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... They are losing millions of dollars a year from people pirating music. ...
Today I will interview, Bobby Frank, a young teenager who frequently downloads music from the Internet. ...
Joseph (Adam): So you download large amounts of music from the net? ...
Joseph (Adam): So aren’t you stealing music from the Internet? ... But I don’t think anybody knew this was illegal, it’s just a way to get some music.
Joseph (Adam): In a recent survey the ARIA have stated that 1/3 of Australians who download music are unaware that it’s illegal. ...
Joseph (Adam): Clearly record companies are angry by people who download music from the Internet. ARIA has announced an aggressive campaign to sue individual computer users who illegally share substantial collections of music on the net. ARIA has also confirmed that Internet file sharing and CD burning has a negative impact on the Australian sales of recorded music. ...
Joseph (Adam): Well that’s not true, ARIA claim file-sharing and CD burning result in a loss to the artist who performed the music, the songwriter, the music company who invests their time and money and the retailer. The levels of CD burning and file sharing are significant in Australia and are having a real impact on sales of legitimate music. ... Studies have shown that more than half of young Australians are unaware that “burning” music CDs is illegal. ...
Research from Quantum conducted surveys, which found 1/3 of music obtained by teens was sourced illegally. ... These services causing copyright infringements cause considerable financial loss to the music industry. ... This may seem a little harsh, but when it comes down to it, the music industry is being ripped off, so penalties must be dealt in order to conquer this ever-increasing problem. ...
Interview With Head of ARIA
Joseph (Adam): Swapping music files is one of the most popular uses of the Internet. ...
It costs the music industry billions of dollars in lost royalties, and while the most popular music swapping networks like Napster and Kazaa have recently found themselves in trouble in the courts, the problems going on pretty much anywhere there’s a computer network. ... There is a general feeling that it’s open season on music copyright at the universities, at an employee and student level. ...
Joseph (Adam): Monash University in Victoria has suspended one staff member while it investigates allegations of music piracy using the universities computer resources. ... Well to put it simply, ethics is basically the study between right and wrong.
Approximate Word count = 2027
Approximate Pages = 8.1
(250 words per page double spaced)
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