File Sharing essays

File Sharing essays Dont take something that doesnt belong to you. A common sentence many parents tell their children as theyre growing up. At that young age, usually the punishment was a timeout or something taken away. Yet we grow older, and thus the punishment is worse. Its now called stealing, and as they say, you do the crime, you pay the time. Stealing by law is illegal, so then I ask, well if thats the case, why do we have such a thing as file sharing. WWW..the first three letters on a website. The world wide web, and truly it is, the worldwide web. File sharing has most likely been around since the internet was, but back then it wasnt seen as too much of a threat, for only a few knew about it. Today though, millions turn on the computer and file share. So you ask, well how do we stop this. But to respond, I say, there is no way to stop it..all efforts are a waste of time and money, for the more you try to stop it, the more people will find a way against it. ****In the past year or so, the RIAA has tried to file lawsuits against those who illegally trade files on the internet. Though this may be true, why do we still have as many file shares out there today. According to the RIAA some 61 million people in just the US regularly share music online. In general the P2P (peer to peer) activity has not diminished. P2p traffic is likely to stay around and grow in the future. While the RIAA tries to stop this activity with its numerous lawsuits, one has to ask the question, how can they fairly sue people for their activities, and is their a way to guarantee all violators are prosecuted? Well no, there isnt. It will always be an unfair business, those trying to sue against file sharers. There is no way to guarantee the fairness of this. Too many people file share and will continue to file share. As long as there is internet service, we will have filesharing. *****Many say that money is lost in the music indus...