Brian Garrity with Billboard says " The number one story was that Universal Music Group received profits from Microsoft's MP3 player sales, an equity stake from the website YouTube and filed a law suite again the blog Myspace for copyright infringement"(Garrity). This goes to prove that Myspace and all of the other websites are getting caught big time for having there users do illegal downloads. Myspace is paying thousands and millions of dollars from the law suites they are currently in with music companies. Myspace needs to put a stop to there users illegally downloading artists music.
Jeffrey Fisher with electronic musician says "CD sales continue to decline, digital downloads are rising sharply"(Fisher). This just goes to show that musicians are losing tons of money from people downloading there music illegally and without paying for it.
Myspace needs to stand behind its promoters which means the music business and put a stop to all of this illegal downloading of music. They need to pick weather they have there users download music illegally or support there musicians in there hard work.
References
Fisher, Jeffrey. The Lowdown on Downloads. Electronic Musician. http://www.emusician.com
Garrity, Brian. (2006, December 23). The Music Industry Big 10. Billboard. http://search.ebscohost.com.ezproxy1.lib.asu.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=23470188&site=ehost-live
Jones, K. C. (2006, April 4). International dragnet targets illegal music file-sharing. In Internet Week. Retrieved from http://internetwek.cmp.com/184428640
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In China, the government censors specific internet content through surveillance and censors.
Laws “hold the ISPs and content providers criminally liable for the activity of their users” so each ISP must employ its own surveillance team. To stop illegal downloading in the U.S., would this tactic be accepted in the U.S. and would it be beneficial or could the U.S. use a version of this tactic?
Stieglitz, E. J. (2007). Anonymity on the internet: How does it work, who needs it, and what are its policy implications? Cardozo Arts and Entertainment Law Journal, 24, 1395-1417.
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