Piracy And Music Censorship

With technology increasingly becoming better and better, a lot of activities are becoming way easier to accomplish; such as, buying and selling, but not all things becoming easier are necessarily good. Lots of people take advantage of technology these days and pirate things like music; by doing this, they are stealing lots of effort and man hours with just a few clicks. When people share this abusive power, more and more people tend to pirate and it is almost an irrevocable process. Most people pirate because they cannot afford to pay for the product they pirate or in another sense are just really lazy, but that is no excuse! People who have pirated music should be fined because they are hurting the artist; they can actually give the money back that they took instead of going to jail, and to help repair the damage they have done to the United States (U.S.) economy.

Due to the fact that people pirate, artist can no longer pursue to continue making intellectual properties because people are directly stealing from them (Online Music). One day artist will have to make music on their own time because of piracy; it is very nauseating that some artist can only produce one album or even one song and then they are finished. Artist put lots and lots of effort into their works such as man hours, intense concentration, their heart, soul, and imagination. (Online Music). Artist should get something in return as payment for their commitment; they are blatantly being ripped off as an effect of piracy and all their hard work eventually runs out for nothing! According to the Online Music, “It’s about putting food on the table and covering the rent. It’s about making money… for all that equipment and rehearsal time” (1). Artist are greatly affected by the people who pirate intellectual