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It is interesting to note that on last nights news, was the once again redundant subject of downloading music. The record Industry is there crying the blues again how the sale of CD's in the last three years went down 33 percent. The officials did not precisely say what was the direct attributing factor in this recession of record sales but once again the theory of downloading and sharing files off of the Internet is again under attack from corporate giants like Elecktra and Geffen records and or other companies of the like.

If we can look back into our times when video recorders were booming there might have been some vague recollection of the movie industry attacking the tax paying American public for simply copying movies or television shows for their own private use. The cries were heard and the industry complained for years but to no veil was any of this movie copying referred to as genuine pirating because of the simply factor clause , "It is there at your disposable , if it is used solely for private use." Something the entertainment industry and FBI etched in our brains forever. Who can discern this (Right from wrong) and what court would have a case if it eventually became illegal to copy movies for your own entertainment. Or recording a song off the radio. A clause that should be indicated every time you download a file of music.

The record industry for some reason though thinks they are different and having a spokesman like the Nasal draining, snot sucking Lars Ulrich there at their defense is far too short of appalling. Did the record industry ever attribute the fact that their sales may have went down due to the steady cost of a CD being that of what it exactly was 17 years ago after promises the price would eventually go down. A few years ago I can vaguely remember the record companies were themselves being sued because of ripping off the public by charging them too much for compact discs. And it got to a point were I even heard that individuals that purchased CD's between a certain time period were due a settlement due to this legal robbery of the music fans that made people like Lars Ulrich rich.

The record industry ought to look at a few things. First they should not be attacking the very individuals that made their very artists what they are today. Second, copying music in one form of another is here to stay, period. It is part of our culture due to the boom of DVD and CD burners and the almighty cassette deck. And third is it possible that new music just plain sucks and no one wants to buy it. Except your average 13 year old working at McDonald's. It takes them four hours to buy a CD.

The industry ought to spend more time sending out representatives to find music and band's that actually have musical talent instead of worrying and holding unto something they think is sacred. Good music has been suppressed to long by the media and the record industry for the sake of something they think is good. Radio stations either play stuff thirty years old or stuff that came out of a synthesizer with a person talking into a machine. The The internet is what is going to save music and is going to be the only source for hearing anything of any credence. It is the media and the radio and morons like Ulrich that is killing music as we knew it. It is time to lay off. "When the music's over, turn out the lights." In the words of the Lizard King.

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