Should music sharing programs be legal?, Give me your opinion. Options

[Jen]

I am writing a paper for my music history class, and I just wanted the opinions of my fellow 6gc'ers.

What do you think about music sharing programs, such as Napster, Limewire, etc.? Do you think they should be legal (as in completely free)? And why?

Please, only educated replies.

I believe that they shouldn't be legal, because artists and bands work very hard to produce songs, and I don't think it's fair for the public to download an entire album for free. I do believe though, that if certain artists want to allow the public to hear their music free, they can. But artists that do not want their music to be free, should be blocked from the public.

What do ya'll think?

[DSToyo]

I dont have much background on this, but ill state my opinion anyway . Ok, i think that it should be illegal to download anything and everything you want from pretty much any artist you want. Because of what you said about the artists doing all the work and not selling the number of albums they maybe should. I dont really know the aspects on what elements the artists get paid for, but it seems as though people downloading music are taking away (significantly) from theyre album sales. This topic could go on forever, but (i know this contradicts what is said) as long as music is offered for free, i do take advantage of it, even though i know that it is wrong and financially bad for the artist. Thats just my 2cents

This post has been edited by DSToyo: Mar 29, 2007 - 7:19 PM