Intellectual Property Essay
CMF Intellectual Property 11/18/13 Modern technology is simply marvelous; it allows one person to listen to another person’s artistic musical work without having to be in the vicinity of that person. The certain technology I am talking about is Internet music downloading. Internet music downloading is when a person downloads music from the Internet. Downloading music from the Internet has a multitude of advantages as well as cons and risks.
The risks of downloading music from the Internet include spyware, viruses, hackers, and possible invasion of personal information, such as your birth date and social security number. Although these risks may be present, a good percentage of people buy and download music from the internet. When these people download music, they can infringe on the copyright laws of works by composers or artists. The previously stated people infringe upon the copyright laws of the artist by downloading the work without compensating or crediting the artist. Without compensation, the artist will feel like he or she is producing music for nothing, and nobody likes to work for nothing. Everybody wants to make a profit for the time and effort they put into their work. Downloading music from the Internet is a great way for people to acquire the selected songs they want without paying for the songs they do not want. One example of this is a 12 year old boy is paid a weekly allowance of $5 and has a list of his favorite songs. He goes to a music store and sees a CD of the band that is at the top of his list. The CD costs $15 and has only 2 songs he likes. He spots another band’s CD, and it is also $15, but it has 3 of the songs on his list. The advantage downloading the same songs from the Internet is that this boy has the ability to pay for all 5 songs on his list without paying for songs that he does not like. By selecting the songs he wants, the boy has more space to buy more songs and because he is able to buy more songs, he is exposed to
The risks of downloading music from the Internet include spyware, viruses, hackers, and possible invasion of personal information, such as your birth date and social security number. Although these risks may be present, a good percentage of people buy and download music from the internet. When these people download music, they can infringe on the copyright laws of works by composers or artists. The previously stated people infringe upon the copyright laws of the artist by downloading the work without compensating or crediting the artist. Without compensation, the artist will feel like he or she is producing music for nothing, and nobody likes to work for nothing. Everybody wants to make a profit for the time and effort they put into their work. Downloading music from the Internet is a great way for people to acquire the selected songs they want without paying for the songs they do not want. One example of this is a 12 year old boy is paid a weekly allowance of $5 and has a list of his favorite songs. He goes to a music store and sees a CD of the band that is at the top of his list. The CD costs $15 and has only 2 songs he likes. He spots another band’s CD, and it is also $15, but it has 3 of the songs on his list. The advantage downloading the same songs from the Internet is that this boy has the ability to pay for all 5 songs on his list without paying for songs that he does not like. By selecting the songs he wants, the boy has more space to buy more songs and because he is able to buy more songs, he is exposed to