ILLEGAL DOWNLOADING

Should we stop downloading music or it isn’t an important problem in our society? This item makes me start an important discussion in my mind.

First of all, I would like to say downloading is an illegal activity that consists of taking a song without paying anything. At first this sounds good, because you can own a song for free; but think of the other part.

Like everyone else, musicians work to sell their music and earn money. Aren’t we stealing them by downloading their songs? Even though they are rich, their work is to produce more music to earn more money and make their fans “happy”, and, if we download those songs, will musicians stop producing, or will they continue?

In my opinion, despite downloading music for free, musicians earn money in other ways. For example, do you think Elton John cares if people take his songs without paying? He travels around the world, doing concerts, going to interviews and all that stuff. Is he going to be mad because of that? He really doesn’t need it at all, because those interviews and concerts give him some remuneration too.

Downloading music is a good thing because you don’t have to pay for each song, so you can have a lot to listen to. Even though music may seem just a pastime for relaxing or having fun, it really is a way to gain culture, culture of nowadays.

To sum up I would like to say downloading shouldn’t be illegal because it’s a really good tool for having variety of music, culture and enjoyment.