“All Men By Nature Desire To Know”
ARISTOTLE
The question surrounding the issue of downloading music is whether or not the industry itself has substantially suffered from the lack of regulation of technology that allows people to successfully download copyrighted material at the very click of a button.
Recently there has been an introduction of a bill in congress that would severly injure institutions of higher learning that that do not curb the influx of illegal downloading amongst college students or do not provide alternatives to downloading copyrighted material.
Introduced by House Labor and Education Committee Chairman George Miller and Higher Education Subcommittee chairman Ruben Hinojos, the bill is meant to get colleges to inform students and employees about the policies and procedures surrounding the issue of illegal downloading. The bill also asks that colleges figure out a way to allow alternatives to peer-to-peer file sharing or illegal downloading.
As someone that is an avid lover of music and movies I feel that such legislation would be too harsh to provide and environment that allows higher learning and understanding of subject matter.
The main tenors of opposition in this free flow forum of information is the government and their regulations that seem to allow the means of appreciating the art that it’s people create but do not allow it’s people to own their own art.
Music and movies should be free, the industries don’t lose enough to really curse the watcher or listener and there isn’t enough criminal intent to prosecute on the grounds of actual intent, but rather the curious nature of interest.
This is a war, and a call to arms. There is art in the air and we are forced to breath.
Colleges should not suffer because of their students activities. The only way to stop people from gathering free music is to stop the making of music all together. There are more of us music listeners than there are people trying to stop it, therefore it is not a stalemate in a losing battle, the battle is lost on the part of those trying to stop the love of true art and absolute beauty.
If we are to be punished because of our need for understanding and truth then blame Aristotle, I just wanted to listen to some Rage Against The Machine
2 comments:
Free speech should be free, isnt music and art a form of speech?
If I were a musician, personally, I dont think a price tag can be put on my art, but....I have mixed feelings about this. Its the corporations that are loosing money, not the artist. Fuck the corporations, they have enough!
You state your opinion pretty well, but you don't give me any facts or figure to back it up. For instance, you say that the industry doesn't lose enough on free movies or music to be problems, but don't offer any proof so it's hard to give it any credibility. And with editorials, your credibility is all you've got.
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