Peer to Peer File Sharing
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As much as I like to download music I think that peer to peer file sharing should be illegal. I think that artists and record labels are selfish, but they do have a point. By downloading music for free over a peer to peer network people are stealing it. Downloading ten songs and then burning it to a CD is no different that going to Best Buy and stealing a CD. Peer to peer file sharing is also costing the record companies millions of dollars. People would just download the music and burn it to a CD for free. There was at least three years where I didn't buy a CD, but I burned about 30. It was nice while it lasted, but it's wrong. I know if I was an artist and people were downloading my music for free, I would be mad too. If people steal were stealing CDs from a store there wouldn't even be a debate over whether or not they were guilty of stealing. So why should downloading music from a peer to peer network be any different.