we put ourselves in the position of a musician who has recorded, produced and wrote all the music for an album, and we came to realize that we weren't making any profits off of it because our songs were being stolen from illegal downloading, we would probably be some ticked off musicians.

To put a halt to this, ISPs (Internet Service Providers) need to ban the use of P2P networks (peer to peer networks such as napster, limewire). This would stop people from file sharing illegally.

A lot of people probably think that musicians make millions and don't need our money so who gives a crap if we download a song or two from them illegally. But the truth is that only a fraction of musicians make it to be millionaires. Those who don't fall into that category are just normal everyday people trying to make a living. Can you imagine if your income was getting ripped off at you're job? A lot of us would quit the job and find something else if that was the case.

If our musicians get discouraged enough, they probably won't want to put all their time and effort into creating new music. Without new music our society will lose its sense of creativity and without creativity our world would be pretty boring.