Music Piracy

Music piracy is the illegal distribution of copies of sound recordings on physical carriers without the permission of the owner. It is also known as “stealing” of music. A typical example would be borrowing a friend's CD and burning a copy for yourself. Also, downloading music from the Internet if the song's royalties are not paid for.
The word “music piracy" sounds funny it makes me think of Somalian rebels on speed boats with AK47 rifles chasing Justin Bieber's yacht trying to steal his cd's. There is definitely nothing anyone can do to stop music piracy right now. There will always be ways around it no matter what legislation is brought in. It’s an almost impossible thing to control because this has become a global problem.


Here is a Possible Solution
Although I know that this can never happen, I would offer a simple possible solution for the music industry on how to curb music piracy. The Prospect of music should accept file sharing and try to monetize it vs. attacking it. Let’s assume file sharing is made legal, not in a way that enables illegal activity but in a way the music labels can accept new concepts & ideas of how music can reach a fan.Now the answer lies with the ISPs. If the music labels or copyright holders could actually acknowledge some sort of model with the ISPs it could be innovative. There will be software’s that charge these ISPs every time a person shares a music file. The more a person shares the more of a boomerang they get from these labels. Therefore increasing music sharing while having a monetized model would be flawless but I really doubt any major label is ready to embrace these new ideas.