Jonathan Pippard
The internet has changed the music landscape forever. There was a time, now long past, where music fans would amass great collections of the CDs (or, thinking back even further, vinyl records) produced by their favourite bands and artists. Now those same music fans are more likely to have thousands of mp3 files stored on their computers, and no doubt most of them would have been downloaded illegally and without the artist’s permission. Most people are well aware of controversial exploits of file sharing services such a Napster and Kazaa, but less well known is where the fight against illegal music downloading goes from here. With record companies and individual artists constantly seeking ways to stem the flow of illegal mp3 sharing in order regain lost profits; has this cyber trend become unstoppable? This article will discuss the future of mp3 downloading considering impact of popular pay-per-download music site such as iTunes and Beatport, the creative efforts of bands such as Radiohead and Nine Inch Nails to curb the illegal downloading of their music, as well as the decision of the French government to actively cut down illegal downloading by cutting off the internet of repeat offenders as ways to combat the effects of file sharing sites.
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