FILE SHARING AND COPYRIGHT

File sharing is a big question today, all over the world. Personally I can’t pick side. I can see both pros and cons. It gives both positive and negative economic effects.

Is it wrong or right? Should it be legal or illegal?

In the movie Good copy, Bad copy they discuss file sharing and the new cultural sides of making innovative music from original music.

Is it stealing, or is it good for our music-culture?

I agree with some guys in the movie saying you should be able to create new music and mix songs, without it being illegal. For example, someone wants to make a remix of one of Brittney Spears songs, it shouldn’t be a problem. Some people will like her original song and some house fanatics will be happy to hear a new version of their kind of music.

The majority of the money artists earn comes from tours etc. and the fact that they earn less millions because of file sharing won’t stop the downloaders.

No one asks for your identity or money when downloading. Of course, if movies, music and TV-shows are available for free, people will download. They would be stupid not to. Piratebay thinks it’s a human right to download. I don’t fully agree.

I feel sorry for them, who are making money out of the products, but in the same time, many of them earn more on one movie, one season of their TV-show or song album, than I ever will. Selfish?

Several people, like me, and artists are in favour of the downloading of small, unknown bands. People find them on the Internet and start to like them. This makes small bands more famous and it’s a good way for them to get out on the market.

Maybe we download a lot in Sweden because of the non frightening legal system here. When piratebay got caught some people stopped download, but many didn’t. People say that the risk of getting caught is very small and that they don’t care. Should they?

You wouldn’t steal a car is quoted in a Swedish commercial. I wouldn’t compare file sharing to stealing a car because the artist is still earning money in other ways, but, I don’t want a person to steal my things. That’s why I think it feels wrong to download. BUT, I join friends downloads. Am I Pro then?

 

Can’t decide.