Current Event 2
http://news.independent.co.uk/business/analysis_and_features/article1305254.ece
By Stephen Pritchard
Published: September 3, 2006
The company Sprial Frog has announced that it will launch a music download site that will allow users to legally download music for free. The site is expected to be launched in December. Sprial Frog has an agreement with the record company Universal to supply songs from its catalog. Funding for the service will come entirely from advertisements. Downloads from Sprial Frog's service will probably not work with Apple's iPod, but Sprial Frog could choose to develop its own MP3 player. Spiral Frog has not said much about how they will make sure users see the adverstisements. They could have to watch them as they download music, but most likely the ads would display on an MP3 player itself.
Music fans, music artists, and record labels are affected by this.
This ethical issue addressed is whether or not it is ethical to download music for free because the artist and record label would not be making a profit from record sales.
The impact to society is that people would be able to download music for free, thus eliminating the deisre of some people to illegally download music. This service could also cause a wave of other companies who want to try the same thing. If free downloading with advertisements is successful, then more and more record labels will want to make songs available for free.
I believe this is a good thing because who doesn't want to be able to download music for free? I don't mind looking at advertisements if it means the music is free and the quality of the music is as good as it would be on a CD. You wouldn't even have to pay attention to the advertisement if you don't want to. As far as music artists are concerned, they could lose some money from record sales, but they might gain even more money when it comes to ticket and souvineer sales. If a person downloads one of their songs and likes it, they will be more likely to purchase a concert ticket and/or souvineers from that artist. This would be especially beneficial to up-and-coming artists who want to get their music out to a wide audience.
By Stephen Pritchard
Published: September 3, 2006
The company Sprial Frog has announced that it will launch a music download site that will allow users to legally download music for free. The site is expected to be launched in December. Sprial Frog has an agreement with the record company Universal to supply songs from its catalog. Funding for the service will come entirely from advertisements. Downloads from Sprial Frog's service will probably not work with Apple's iPod, but Sprial Frog could choose to develop its own MP3 player. Spiral Frog has not said much about how they will make sure users see the adverstisements. They could have to watch them as they download music, but most likely the ads would display on an MP3 player itself.
Music fans, music artists, and record labels are affected by this.
This ethical issue addressed is whether or not it is ethical to download music for free because the artist and record label would not be making a profit from record sales.
The impact to society is that people would be able to download music for free, thus eliminating the deisre of some people to illegally download music. This service could also cause a wave of other companies who want to try the same thing. If free downloading with advertisements is successful, then more and more record labels will want to make songs available for free.
I believe this is a good thing because who doesn't want to be able to download music for free? I don't mind looking at advertisements if it means the music is free and the quality of the music is as good as it would be on a CD. You wouldn't even have to pay attention to the advertisement if you don't want to. As far as music artists are concerned, they could lose some money from record sales, but they might gain even more money when it comes to ticket and souvineer sales. If a person downloads one of their songs and likes it, they will be more likely to purchase a concert ticket and/or souvineers from that artist. This would be especially beneficial to up-and-coming artists who want to get their music out to a wide audience.
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