Music Piracy
Pirates back in the 1800’s were known to sail the high seas, plunder ships, steal cargo, the list goes on. Pirates today are still around but they take a different form, they take the form of someone going on the internet and downloading a torrent of that catchy new song they heard on the radio or downloading an entire album from some no name artist that doesn’t have their album on Spotify yet. These pirates aren’t your traditional, pirates they’re music pirates. Music piracy hurts the music industry, it decreases the value of art, and it hurts the artists themselves, especially lesser known artists.
Music piracy, at its core, is stealing music. Ethically, it’s no different than walking into a library and stealing a book, morally …show more content…
Spotify, Amazon Prime music, Apple Music, YouTube, the list goes on and on. Spotify and YouTube can both be used for free (with internet) so there isn’t much reason to still pirate music and while these services have cut down the amount of illegal downloads, people still do it. To combat this, some artists such as Garth Brooks and Tool have stopped selling their music digitally so they can avoid their music being pirated. So again, the solution is simple, if someone can’t buy the music they should use streaming apps and services and if they can’t afford the services, then use them for free, the artist still gets paid. The only real problem with Spotify is that the artist only gets about 99 cents per play so if someone enjoys the artist enough and is willing to help support what they do, then they should buy the song off of iTunes or Amazon or the whole album physically or however they want.
Music piracy is both morally and ethically wrong, it’s no different than stealing a book from a library. It’s no longer necessary in 2018 due to the sheer amount of streaming apps and services. Music piracy hurts the industry, it decreases people’s value of art, and it hurts the artists themselves. End
Pirates back in the 1800’s were known to sail the high seas, plunder ships, steal cargo, the list goes on. Pirates today are still around but they take a different form, they take the form of someone going on the internet and downloading a torrent of that catchy new song they heard on the radio or downloading an entire album from some no name artist that doesn’t have their album on Spotify yet. These pirates aren’t your traditional, pirates they’re music pirates. Music piracy hurts the music industry, it decreases the value of art, and it hurts the artists themselves, especially lesser known artists.
Music piracy, at its core, is stealing music. Ethically, it’s no different than walking into a library and stealing a book, morally …show more content…
Spotify, Amazon Prime music, Apple Music, YouTube, the list goes on and on. Spotify and YouTube can both be used for free (with internet) so there isn’t much reason to still pirate music and while these services have cut down the amount of illegal downloads, people still do it. To combat this, some artists such as Garth Brooks and Tool have stopped selling their music digitally so they can avoid their music being pirated. So again, the solution is simple, if someone can’t buy the music they should use streaming apps and services and if they can’t afford the services, then use them for free, the artist still gets paid. The only real problem with Spotify is that the artist only gets about 99 cents per play so if someone enjoys the artist enough and is willing to help support what they do, then they should buy the song off of iTunes or Amazon or the whole album physically or however they want.
Music piracy is both morally and ethically wrong, it’s no different than stealing a book from a library. It’s no longer necessary in 2018 due to the sheer amount of streaming apps and services. Music piracy hurts the industry, it decreases people’s value of art, and it hurts the artists themselves. End