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downloading music off the internet is free. agree or disagree?

downloading music off the internet is free. agree or disagree? Q93X

Both passage and lecture discuss downloading music off the internet. While the text believes it is everybody’s right to download music without paying for it the lecture says it is a crime. First, the lecture argues that the internet is a free source of information and downloading music off the web without paying for it is a perfect example. However, the professor refutes this idea. She mentions that, nowadays, the internet is not only a source of free information but also a kind of business. In her opinion, musicians make big money on the web by selling their songs. Speaker emphasizes U2’s latest album as an example and says if you want it, pay for it, because that album is U2’s property. It is their right to get money every time that their music is downloaded, it is the copyright law and when you downloaded the music without paying for it, you break the law, so it is criminal. Second, the text says everyone likes to share favorite music with others, and sharing music differs from stealing music, so peer-to-peer file sharing is not criminal. The professor disagrees with this idea and asserts that it is the artist’s legal right to get paid for his or her products. She mentions Napster, the first site for peer-to-peer music sharing, which was taken to the court. Although Napster argued that it was just for sharing music among friends, it sentenced to a big penalty. Third, the author believes that downloading music off the web at home is a kind of privacy and manifests democracy. The lecture believes this opinion is lacking in well-founded rationales because downloading music off the internet without paying for it is against the law and no one can break the law and hides behind the privacy issue. She says if you break the law you are a criminal. In sum, although the passage believes refusing to pay for internet music makes no one a felon, the lecture argues it is a crime. No one has the right to steal music on the internet just because it is fast and easy.

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lecture
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downloading
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music
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says
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music
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law
 and when you downloaded the You use this word too often, consider replacing it withsoulraprockmelodypiecesinging
music
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paying
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, This phrase/word is too simple and can be replaced with:consequently
so
 it is criminal.

Second, the text You use this word too often, consider replacing it withrespondclaimconveyspeaksuggestadd
says
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 with others, and You use this word too often, consider replacing it withallocationdistribution
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music
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music
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 is not criminal. The professor disagrees with this This phrase/word (depending on the context) can be potentially replaced with :thoughtconceptnotion
idea
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right
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get
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his or her
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sharing
, which was taken
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just
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sharing
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music
 among friends, it sentenced to a This phrase/word is too simple and can be replaced with:hugeenormousgiganticvast
big
 penalty.

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downloading
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music
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lecture
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believes
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downloading
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music
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off
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paying
 for it is against the You use this word too often, consider replacing it withcasestatuterequirementcodeconstitutioncharter
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 and no one can break the You use this word too often, consider replacing it withcasestatuterequirementcodeconstitutioncharter
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 and This phrase/word (depending on the context) can be potentially replaced with :coversmasks
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says
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 you are a criminal.

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believes
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music
This phrase/word (depending on the context) can be potentially replaced with :createsconstructsmanufacturesproduces
makes
 no one a felon, the You use this word too often, consider replacing it withdiscourseinstructionaddress
lecture
 argues it is a crime. No one has the You use this word too often, consider replacing it withgoodlegalhonestappropriatelegitimateproper
right
 to steal You use this word too often, consider replacing it withsoulraprockmelodypiecesinging
music
 on the internet This phrase/word is too simple and can be replaced with:merely
just
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because
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fast
 and easy. 