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 * 1) it can land a computer user in legal trouble if done illegall
 * 2) Downloading music illegally can have a negative impact on the company that made the music
 * 3) many artists depend on royalties from the downloaded music
 * 4) Even if illegally downloaded music was downloaded by a child your home, you could be legally liable for the music downloaded
 * 5) Downloading music illegally is done using torrent programs and peer-to-peer (p2p) programs
 * 6) The programs used to download music illegally can also be used as a legal means of distributing independent music
 * 7) so the programs themselves are not by nature illegal
 * 8) Ensuring that the copy of music a user downloads is legal is important to avoid lawsuits, jail time or fines
 * 9) Purchasing music directly from the artist, at music stores or on reputable music sales sites can protect a user from accidental illegal downloads

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 * 1) Music downloaders have a common misconception that they are not legally liable if they are just downloading or streaming the music
 * 2) According to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), a user who downloads music he hasn't purchased is breaking the law
 * 3) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">even if the user never distributes the music to anyone else.
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Illegal music downloading can bring jail time and hefty fines
 * 2) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Under Federal law, downloaders can be fined up to $150,000 per music track
 * 3) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">In 2009, a woman in Minnesota was fined $1.9 million dollars for downloading 24 tracks from the Internet
 * 4) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Also that year, four of the men who ran the downloading website "The Pirate Bay" were each sentenced to one year in jail for their role in making downloads available
 * 5) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Downloading music illegally affects the income of everyone involved in making the recording.
 * 6) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Not all music artists see illegal music downloading as an offense worth prosecuting
 * 1) On October 26, 2010, a federal court ordered to shut down the file-sharing program Limewire for copyright infringement
 * 2) again bringing attention to the issue of illegal downloading that has plagued the music industry in recent years


 * 1) It’s reasonable to assume that many young adults have downloaded at least one song illegally

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: Helvetica,Verdana,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">Samet, Matt. "Pirate Nation: Illegal Music Downloading | The Cornell Daily Sun." //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">The Cornell Daily Sun //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">. 15 Nov. 2010. Web. 28 Mar. 2012. <http://cornellsun.com/node/44806>. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: arial,helvetica,clean,sans-serif;">Advantages:
 * 1) The industry is now geared to selling singles as opposed to make good quality records
 * 2) Albums today generally have more “filler” that is certainly not worth $12.99
 * 3) It’s not just illegal downloads that affect album sales today, but iTunes itself
 * 4) International music and the lack of accessibility domestically also influence people to download albums
 * 5) artists usually have different release dates around the world (ours is designated as Tuesday)
 * 6) there are some problems with downloading that still force even illegal downloaders to buy albums
 * 7) It takes a seasoned downloader to sift their way through various webrips, retail rips and bit rates to find true CD-quality
 * 8) The music industry also claims that illegal downloading is ruining CD sales and decreasing revenue for artists and driving them to stop releasing CDs, although this is not necessarily true
 * 9) Artists and their management tend to blame early leaks of albums for decreased sales
 * 10) The misconception is that because people get an album earlier for free, they won’t buy the album when it comes out
 * 11) Albums sales also do not “make or break” an artist
 * 12) Singers actually make more much money from tours than they do on albums, gaining money from ticket sales while record companies gain most profits from the CDs
 * 13) Live concert revenue is actually increasing now with increased ticket prices
 * 14) the labels don’t really want the public knowing that, so they make a big deal about illegal downloading as it costs them money rather than the artist in the long run
 * 15) illegal downloading is wrong — this is unquestionable
 * 16) It is stealing money from someone, whether it is artists or the labels
 * 17) some people can get something for free while others have to play is inherently wrong, and there is no getting away from that
 * 1) <span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial,helvetica,clean,sans-serif;">You can download at any time and you get the music (almost) straight away.
 * 2) <span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial,helvetica,clean,sans-serif;"> You may only have to pay for the songs you want
 * 3) <span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial,helvetica,clean,sans-serif;"> you don't have to buy a whole CD just to get one track
 * 4) <span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial,helvetica,clean,sans-serif;"> you may be able to purchase just one track making the experience cheaper

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: arial,helvetica,clean,sans-serif;">Disadvantages:
 * 1) <span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial,helvetica,clean,sans-serif;">CDs come with extras like the words to songs
 * 2) <span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial,helvetica,clean,sans-serif;"> the cover of the CD is part of the experience of owning the item (one of the things that people said about CDs when they first came out was that being smaller you couldn't see the cover art so well and in some way you therefore missed out
 * 3) <span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial,helvetica,clean,sans-serif;"> especially with bands where a lot of money was spent on the cover like Pink Floyd)
 * 4) <span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial,helvetica,clean,sans-serif;"> If you buy all the tracks from an album from a download site you can end up paying as much as you would have spent buying the CD - so you aren't actually saving money at all.
 * 5) <span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial,helvetica,clean,sans-serif;">CDs are probably more robust and less prone to accidental loss than files on a computer.
 * 6) <span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial,helvetica,clean,sans-serif;"> CDs do have a legal resale value, downloaded tracks (as far as I know) don't.
 * 7) <span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial,helvetica,clean,sans-serif;"> you cannot always download the exact thing you're looking for
 * 8) <span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial,helvetica,clean,sans-serif;">what about getting caught and sued....look at the native woman in america she got sued a couple of $100,000. advantage, whatever music u want from any decade u can get for 'free'
 * 9) <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Verdana; font-size: 12px;">you also have to pay for the music that you wish to download in order for you to have obtain it legally.
 * 10) <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Verdana; font-size: 12px;">Most people don’t understand that you can actually get caught in illegally downloading music as it has happened numerous of times
 * 11) <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Verdana; font-size: 12px;">You can easily get viruses, Trojan horses, spyware, adware, or some other malware on your computer via downloads.
 * 12) <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Verdana; font-size: 12px;">Limewire was a huge P2P sharing company that recently got shut down in October of 2010 because of the fact that they were illegally distributing music
 * 13) <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Verdana; font-size: 12px;"> The safest place to download music is through iTunes or through the artist’s music store that some may have on their site.
 * 14) <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Verdana; font-size: 12px;">Even downloading music illegally comes with the downside that the sound quality may be bad.
 * 15) <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Verdana; font-size: 12px;">A CD usually has better sound quality than anything digital due to the bit rate.
 * 16) <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Verdana; font-size: 12px;">Corrupted files can be another issue

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">Admin. "The Disadvantages Of Illegally Downloading Music." 11 Dec. 2010. Web. 29 Mar. 2012. <http://www.softwareindustry.org/the-disadvantages-of-illegally-downloading-music.htm>.

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 * 1) <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">p2p network is, it's a computer program or website that allows users to share all kinds of different files across the internet.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Some of the most popular programs to date are Limewire, Frostwire, Utorrent and the Pirate Bay
 * 3) <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Napster was originally allowing users to download almost any music file for free, but it was violating copyright laws.
 * 4) <span style="color: #373737; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">So in short, my definition of piracy is someone who downloads, or effectively steals an artists music
 * 5) <span style="color: #373737; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">downloading or copying and then listening to music that they have not paid for
 * 6) <span style="color: #373737; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Thus the artist not gaining any money from a sale of a CD or DVD so to speak.
 * 7) <span style="color: #373737; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">the illegal acquisition and possible re-distribution of music or associate media, such as DVD’smeans that the downloader gets to experience and hear music that they haven’t heard before.
 * 8) <span style="color: #373737; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"> Or they haven’t had access to previously
 * 9) <span style="color: #373737; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">This means that in turn, they either buy the CD (profiting the artist), or they at the very least maybe go to a gig.
 * 10) <span style="color: #373737; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">The prices of gigs are definitely ranging and the costs of venue’s / travelling expenses must take a big chunk out of the profit they make from the money that the tour provides.
 * 11) <span style="color: #373737; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">different bands have very different prices on their tours, for instance, Spandau Ballet have a ticket price of £60.00
 * 12) <span style="color: #373737; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"> People are able to be more broad with their music searches, for example they can type into Google : “What are the best bands with in the Trance Genre?”Google would then come back with a lot of different bands, and the person could then go search for each one there,
 * 13) <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Downloading music is fast, free and convenient, so it comes as no surprise that so many music lovers obtain their tunes illegally.
 * 14) <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Despite combative efforts by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), illegal downloading has become increasingly prevalent in recent years
 * 15) <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Programs such as Limewire and BitTorrent are teeming with users, and there seems to be no end in sight.
 * 16) <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">the prospect of ceased downloading may only be desirable for record companies
 * 17) <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">illegal downloading is more beneficial than harmful for musicians
 * 18) <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">file sharing is primarily condemned for its unfairness to musicians
 * 19) <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Critics of illegal downloading equate it with stealing.
 * 20) <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">file sharing does not pose a dire threat to musicians; the damages of downloading are highly exaggerated.
 * 21) <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Musicians do not suffer from lack of album revenue because their profits are mostly derived from touring and merchandise sales.
 * 22) <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Profits generated from music sales pale in comparison
 * 23) <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">According to Media & Culture by Richard Campbell, musicians receive a standard $0.09 royalty from a $0.99 iTunes download, leaving $0.33 for iTunes and $0.57 for the record company.
 * 24) <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Illegal downloading affects the music industry rather than musicians because companies reap the majority of proceeds from sales.
 * 25) <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">With little profit at stake, musicians stand to gain the benefits of downloading and file sharingThe primary advantage of illegal downloading is its capacity to foster a greater fan base for artists
 * 26) <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Downloading presents the opportunity for small bands to make it big by establishing name recognition and exposing their music
 * 27) <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Musicians cannot succeed without name recognition, and downloading provides another promotional outlet.
 * 28) <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">File sharing also increases opportunities for income.
 * 29) <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Although downloading hinders record sales, it facilitates the sale of concert tickets and merchandise.
 * 30) <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Rather than combating illegal downloading, musicians are embracing the benefits of the internet.
 * 31) <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">As reported in a BBC news article entitled "Musicians Upbeat about the Net," 60 percent of artists "said they did not think that lawsuits against song swappers would benefit musicians and songwriters.
 * 32) <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Illegal downloading is not harmful enough to musicians to warrant their support for lawsuits
 * 33) <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">many artists embrace the internet as a form of advertisement.
 * 34) <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">The majority of musicians sell their music online and some even offer free songs
 * 35) <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">the internet enables musicians to make more money from their music rather than making it harder to protect their material from piracy.
 * 36) <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">The internet plays an essential role in sustaining success in the music industry.
 * 37) <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Despite the availability of free music online, digital track sales increase with each passing year and generate substantial industry revenue
 * 38) <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">According to 2008 music statistics on www.futureofmusicbook.com, physical album sales dropped 14 percent between 2007 and 2008, but digital album sales increased by 27 percent the same year.
 * 39) <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Increasing Internet sales compensate for the decline in profit from physical albums.Despite the negative claims against downloading, the music industry even promotes file sharing; Apple facilitates trading music files through an iTunes program called Home Sharing
 * 40) <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">People whose computers are in close proximity, such as college students, can literally trade entire libraries by simply exchanging iTunes account information.
 * 41) <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">The existence of Home Sharing contradicts all grievances against illegal downloading: it is a simplified version of Limewire that can quickly transfer immense quantities of music.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">Biggs, Jacob. "Advantages and Disadvantages of Illegal Downloading." 1 Dec. 2010. Web. 29 Mar. 2012. <http://www.therotundaonline.com/entertainment/the-advantages-of-illegal-downloading-1.2263735#.T3SGIKXZ6f4>.


 * 1) <span style="color: #111111; font-family: Arial,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is extremely concerned about illegal downloading from the internet.
 * 2) <span style="color: #111111; font-family: Arial,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">the RIAA believes that decreasing CD sales are caused directly by illegal downloading
 * 3) <span style="color: #111111; font-family: Arial,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">the RIAA began using controversial methods to attempt to combat the problem
 * 4) <span style="color: #111111; font-family: Arial,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">it has been pursuing lawsuits against average citizens who it believes have obtained music through illegal downloading.
 * 5) <span style="color: #111111; font-family: Arial,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">The RIAA blames these music “pirates” for the losses incurred by the RIAA and its members.
 * 6) <span style="color: #111111; font-family: Arial,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Napster was an online music sharing service started in June of 1999 by Shawn Fanning
 * 7) <span style="color: #111111; font-family: Arial,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">It was the first commonly used music sharing system on the Internet.
 * 8) <span style="color: #111111; font-family: Arial,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Users of the Napster service said that the music industry had let them down, only publishing a few hit songs per CD and leaving the rest of the album with “filler”
 * 9) <span style="color: #111111; font-family: Arial,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">an examination of the RIAA’s marketing and sales charts shows that the real decrease in CD sales actually began in earnest after Napster ceased operating
 * 10) during the 2 1/2 years that Napster was operating, CD sales increased by over $500 million dollars from what they were in 1998.
 * 11) <span style="color: #111111; font-family: Arial,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Since 2001, CD sales have continued to decrease steadily.
 * 12) <span style="color: #111111; font-family: Arial,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">since 2001 the music industry has continually reduced the amount of music released each year
 * 13) <span style="color: #111111; font-family: Arial,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Another way the music industry has attempted to combat the illegal downloading of music, is by making digital downloads available through numerous online services
 * 14) <span style="color: #111111; font-family: Arial,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">One of the most successful is Apple, Inc.’s iTunes music store, which to date has sold over 1,000,000,000 songs worldwide at 99 cents per song\
 * 15) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Ensuring that the copy of music a user downloads is legal is important to avoid lawsuits, jail time or fines
 * 16) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It’s not just illegal downloads that affect album sales today, but iTunes itself
 * 17) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">International music and the lack of accessibility domestically also influence people to download albums
 * 18) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">artists usually have different release dates around the world (ours is designated as Tuesday)
 * 19) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">there are some problems with downloading that still force even illegal downloaders to buy albums
 * 20) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It takes a seasoned downloader to sift their way through various webrips, retail rips and bit rates to find true CD-quality
 * 21) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The music industry also claims that illegal downloading is ruining CD sales and decreasing revenue for artists and driving them to stop releasing CDs, although this is not necessarily true
 * 22) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Artists and their management tend to blame early leaks of albums for decreased sales
 * 23) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The misconception is that because people get an album earlier for free, they won’t buy the album when it comes out
 * 24) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Albums sales also do not “make or break” an artist
 * 25) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Singers actually make more much money from tours than they do on albums, gaining money from ticket sales while record companies gain most profits from the CDs
 * 26) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Live concert revenue is actually increasing now with increased ticket prices
 * 27) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">the labels don’t really want the public knowing that, so they make a big deal about illegal downloading as it costs them money rather than the artist in the long run
 * 28) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">illegal downloading is wrong — this is unquestionable
 * 29) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It is stealing money from someone, whether it is artists or the labels
 * 30) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">some people can get something for free while others have to play is inherently wrong, and there is no getting away from that

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">Admin. "Webster University: Illegal Downloading." //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">Webster University //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">. Web. 30 Mar. 2012. <http://www.webster.edu/technology/downloading.shtml>.

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<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">"Facts about Downloading File Sharing and CDeez." //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">Christian Music Trade Association (CMTA) //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">. Web. 30 Mar. 2012. <http://www.cmta.com/brochure.htm>. []
 * 1) <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Illegal downloading affects the music industry rather than musicians because companies reap the majority of proceeds from sales.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">With little profit at stake, musicians stand to gain the benefits of downloading and file sharingThe primary advantage of illegal downloading is its capacity to foster a greater fan base for artists
 * 3) <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Downloading presents the opportunity for small bands to make it big by establishing name recognition and exposing their music
 * 4) <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Musicians cannot succeed without name recognition, and downloading provides another promotional outlet.
 * 5) <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">File sharing also increases opportunities for income.
 * 6) <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Although downloading hinders record sales, it facilitates the sale of concert tickets and merchandise.
 * 7) <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Rather than combating illegal downloading, musicians are embracing the benefits of the internet.
 * 8) <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">As reported in a BBC news article entitled "Musicians Upbeat about the Net," 60 percent of artists "said they did not think that lawsuits against song swappers would benefit musicians and songwriters.
 * 9) <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Illegal downloading is not harmful enough to musicians to warrant their support for lawsuits
 * 10) <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">many artists embrace the internet as a form of advertisement.
 * 11) <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">The majority of musicians sell their music online and some even offer free songs
 * 12) <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">the internet enables musicians to make more money from their music rather than making it harder to protect their material from piracy.
 * 13) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: left;">Music piracy is any form of unauthorized duplication and/or distribution of music including downloading, file sharing, and CD-burning
 * 14) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: left;">when it comes to stealing digital recordings of copyrighted music, people somehow seem to think the same rules don’t apply
 * 15) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: left;">criminal penalties can be as high as five years in prison or $250,000 in fines
 * 16) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: left;">illegally downloading or copying copyrighted music is the same as stealing; there is no difference.
 * 17) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: left;">When you use software that facilitates illegal downloads, you open your computer to unwanted pornography, security breaches, and viruses
 * 18) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: left;">The RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) can sue for as much as $150,000 per song illegally downloaded.
 * 19) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: left;">Almost 2000 individuals have been sued by the RIAA for illegally downloading as of March, 2004.
 * 20) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: left;">More than 400 individuals have settled, paying fines averaging $3000
 * 21) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: left;">The Department of Justice recently announced the creation of the Intellectual Property Task Force, which examines all aspects of how the DOJ handles intellectual property issues.

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