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is music piracy a problem?
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| stk |
i am doing a essay on music piracy and when my teacher was editing my paper she said that i didint define the problem..
i wrote this in my essay,
"today music piracy is a huge problem for the music industry. as music piracy increased, the music industry, specifically the riaa became concerned with copyright violations wich they believed led to a loss in revenue for record labels. the riaa and the founders of the music sharing technologies soon became enemies. bnoth sides of these groups were trying to find solutions to prevent music piracy from happening."
i thought i defined the problem in there..if i didnt..then how can i define clearly what the problem in music piracy is
what do u guys think the problem with music piracy is? |
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| Floorfiller |
well no offense, but it sounds kinda high schoolish. you could have stated a little more clearly what the problem is...
from what that says...i'm guessing you're taking the point of view that music piracy takes away profits from the music industry...so just say that...
bam...music piracy takes revenue from record labels... |
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| twisted420 |
| didnt you already make a thread on this>???? |
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| TweeK |
| Use the search botton bro,im sure you find tonz of arguments on this particular subject here at TA |
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| Matt |
nanananana here come the search nazis!
I agree with your teacher, you clearly haven't identified the problem.
I think what you've written is too one-dimensional (music piracy = bad) for a three-dimensional problem
1) RIAA, representing record labels and artists, believe that they are suffering from free access to music through a decline in sales. Therefore, they are hunting down individual users, and taking legal action against companies that develop file sharing software.
2) Music has become incredibly expensive. Maybe not so for the Britney Spears generation, but for the most case, it is difficult and expensive to have access to all kinds of music from around the globe. In example, good electronic music is hard to find at your local HMV or MusicWorld. Free access to music allows enthusiasts to enjoy music they wouldn't normally have access to, and therefore, can't buy. And finally, you can argue that music piracy allows you to preview albums before buying. I've bought many CDs (back before my en-trancement) for just one song I heard, only to find out the rest of the album was ty.
3) Music piracy also allows small-time artists to be exposed on an international scale. However, this does not generate direct revenue, but might indirectly get people to buy CDs... if available, see #2
So the problem? Finding a balance between the two arguments so that artists can make profits off file sharing, while enjoying the enormous wealth of benefits the music piracy provides. The solution might already exist: CD sales are reportedly increasing and Apple has found enormous success in selling online music via iTunes. |
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| fitom tiel |
the problem, in short, is that you're too academic in your writing, and yet not even-
try different angles instead of a straight line. figuratively. |
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