Some people think that illegal Internet downloads are having a negative effect on the music industry. Others feel that they have little or no impact on artists. Discuss both views and give your own opinion
Nowadays, it is a very common to
download
from the internet
and it is becoming a topic of debate whether it is legal or not. However
, while many advocates that music
piracy doesn’t effect on the music
industry
, I side with those who believe that it does affect the music
industry
as a whole.
On one hand, it could be argued that download
music
from the internet
is not illegal and it doesn’t affect the music
industry
because they have multiple sources of income. Many artists create videos or songs just as a hobby. Likewise
, many artists do live shows or advertisements, their main income sources are not just music
. Hence
, supporters of this
claim that download
from the internet
doesn’t affect much to them.
On the other hand
, I hold the opinion that download
music
from the internet
is illegal and it significantly affects the music
industry
because to make any song is expensive. Many people work behind to make an album and artists needs to pay for the staff, advertisement fees and rent. If people do not buy their album legally, artists will not able to pay them and in the end artists will get bankrupt. In other words
, they will stop making music
albums and people might lose great artists. Thus
, in my opinion, people should not download
music
from the internet
illegally.
To conclude, although
some musical artists make albums as a hobby or they do not rely on one source of income, Music
downloading from the internet
without paying for, it causes the whole industry
will not survive in the future. Therefore
, on balance, I think people should avoid music
piracy.Submitted by jay on
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