P2P Music Sharing on the Internet
‘P2P Music Sharing on the Internet’ ‘Should I download free music from ‘Peer-to-Peer’ file sharing programs on the Internet? ... However, software programmers have used this technology to allow the public to share ‘mp3 format music files’. ... The three principal stakeholders that will be discussed in this essay are: User – Us, the general public and users of the software used to download music Artist – The creators of the music, which they sell through the Record Label Record Label – The conclusive owners of the music, which they market for sales The artists’ perspective is whom I will initially analyse. ... Its not piracy when kids swap music over the Internet using Napster. There were one billion downloads last year but music sales are way up, so how is Napster hurting the music industry? ... asp 29th June 2000 Although it is highly evident that most Artists are more concerned about their music being heard rather than making money from it, we should still be aware that the Record Label are the main financial victims, as they own the copyright to the music. By considering very recent documentation on this, it is evident that copyright owners of music such as EMI and Sony have taken action against music piracy: “A court has fined a Norwegian student over his song-swap website in a ruling hailed by the music industry as a victory for giants like EMI and Sony whose revenues have suffered from online music piracy. ... com 2004 Clearly, we, the users of this service are running the risk of being prosecuted for the action of downloading music, despite the opinions of the majority of the Artists. ... We will use the following guideline to study these acts of ‘Exterior Morality’: Table of Measurement Goodness of consequence How important Cumulative probability likelihood Very high = 10 Very high = 10 9 9 8 8 7 7 +ve (good) 6 6 Medium = 5 Medium = 5 4 4 -ve (bad) 3 3 2 2 1 1 Zero = 0 Zero = 0 Net Goodness = Ó ((Goodness of consequence) x (how important) x (likelihood)) · (Also applied to badness) Decision / Consequence Trees We should acknowledge that this tree has been formed under the assumption that one is in possession of some file sharing software and is confronted with an ethical judgment.