File sharing and illegal downloading research

File sharing and illegal downloading.

Positives

File sharing increases the popularity and fame of the music industry, advertise artist with a wider variety of choice for music. Teenagers want everything fast with the new technology. You are more likely to save money. Music lovers reach music as it becomes released instead of waiting for a quite long period for the music to be released in retails. Media ownership is a process whereby fewer individuals or organizations control increasing shares of the mass media. Contemporary research demonstrates increasing levels of consolidation, with many media industries already dominated by number of firms.

Negatives

·         Gives a rise to copyright and piracy issues.

·         Reduces the sale figure of music companies.

·         If stealing an album from a music store is wrong then downloading illegally should be too.

·         Artists’ gain less money from their record label already, and you file share and download illegally your favourite artist does not gain much.

Ed sheeran – 33 million albums and 10 million singles were downloaded illegally in the first six months in 2012. In the UK his music has been rated first for most illegally downloaded music. 110 million single tracks were downloaded in 2008.

·         800,000 jobs in the creative industries out of 1.8million in total are threatened.

·         Figures show that digital album downloads have grown with 15 albums selling more than 100,000 digital copies in 2011

Shakira, the Colombian singer stated that 'File sharing is a gift’, as it brings her closer to her fans. ‘I like what's going on because I feel closer to the fans and the people who appreciate the music’. Lily Allen   'I think music piracy is having a dangerous effect on British music’ Opposing those who download music illegally "And music is a gift. That's what it should be, a gift."

In conclusion, File sharing does not have an impact on the music industry. As broadband began to grow so did artists. The internet provides more ‘shelf space’ for media or digital products and can provide for more audiences. Artists promote themselves free of charge. File-sharing enables new artists to make income for their ambitions, they become popular the effects of this is more turn outs at concerts. I have a friend who uploads his talents on Youtube, We all know that youtube has a converter site. Artists who became notices through file sharing such as Ed sheeran and Lily Allen were noticed through file sharing but why does Lily Allen oppose people who file share. She is contradicting herself because she file shares too and her courier started by file sharing. No government should have a right of shutting off anyone’s access to the internet or fining because of piracy.