Music Piracy Epidemic

In my music, I’m trying to play the truth of what I am.
Time.... They’re singing your praises while stealing your
Phrases.” Charles Mingus

All of a sudden pirated music is everywhere: on the Internet, street vendors, and
even in some CD stores. Consumers find irresistible, the act of being able to listen to the
music before they purchase the CD. However, it is not general knowledge that
downloading free music is illegally and can send Internet users to prison.
There must be away to inform the people about the dangers of music piracy without incarcerating them. The first step into informing the public we must explain to the them what exactly is music piracy.

Background

According to the Berkman Center for Internet society at Harvard Law school piracy is defined as “the unauthorized duplication of goods protected by intellectual property law (e.g. copying software unlawfully)”so music piracy is the copying of CD’s and songs downloaded for free from the Internet illegally (meaning that the Internet website that provides the music does not have proper authorization to do so). Downloading music for free is illegal because the artist and music corporation loses their money and loses the profits they make from their ownership, which is called royalties. The three main groups most affected by music piracy are: the artists, music corporations, and the consumers.