Why Can’t the Music Industry Stop Illegal Downloads?
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SummaryCan’t wait for the new Jay Z album to go on sale to get your own copy? Don’t want to shell out $19.99 (plus tax!) for the latest Modest Mouse record? For those growing up in the Internet generation, these hurdles are trivial. Peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing has made acquiring media online remarkably easy. At the same time, this technology has managed to spawn a deep hatred of the recording industry in the hearts of many consumers. Lawsuits, threats, and invasive software on CDs seem to be the norm, all brought to us courtesy of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). It is important to understand the RIAA’s actions in the digital age, but it is also important to understand the motives behind them, and why all of these appeals seem to fall on deaf ears.
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- The RIAA is a music industry trade group that represents the interests of major record labels
- The RIAA's key audience is the American consumer
- In April of 2006, one California state assemblyman, Ed Chavez backed by the RIAA and Motion Picture Industry of America (MPAA) went so far as to propose a bill forcing students to learn about the evils of file sharing in school
- Executive VP of the RIAA goes so far in an April 11, 2007 press release as to claim that this latest round of threats and lawsuits has, in his words, 'invigorated a meaningful conversation on college campuses about music theft, its consequences and the numerous ways to enjoy legal music?
- Sherman has a valid point. These people are violating US copyright law.
- In my opinion, the RIAA fails miserably at appealing to consumers.
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