Piracy

While, I don’t agree with software and movie piracy, I think differently for music.

I’ll tell you the reason why I do so. To the best of my knowledge, musicians make most of their money from concerts and endorsements. So if you are downloading the latest Green Day’s song from the internet, chances are that it will not effect them at all. Bear in mind that this don’t make downloading any less illegal.

So more often than not, its not the artists but the record label companies who have a problem with P2P, BitTorrent etc.

My view might seem very twisted, but reading ahead might make it more sensible.

There are several Indie Rock groups like Interpol, The Bravery, who are not mainstream artists, and P2P makes it possible for them to reach a wide audience. Had it not been for P2P, I would never have heard of The Bravery, and their awesome song - Fearless.

So sharing music over P2P is not always bad…illegal as it maybe. I do not download mainstream music over the internet, never, but I do download music of Indie Rock groups.

Personally, I feel that the record companies are far from being broke, they make their money in millions, so P2P really won’t hurt them so to speak. I am not saying it makes distrubution of copyright material is legal, in fact, I firmly believe in buying original software, even if it is expensive - but with regards to music, I think it’s not so much about right or worng, there are a lot of grey areas. I perfer to look at the ‘right’ aspect rather than the ‘correct’ aspect.

And musicians make all their money from concerts and endorsements anyway :D

First published on GameSpot