What’s the big deal about sharing music files?
Discussions about the legality and morality of peer-to-peer (P2P) sharing of music files are nothing new. But the fact that we’ve grown weary of the topic doesn’t mean that good information or cogent arguments are freely available. Most of the people who speak up on the subject have an agenda... sometimes just an effort to excust their own behavior … and, in many cases, there's a profit motive that colors their thinking.
Our goal here is to present a fair and reasoned point of view. Not necessarily a balanced view. I definitely feel strongly about the issue. Rather, fair-minded in the sense of trying to represent all points of view with some respect.
I believe that peer-to-peer file sharing, as it is generally practiced, is stealing. I don't use the term to shock…just to speak plainly. But, while this is a multi-layered issue, which has a lot of history behind it...it's not really all that complicated.
Allow me to explain:
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