For as long I've been listening to music, all I hear is how pirating music is bad. Well before we start pointing fingers lets look at the big picture here.
Piracy is bad and is illegal, but does it really hurt the artist if one chooses to download one song off an artists entire album? Maybe a person doesn't want an entire album and just wants one song. I know you're probably saying, well that is why we have Itunes for. Well, looking at what Itunes charge for a single song, you're better off buying the whole cd instead of buying a single song for 0.99 cent.
I believe downloading illegal music isn't a good thing but it's a smart thing. Why? Well, if you take the best rapper alive Lil Wayne and his latest album The Carter 3 sold over 1 million copies in the first week. That is after his album was leaked a week before the actual release date. Some may call it lucky but i believe that if it wasn't for people downloading Lil Wayne's album illegally before it came out then Lil Wayne wouldn't have had the success that he has now.
Piracy is going to continue to grow whether we like it or not. Until artists start making music that make people want to buy their album then we are going to see people continue to download music illegally. It's just a matter of time until downloading music is legal and no one has to pay for music.
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