Essay On Downloading Music And Movies Illegally

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Should people who download music and movies illegally be punished? Nowadays, the information technology is growing rapidly. Almost everything can be found in the Internet. Even the latest music and movies can also be found. Then, people are going to download these music and movies without paying any money. However, this is not legal. Some people do not know this is illegal, some people know that this is illegal but still continue doing this illegal thing. Should these people be punished? In my opinion, people who download music and movies illegally should be punished. My reasons are as follows. Some people may think that downloading music and movies illegally is very convenience and is free of charge. So they tend to download music and movies from the Internet illegally, instead of buying CDs or going to cinema to watch movies. However, downloading music and movies illegally is just like stealing things. When you download a song illegally, you are downloading something that is not…show more content…
For the music industry, artists earn money by selling their songs in form of CDs. For the film industry, people go to cinemas to watch films or buy copyrighted editions of the films, and thus film producers can make profits. But if people download music and movies illegally and do not pay for those music and movie, the music industry and the film industry cannot gain profit, or even lose a lot of money, as both the music industry and the film industry invest a large amount of money on producing songs or movies. If they cannot earn any money or even cannot gain back the money they have invested, do you think they will create new songs or movies again? The answer is surely no. They will not do something that they cannot earn any money. Then, less people are willing to create new songs and movies. Or maybe in the future, the music industry and the film industry will not exist

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