Should music sharing programs be legal?, Give me your opinion. Options

[Jen]

I am writing a paper for my music history class, and I just wanted the opinions of my fellow 6gc'ers.

What do you think about music sharing programs, such as Napster, Limewire, etc.? Do you think they should be legal (as in completely free)? And why?

Please, only educated replies.

I believe that they shouldn't be legal, because artists and bands work very hard to produce songs, and I don't think it's fair for the public to download an entire album for free. I do believe though, that if certain artists want to allow the public to hear their music free, they can. But artists that do not want their music to be free, should be blocked from the public.

What do ya'll think?

[jason]

lets put out an albumn that has 12 songs and a total of 3 diffent styles, every other song will sound the same - then how about we buy some huge mansion with lots of frivelous things and get on mtv cribs n show how wealthy we are and how irresponsible we are with our spending

haha, im not much a fan of new music, when i buy cds i like 2-3 songs if that everything else isint that great, i usually download a song or two when a new albumn comes out, if its good i buy the cd if it sucks or isint that good then i either ditch it or just leave it on my ipod till it gets annoying - and then ditch it

if you want to do the right thing then buy a cd, if your lazy, cheap, or just dont think the $13+ is worth it then download

end of rant