Copyright and Creative Commons

Today in class we heard from Jason Hardin. During his lecture, he discussed copyright laws. I was familiar with some of what Mr. Hardin talked about, but a majority of the lecture was new information. One thing that interested me was the story that he told us about the girl from Trinity who had illegally downloaded 10-12 songs, but was then served with a subpoena. She had to pay the music industry about one thousand dollars for each song she downloaded.

I have heard of these types of situations before, but I always find them fascinating. Although I feel bad for the girl, I have to side with the music industry. I do not know about everyone else, but I have learned from a young age that it is illegal to download music off the internet. However, people still do it. I personally have friends that download all of their music illegally. Every time someone downloads music and videos off of the internet the film and music industries loses profit. This situation is handled the same way as any other case involving theft. Therefore, it was the girl’s fault for choosing to download her music illegally. 

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