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MUSIC PIRACY: IS THE CONCEPT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY DEAD?
Today, the Internet has really taken over the world. It has altered the way we think, the way we socialize and entertain ourselves, and the way we carry out our daily lives and chores. Its ability to help us travel the globe while still sitting at our computers is phenomenal. Now, we have access to a world of information, the opportunity to communicate with people from every part of the globe, the ability to shop around the world from the comfort of our homes, and the opportunity to share resources and ideas with people that have the same interests as us (The Internet: benefits, dangers and strategies). However, this has given rise to a number of problems including forming friendships with strangers that can potentially harm you or someone you know, our identity being at risk with our information being vulnerable when in the hands of the wrong people, and wrongful sharing of resources like music that are rightfully the property of its creator or producer. Hence, to protect the intellectual property of artists and encourage them to continue creating popular pieces of work, copyright laws are passed by the government. But how far is too far? To what extent can we sit back and watch record companies protect their property? How do we make both the creators and the consumers of music happy? All this is discussed in this essay.
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