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... Peer2Peer (p2p) File Sharing is a way for anybody to share computer files, be it audio, documents, or software, legitimate or otherwise. ... The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and similar organizations use it to describe p2p file sharing; this is a disservice to honest discussion (O’Reilly). Although some people say that P2P networks hurt artists, P2P networks should be legally allowed to contuine operations because of the actions of the musicians, actions of the listening public, and the need to stop a potential monopoly.
In the war on p2p, artists and writers have a very strong voice. ... One of the RIAA’s and The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) main arguments is that p2p networks suppresses new artists and writers. ... ”
The music lover is also a large voice in the war on p2p. ... There is a p2p program out there called Kazaa and it currently has been downloaded and is being used by 300,496,185 people. ... ”
The RIAA, what there doing about p2p and why it is wrong. It April of 2001 this was released by the supreme court “RIAA/MPAA alleged that file-sharing software was little more than a tool for piracy and sought to shut the services down as they did P2P music-sharing pioneer Napster. ... Her parents could not fit the bill so the owner of the popular p2p network program, Grokster, pay the tab. "We do not condone copyright infringement, but someone has to draw the line to call attention to a system that permits multinational corporations with phenomenal financial and political resources to strong-arm 12-year-olds and their families in public housing the way this sorry episode dramatizes," said Adam Eisgrau, the executive director of P2P United.
In New Zealand, many bands and individual singers are boycotting p2p networks saying, “… It’s a crime to our music. ... So the artists complain about the next thing down the list, p2p networks. ...
What the RIAA clams is that p2p networks are the ONLY thing that are dropping sales. ...
P2P networks should be legally allowed to contuine operations.
Approximate Word count = 1965
Approximate Pages = 7.9
(250 words per page double spaced)
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