Napster

Napster RICHARD TIBBETTS Is downloading songs off of Napster morally acceptable? My first inclination is to say, no, that downloading an entire song from the Internet is stealing. The artist who recorded the song would actually think so, along with the record label company. It seems quite simple that if a person produces a product then that person is entitled to the profit made by selling that product. That individuals' effort, time, and money, to …

…release. In conclusion my final analysis is that the music industry should take heed of the past influence from the movie industry and come to the realization that the more air play a song gets means the more exposure the artist gets and that society would buy the c.d. from getting to know the artist whether it be from radio or an internet site, where as a song can be recorded through either medium.