At first, the music industry made the customer feel guilty with its “Home music is killing music” campaign. Nowadays it is trying to stop illegal downloads. Music piracy is the copying and distributing of copies of a piece of music for which the composer, recording artist, or copyright-holding record label did not give consent.
Music piracy has started with the appearance of the audio tape recorder but has drastically increased in the 21st century with the widespread use of the Internet. Some years ago the music industry tried to make deals with Internet service providers to reduce Internet speeds for transgressors. At first, it would take a few minutes for someone to download a song and it even used to be hard to find it. Nowadays, it takes seconds or sometimes a couple of minutes to download a whole album. People no longer need to pay for music if they don’t want to. They can find whatever they want for free and there isn’t a way to stop that.
Personally, I don’t agree with illegal downloading and I love buying an album and listening to it. Some musicians might share the same idea because the truth is, people in the music industry see things in a different way. Most people don’t know how hard work it is to record an album or how expensive it is, and a lot of fans don’t even buy the music of their favourite artists anymore.
New technology has made it possible for artists to get their music out there and build up their fan base. Social Media websites such as MySpace or Facebook are nowadays a must have to get started in the music industry and most venues ask for one. As a musician I don't believe that I'll have someone buying my music any soon and I just want people to listen to my music. I believe that the way forward is trying to use illegal downloading as a positive thing, using it to promote yourself as an artist or your band. If nowadays live music is where most of the money is, why are bands still trying to sell their music?
Music piracy has started with the appearance of the audio tape recorder but has drastically increased in the 21st century with the widespread use of the Internet. Some years ago the music industry tried to make deals with Internet service providers to reduce Internet speeds for transgressors. At first, it would take a few minutes for someone to download a song and it even used to be hard to find it. Nowadays, it takes seconds or sometimes a couple of minutes to download a whole album. People no longer need to pay for music if they don’t want to. They can find whatever they want for free and there isn’t a way to stop that.
Personally, I don’t agree with illegal downloading and I love buying an album and listening to it. Some musicians might share the same idea because the truth is, people in the music industry see things in a different way. Most people don’t know how hard work it is to record an album or how expensive it is, and a lot of fans don’t even buy the music of their favourite artists anymore.
New technology has made it possible for artists to get their music out there and build up their fan base. Social Media websites such as MySpace or Facebook are nowadays a must have to get started in the music industry and most venues ask for one. As a musician I don't believe that I'll have someone buying my music any soon and I just want people to listen to my music. I believe that the way forward is trying to use illegal downloading as a positive thing, using it to promote yourself as an artist or your band. If nowadays live music is where most of the money is, why are bands still trying to sell their music?
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