What do I think of Illegal Downloading?

     In my opinion, it is definitely wrong to download certain materials from the internet such as movies, games, or applications. The reason they don't give those things out for free in the first place is because there has been a lot of effort made into putting these materials together and they are made to be sold. 

     Materials that are often downloaded illegally however such as music, shouldn't be wrong or cause any offense because there is so much music that people listen to and thousands of songs that people listen to. If each downloadable song costs about a dollar, this means that there will be so much money spent on just having music to listen to! Therefore in my opinion, anything that can be viewed or listened to on youtube, should be available for free, legal download. 

     If i had produced my own piece of art/song/movie, i would continue to hold the same opinion because i don't think it would be fair for everyone to be paying so much money just to be listening to whatever it is that i produced. I would look at the situation from their point of view to see what would be best for the majority. 

     I feel that as long as the material that is being downloaded is not being given to other people, it is completely okay to download copyrighted material. If it's going to be used for personal reasons and not to be given or shared with others or being spread around, then it is acceptable to download material off the internet.

     I also think that music should be available for free on the internet legally and only have official albums sold for those who want to have a legit copy of the music. Since right now music is being sold for money and has such a high total cost, it is almost impossible to download all our music legally.