Digital downloading is a great easy way to get music fast with out leaving your house but it has lead to a culture of piracy. Music file sharing has become big but also illegal,the music industry classes it as theft and responsible for downturn sales of Cd’s. However the success of Radiohead’s album has challenged this statement, some fans may simply want to sample music before purchasing it. The emergence of I Tunes (legal digital downloading) for me is a big moment in music history; it has definitely helped increase sales because it is so cheap and easy to access. Yes the digital download has lead to piracy of music but it has also helped boost record sales and take music in to a new era. Therefore the digital download will not signal the end of the music industry but will actually bring music into an exciting new era.
(Lawrence Lessig, (2004) Free Culture: The Nature And Feature Of Creativity, P.68-69.)
While I take your point about the Radiohead case (because I am aware of it) you shouldn't simply assume knowledge on the part of the reader in this way. This post is reasonably sound and does discuss some of the issues at hand but it could do with a little more clarification.
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