I really don’t understand why everyone is freaking out about how upset they’ll be if media fire gets taken down.
I understand that sometimes you don’t have enough money to buy an album, so you listen to it online, but I don’t understand why you would download every single album you want from file sharing websites.
From 2nd-5th grade I used limewire, mainly because I was young and had absolutely no way of getting money to buy albums. But I also didn’t know better. I didn’t know that downloading from limewire was illegal and I didn’t know that the artists didn’t get paid for illegally downloaded music.
But now I just find it pretty unacceptable. People who use filesharing sites are all old enough to know what it means. It is illegal. Most of us are over 13 and have some way of purchasing music, whether it be from saved money, or because you have a job.
If you really want an album, save money, buy it. Downloading 40 albums a month isn’t cool. We’ve been spoiled. Our illegal activity went unpunished for a very long time. The sharing sites were so easily accessible to anyone who wanted to use them, that we’ve become worried that we might not be able to continue to engage in the illegal activity.
Most people use sites like mediafire because it’s easy, free, and because it’s there. With the thought that it might not be there anymore, people are freaking out.
Why? Is purchasing music and supporting the bands you listen to really that horrible?
When I learned more about limewire in the 5th grade, I stopped using it. I haven’t illegally downloaded something in 5 years. I have over 60 albums. I enjoy saving money to support artists. They work hard, really hard, and don’t deserve their work to be spread without receiving some sort of pay for it.
I don’t understand how you can say you support a musician, yet you whine and complain that you cant steal their music. Cds are wonderful. If you really support the musician and truly want that cd, save money, buy it.
Why would you steal merchandise someone worked hard on, simply because you can?
