Shenanigans

Because over 1 billion songs were traded illegaly in Australia, thier government is proposing a three strikes policy.  Illegal trading of music has been damaging the established music industry for years and now the Austrailian government is finally going to try and stop it. The first strike will provide an extensive warning to the pirater. The second strike will suspend the users internet service. The third will cancel the users internet indefinately. The policy in Austrailia will be about the same as one the was instituted in Britain that is used to police users internet activities. The owners of illegal trading websites will be faced with some severe fines if caught so the government is hoping to cut down on the websites and make it harder for individuals to steal music.

I think that this is a good idea to make sure that music is not stolen from the bands that we love to listen to. Every time a song is stolen, it affects the band that wrote it and makes it more expensive for them to write more songs.  As important as it is to protect someone elses property, I think that stealing music has been a way to kind of get back at the music industry for taking money and originality away from the bands they own.  the music indusrty has been nothing but trouble for bands trying to make a name for themselves as well as well known bands that have to do what their boss says.  This however still does not make it right for people to steal music. The article said that 63 percent of kids in a servey said that they would definately take music that they didn’t have to pay for. That number would be much higher in America and it needs to be stopped. What they are doing in Austrailia is a good thing and hopefully, it happens in America too.

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