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Recording Industry Lays Down the Law to Stop Pirating
Where do you get your music? If you're getting it for free off the internet, you may be breaking the law! Lately, the record industry is trying to put an end to illegal file sharing. The Recording Industry Association of America is suing college students who download music without paying for it.
The recording industry will be sending letters to universities across the country. The letters are part of a crackdown that is designed to stop students from getting music for free. The letters warn students who have been downloading music that if they do not pay up, they will be sued. The amount a student owes can be as much as several thousand dollars!
One survey by the Intellectual Property Institute said that half of all college students download music and movies illegally. The recording industry calls students who download music "pirates" and considers it to be stealing. They say the music is the property of the artists and should not be downloaded without paying the musicians who made it.
File sharing is so widespread that it would be impossible to successfully sue every single person doing it. But by going after heavy downloaders now, the organization hopes to discourage others from doing it. Even slowing down the process would help protect copyrighted movies and music.
I'm Isaac and that's what happened in arts and tech this week!
So do you agree that suing filesharers is the best way for the recording industry to stop illegal downloads? Let us know in this week's Call Out!
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