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Like anyone of my generation, I am very pro Internet piracy for multitudes of reasons. Once I found out everything that the Internet was capable of, I could not justify purchasing another overpriced CD or DVD. The IFPI (International Federation of the Phonographic Industry) has reported that illegal downloading outperformed legal downloading by a 20:1 ratio. While they claim that this has lost the recording industry $3.7 billion, they still have no idea why. The evolution of the Internet is the reason, and I am still not sure why recording companies have not made any effort to release their music through the Internet instead of producing CDs only. The files-sharing methods used mainly for piracy make it possible for record labels to distribute their music online and eliminate their production costs, yet no progress is made. They could charge a few dollars a month for access to their entire library, and they would multiply their profits. However, all they know how to do is complain about losing money to the Internet and make no changes to stop ripping customers and hard-working artists off. Piracy is not to be condemned due to rising entertainment expenses, pro-piracy artists and producers, and future improvements to the entertainment world.
Music, movies, PC software, and games are all very expensive now. If no one had to pay for any of these, there would be much more money for us to spend on college tuition, rent, and bills, etc. Nowadays, CDs and DVDs range from $10-20 or more (around $30-40 for Hi-Definition movies), while video games are upwards near $60 per game and computer software can be over $1,000 for a single program. With all of this inflation ruining our economy, many people will resort to taking minor illegal actions to get the entertainment they want for free. The decline in sales, however, is not just because of the inflation. The top five artists for digital downloads were Avril Lavigne, Utada Hikaru, Rihanna, T-Pain and Akon. Do they...