Everybody knows the penalties for illegally download music, but why do people still do it? Music is available to purchase on the internet and also on itunes. Although illegally downloading music is easy to get away with, the consequences, if caught, are outrageous! On June 18, a 32 year old lady in Minnesota was caught downloading music and was fined $80,000 for each song. Even though she only had 24 songs, she had to pay a total of $1.9 million. Even though I agree that illegally downloading music is wrong and is technically stealing, i strongly disagree with the consequences. I feel that whoever is in charge should stop the downloading at the source and not penalize people so much for downloading. To be honest, I would still be downloading music if i wouldn't get my internet taken away by the school.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/06/18/minnesota.music.download.fine/
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I definitely agree with your statement. School is the only thing that is allowing me not to illegally download as well. It is something that is so easy to be done, that it can be written as convenience in certain aspects. The government or whoever is in charge hasn't been doing a great job in preventing the illegal downloader. They should really emphasize it.
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