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.
