Modern technology has made it easier for individuals to download copyrighted music and books from the internet for no charge. To what extent is this a positive or a negative development?

Downloading verified

music

and

books

from the internet has long been free and available for every Internet user.

However

, I don’t think

this

is a positive development as while it gives us the chance to enjoy reading and listening entertainingly without paying, we are abusing the

authors

and the composers’ intellectual property. On the one side, access to boatloads of

music

and

books

opens the door for a whole new world of knowledge and masterpieces. With just an amount of money paid for the WIFI network every month,

people

can enjoy listening to

music

from a wide range of websites with

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high-quality audio of up to 320kbps or read different updated

books

whenever they want.

This

brings beneficial advantages for

people

who can’t afford to pay a large amount of money to buy

books

, especially the foreign ones whose tax is doubled when it comes to buying the original version. Having offline

music

enables

people

to entertain themselves when they are on the train, in their workplace or where there is no presence of the WIFI.

For instance

, I usually open the offline playlist of jazz

music

to help me concentrate on studying when I am in a library or even at home when I don’t want to be disturbed by the social media ‘s notifications. On the other side, it would be extremely unfair for the creators who have spent ages publishing their brainchild. Whereas

people

take only 3 minutes or 3 days to listen to a song or accomplishing reading a book, the

authors

are paid for a certain amount of money and

then

watch their products being spread all over the Internet without proper sources. Even though it is not considered to be illegal, suppose we are in their position, it would be a feeling of bitterness and disconsolateness that their time and efforts deserve more than that. A lot of singers, composers and

authors

are fighting every day to gain justice for their brainchild by removing their creations from websites that illegally steal the

music

or

books

without permission.

Furthermore

, the service of providing these free entertainments are gradually disappearing and

instead

, they offer a small charge for every song or book

people

want to download. Though it is inconvenient at

first

, let’s look from a different perspective, it’s a way to show respect and create motivations for the

authors

as well as the composers to tocontinue publish newly attractive products for us to enjoy. To conclude, it’s generally a negative development that if we continue to use the other’s intellectual properties without paying, it is just a matter of time until we have nothing to entertain.