In academic week 6 we had a Lecture on copyright 'Why I Copyfight' and had to read a few articles..
I chose the Legal threats against The Pirate Bay-http://thepiratebay.org/legal which the university computers did not allow me on- for legal reasons of course, what kind of a university would allow students to access The Pirate Bay ? what example would they be setting.. here I go suggesting that the university is for copyright because they have put a ban on accessing particular sites ..
copyright & Me
sitting on the fence .. Get it ? ha.ha .
read on and decide where i ended up.
Ever since i can remember I have been sitting on the fence with this issue.. I cannot decide where i stand ..
It took me a while to completely understand the different sides let alone pick my side..
I used to be a huge fan of music and only ever bought two Cd's in that time .. the others came as Xmas presents .. and itunes vouchers other than that.. I found out about this not so big secret called Downloading ...
I was so quick to download Kazaa, thats how far back I learnt about this Malarky!!
soon after downloading it .. I discovered that Music was not the only thing I was downloading, I did this on the main PC in the house so my parents were asking me if I had 'Been watching porn' and why the PC was running slow .. clearly those pop-ups carried some really damaging viruses ..
I upgraded .. and just as well . Kazaa closed down .. they were definitely CRAPPY if you asked me . Limewire came out.. even my own mother was asking about it .. begging me to get her the latest tunes ..
That was until one day, driving around listening to the radio, my mum turned up the volume when she heard the word Limewire.
'Do you hear that ' she said .. that is illegal .. I just laughed and thought but didn't you ask me to download something for you . She had been testing me .. asking me favours that involved downloading to see how eager I was to use this PC crippling software ..
Yet again the PC was slowing down and i just gave up on the whole thing ..
I saw on the net a few months after that Limewire was gone ..
But they were clever they left a seed .. right after they died out the birth of Frostwire was a BOOM!!
I did not jump on that bandwagon .. my download days were behind me..
.. I felt like a proper rebel .. should I even be putting this up here ? I said used to so its Ok =]
I found out about the damage illegal downloads puts on companies ..
Companies lose profit share.
Digital single sales and record industries create lower profits.
Lower profits can ultimately result in record companies producing lower quality work or eventually ceasing to exist.
The quality of audio which is downloaded for free from the web is generally poor.
Under Federal law, Downloaders can be fined thousands of pounds per track downloaded .
Deep down I felt the people making and producing this music deserve some credit.. supporting music industries was my motive for a Long time .
I bought a few CD's for my younger sister, that we shared and for a while .. we were doing great ..
technically I'm still supporting aren't I ?
So one day .. Im at my PC just browsing the net.. looking at some underground UK artist and i came across a story headline .. SUE ME I LIKE YOUR SH*T (unfortunately i cannot find the link for it it was a while back), pretty excited .. I read on.. It was about a young girl who was getting frustrated by the whole copyright issue.. she claimed that when she bought a CD, she was not interested in every track that was listed and that the music she was into was never available on sale when she wanted it .. so Download it she said ..
She also claimed that certain underground artists would not mind their music being downloaded because its for the same cause ? listening..
Hmm this girl had me thinking .. silly things ? i don't know .. but in a sense she was right .. there is a law out there and she was fighting it with some sort of sense ..
Even then, i learnt at the time that underground artists were selling their music for low prices and illegally just to get 'their stuff heard'..
bigger fish to fry
watch a movie .. really like it .. want to watch it again..
you can but you don't always have to go to the cinema .. I dont understand how i got sold in .. but it happened ..
apparently some of the biggest known secrets in the name of download .. Im not going to go into that avenue but i learnt quicker than i knew that downloading movies,music e.t.c ruins the Idea of the trade ..
Im keen to discover new things that's why I try stuff out .. I am a strong believer of both and the day is possibly coming soon ..
I might not have to sit on the fence any longer .
