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| Yes | 59% | 1365 votes | Total: 2326 votes | |
| No | 41% | 961 votes |
Yes
Created on: March 13, 2008
The Recording Industry Association of America has been adamant in its attempt to curb peer-to-peer music
Created on: August 11, 2010 Last Updated: February 26, 2011
Music piracy. It is something that most of us have engaged in one time or another. It is
Created on: January 13, 2009 Last Updated: April 01, 2012
I once saw an analogy concerning software piracy in this case, games which compared the social logistics
Created on: March 01, 2008
Recently I visited some friends who had bought a DVD which we were going to watch together. To my surprise
by Faith Man
Created on: August 13, 2007
When music first began mass-production, the simplest and easiest to acquire form of music (at the time)
Created on: December 26, 2009 Last Updated: December 28, 2009
First of all we must consider that there are several ways in which you can download music and they
Created on: October 29, 2010
Let me first say that I should probably be posting on the other side, with the major exception being
by Ben Deutsch
Created on: October 12, 2007
Well, maybe the answer should be "downloading music can be done in an ethical way". It can also be done
by Jonny Noble
Created on: June 01, 2007 Last Updated: April 30, 2011
When I first thought about the impact of downloading music for free, I thought it would be a disaster
Created on: February 13, 2011
You can spend your 400 words on the history of data storage. You can talk about your own "practical"
Created on: December 08, 2007
Remember when cassette recorders were in every household. Those were the days when music came from the
Created on: March 13, 2008
For years the consumer has been hung out to dry by the greedy record companies. In my lifetime, I have
Created on: March 11, 2008
I remember back to the days when the whole Napster debacle was going on. So many people were up in arms
Created on: August 11, 2010
ETHICS OF DOWNLOADING MUSIC.....
Have you ever imagined how your life
Created on: June 10, 2007
While downloading may well have an impact on royalty income for artists it is not unethical to do it.
Created on: February 18, 2009 Last Updated: February 21, 2009
Music is like food to me, I can't live without it.
As a person who downloads music legally on a daily
Created on: October 21, 2007 Last Updated: November 10, 2007
Music + Ethics = oxymoron.
Downloading is NOT piracy. Piracy is defined as copyright infringement. An
Created on: November 15, 2007
Just hearing someone utter the phrase "intellectual property" conjures up visions of thought control
by Jenny Azadi
Created on: June 12, 2007 Last Updated: October 13, 2011
You know, if you are going to use modern technology for your own purpose, then you might as well get
Created on: August 22, 2007
Downloading music is ethical because of the following ancient commercial maxim: caveat emptor.
I am an
No
Created on: July 26, 2007
OK. Let me preface this by saying that I personally am a professional touring musician. I make my living
Created on: October 17, 2009
Downloading music is unethical and really makes it difficult for artists to even break into the music
by Leigh Goessl
Created on: July 19, 2007 Last Updated: August 27, 2009
When evaluating the question of whether or not music piracy is ethical, all you need to do is ask yourself
Created on: April 22, 2010
The average person has probably not paid a cent for the music found in their personal library. From
by Lori Cooper
Created on: October 15, 2009
Pirating music is wrong. By stealing music, you are not only hurting musicians but also breaking the
Created on: June 26, 2009
Music Piracy
Would you ever dare yourself to steal? Of course, deep down in your gut you know it
by Roger Quinn
Created on: August 04, 2009 Last Updated: August 05, 2009
There is no question that downloading pirated music is wrong. Downloading music from file sharing sites
by Pete Albert
Created on: June 20, 2007 Last Updated: February 27, 2012
As everyone hails the internet and the possibilities it gives to the further advancement of humans,
Created on: March 06, 2008
Music piracy is not ethical if by music piracy you are referring to music downloaded or copied without
by Todd Pheifer
Created on: February 25, 2008
It has become somewhat common practice in today's society to download music from various websites. Even
by K. Cooper
Created on: August 28, 2007
It is very simple to reason with yourself until you believe that there is nothing wrong with downloading
Created on: July 18, 2007
The obvious answer is no. It is not ethical to download music. First you have the music industry ripping
by Gena Nelson
Created on: August 29, 2007
They call it piracy for a reason. It's no different from going into the artist's house and stealing
by Andrew Allen
Created on: September 04, 2007
Downloading music illegally using services such as LimeWare is not on the up and up. Some make the argument
by Doug Harding
Created on: June 18, 2007
We all do it. What I mean about pirating music as "we," is that "you" all pirate music, not me. Well,
Created on: June 08, 2007
Initially, downloading music was a great supplement for buying a whole compact disk. If any of you are
by Helen Kelly
Created on: May 02, 2008 Last Updated: November 29, 2010
Back in the day, if you owned an album, and you wanted to share that album with your friend. They had
by Steven Booth
Created on: August 03, 2009
Is the unauthorized downloading of music ethical? No. it is not. Anytime an artist creates a song it
by Colin Morley
Created on: August 02, 2007
This is a struggle. How many of us can say we have never downloaded anything, whether music, image or
Created on: October 01, 2007
This question is rather misleading, and is phrased in such a way that it comes across as a blanket statement.