Before the visits from Don Hogarth and Andrew Kilgour, I had a set view on music, art, piracy, and copyright. I enjoy listening to music and seeing art that are original. In my opinion, remixing songs and sampling songs still has an original aspect to it. Seeing as the remixer or sampler has thought of the remix first, (even though it was original before) it still can be called original in my views.
In terms of piracy and copyright, I believe that it is bad to illegally download songs, but if someone is willing to take the chance and risk of being caught and charged, they can go ahead. I guess I feel for both sides of this story. I understand the point that you could get the song for free, and why would you not want to? Yet I also understand that this illegal download takes money away from the original artist and does not help the music industry. This is why I believe that people should be allowed to take the risk to download these songs if they feel the need to.
After the visits from Don Hogarth and Andrew Kilgour, my opinion on this matter has not changed. My view still stands that although piracy is a bad decision, people may take the risk of downloading the illegal file(s) as long as they know what they are getting themselves into. If somebody did not know about the tough copyright laws, then it would be a bad decision for them to download an illegal file.
Don Hogarth had many strong points about piracy and copyright. Mr. Hogarth had a very down-to-Earth view on this matter. He knew that people download songs, but he had wanted to have everybody know what they could get themselves into. If there were no copyright laws, there would be no motivation to create original music or art. Yet Mr. Hogarth knows that some people believed in no copyright laws and people would continue to illegally download files after his visit.
Andrew Kilgour had also came in with great points about the piracy world. Mr. Kilgour talked about how he knew what he does is against copyright laws. Mr. Kilgour was able to understand both sides of the story in his situation, which was very interesting.
Both Don Hogarth and Andrew Kilgour had thought that both sides of this matter were valid. They had both seemed to understand the other side opinion yet they had leaned more towards their industry. I believe in both opinions yet I think that somebody who is illegally downloading files should know the risks and consequences of what they are doing.
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