I'm in big trouble...
Monday, October 6, 2008 // 11:46 PM
Illegal downloading. We've
all done it before. However, I must confess I am a huge addict of illegal downloading. Honestly, I've never bought a CD in my life. It just seems like a waste of money when there's all the enticing, free software that allow you to download music and other media for the best price - absolutely nothing.
I've never thought much about it, and definitely never thought it was wrong - morally or legally. The fact is simple: it's going to be there whether you download it or not.
Besides, it's just a few songs. At an early age (I think about 7), I had already discovered the freebie of downloading music and I found it to be truly amazing discovery. Never did I think I was hurting anyone when downloading the hottest, new album.
Today in class, though, really helped me open my sights to how overwhelming the damage of downloading songs can really be.
It starts off with one person downloading a few songs. Sure, seemingly harmless, the person downloads the latest single from their favourite artist. No harm done -
if it only, was just one person. But in reality, the numbers are more likely to match if you multiply that single person by 10, then multiply that by 10, multiply that by 100 and then multiply that by 100000. Even those numbers are much less that in real life, as the worldwide downloading has spread like wild fire due to the convenience and insufficient laws.
So I realized that although it may seem like nothing's happening to the excessive amount of downloading happening in the world and in Canada, a new law is about to be cracked down on us and it will be enforced very harshly. Does this mean I will immediately remove Limewire off my computer and delete every song off my iPod? Definitely not.
However, I will proceed with caution.
Labels: Illegal Downloading