Is downloading Internet music theft? 11 Articles

by Douglas Black

If you go into someone's home and help yourself to the contents within are you stealing? The controversy regarding downloaded music has been raging on since the very first peer to peer sharing began. The problem with downl...read more

by Rex Trulove

Especially in the last ten years, a fair number of people have been arrested or fined for downloading music from the Internet. Is it really theft, though, when someone downloads music from the web? Simply downloading mu...read more

by Tenisha Dixon

With technology comes changes that everyone must learn to adapt to. The Internet is a wonderful fun filled piece of technology that provides people with anything that is needed without ever leaving home. Everyday people ...read more

by Shawn Grundy

This will undoubtedly be earmarked as one of the most controversial issues of our time. For one because of the sheer amount of people involved, two because it spans the entire globe, and three because there are actual fact...read more

by Phronesis

Music can be downloaded from the Internet legally or illegally. Legal download of music from the Internet is lawful and may not be regarded as theft, unless when done unlawfully. Legal playing and downloading of music ...read more

by Nick Roy

Downloading Internet music is not "theft" by any stretch of the imagination. Theft is defined, in the Random House Dictionary, as "the act of stealing; the wrongful taking and carrying away of the personal goods or propert...read more

by John Fagot

Shoplifting and stealing are vices that often occur in the maturation process, usually around the early teen years. It is a thrill to go into a store and walk out with something - possibly even something you really don't n...read more

by Rachel Couch

Downloading music from the internet can be theft if someone is using a program such as Limewire, or Blubster to get music. If someone is actually purchasing a song from the musician's web-page that they actually have to of...read more

by Alun Murch

Theft is a strong word. It conjures images of cat burglars with masks, striped sweaters and swag bags climbing out of darkened windows. An image that most of us would not want to be associated with. We wouldn't dream of...read more