A review on a post on Legal from My E-Commerce blog

I had reviewed a post from My E-Commerce blog and post a comment on UK to get tough with illegal downloader. File sharing grew in popularity with the proliferation of high-speed Internet connections, and the relatively small file size and high-quality MP3 audio format. For many people it is as simple as opening one of many peer-to-peer file share programs, selecting the tracks, downloading and burning to a CD-ROM. Although file sharing is a legal technology with legal uses, many users use it to download and upload copyrighted materials without permission, which can be copyright infringement if done without authorization for improper purposes.

One of the big issues concerning the music industry that is revenue lost. In theory, if a person is able to download his or her favorite music off the Internet, that person would not need to purchase the CD at a local music store. Every story you read will most likely produce a different set of numbers the music industry claims it has lost due to music downloading. Therefore illegal downloading music cause the music industry does not profitable.

On the other hand, for some countries which are in Canada, downloading copyright music from peer-to-peer networks is legal but uploading those files is not. This is because, Canada has imposed fees on recording mediums like blank CDs and similar items. These levies are used to fund musicians and songwriters for revenues lost due to consumer copying. Canada has initially charged this tax on MP3 players, but a recent Supreme Court decision ruled that the law was written in such a way that these players were exempt from the tax.