Assignment # 9

Copyright laws have been in effect for a long time and I think we need to consider how effective they are and whether or not they are useful with technology developing the way it is. I think the copyright policy is outdated and needs to be changed. With copyright laws in effect the way they are then most of the United States younger generation should be sued or arrested for “music sharing”. Practically everyone I know has used or will use a program to share music online with friends or with strangers, and I think this is impossible to prevent. So copyright law is constantly being broken, and really there’s not much that can be done with the way technology and the internet continue to develop.
Because there are websites that share music without necessarily  downloading a song , such as youtube, everyone has broken a copyright law. So someone needs to develop a way to make music sharing legal while in turn allowing artists to make money.  According to the article I chose against copyright law, copyright holders tried to sue radio stations “out of existence” but eventually stopped trying. Maybe copyright holders should stop trying to sue everyone and start trying to change and enforce a different more sufficient law.
So because copyright laws can easily be broken with todays technology , and not everyone can be sued or arrested then people should consider changing these laws. Making it more convenient for everyone involved in a copyright battle.

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