The illegal downloading or called torrenting, which means sharing the movie & TV series through peer-to-peer on the internet, has been an open secret for a long time. Many people use it as a tool to entertain themselves, but there are also many people against it. Though all these argumentative thoughts from different people, the article “Is downloading really stealing? The ethics of digital piracy” by the author Christian Barry gives his answer very persuasively
Firstly, the use of logo seems the most important rhetorical concept. The author choose not to speak his own opinion directly at first, but imply it in the body paragraph and summarize it at the final section. He compares the thought between two groups of people to support his own. The author leads to two groups who has opposite opinion about torrenting which are called …show more content…
The fundamentalist libertarians treat the torrenting as “victimless crime” which does not serious enough to earn a heavy punishment. On the contrast, the fundamentalist protectors think that “the illegal downloading is equivalent to the common theft”, and it should not be tolerated. After list their opinion, the author extend the focus on the punishment and benefits for the public which argued by these two groups. Then after deeply consideration, Christian Barry does not trend to any of these groups. He summarizes that “Despite their currency, both of these positions are overdrawn and seem at odds with moral common sense.” In author’s opinion, both of those group have their insufficient points. While him posting those points, he uses specific analogy like “trespassing on your land than taking your land away from you.” to address that the torrenting has “morally relevant differences” which the people thinks there are not. By analyzing
Firstly, the use of logo seems the most important rhetorical concept. The author choose not to speak his own opinion directly at first, but imply it in the body paragraph and summarize it at the final section. He compares the thought between two groups of people to support his own. The author leads to two groups who has opposite opinion about torrenting which are called …show more content…
The fundamentalist libertarians treat the torrenting as “victimless crime” which does not serious enough to earn a heavy punishment. On the contrast, the fundamentalist protectors think that “the illegal downloading is equivalent to the common theft”, and it should not be tolerated. After list their opinion, the author extend the focus on the punishment and benefits for the public which argued by these two groups. Then after deeply consideration, Christian Barry does not trend to any of these groups. He summarizes that “Despite their currency, both of these positions are overdrawn and seem at odds with moral common sense.” In author’s opinion, both of those group have their insufficient points. While him posting those points, he uses specific analogy like “trespassing on your land than taking your land away from you.” to address that the torrenting has “morally relevant differences” which the people thinks there are not. By analyzing