File sharing gets artists music more widespread and gains them popularity.

     

  

     While the music industry thinks that file sharing is more harmful than beneficial they might want to start thinking otherwise. Even though with the wide spread of file sharing nowadays the music industry is losing some of its money plenty of people still buy their music. File sharing actually helps the artists music get out to more people and a wider spread of audience members especially if you’re an upcoming artist looking for popularity and fans. People are more inclined to show their friends a new song they downloaded by an unknown artist than one they bought by a popular one. Also, some music sites like Amazon or iTunes don’t sell songs by certain artists or specific songs by an artist. Artists are split down the middle as to whether file sharing of their songs is bad or good but those who aren’t in favor should research more on how it’s actually benefiting them in the long run.