Editorial discussing the controversy of downloading music. Gives a quick overview of the history of music downloads and goes into opinions from teens and adults.

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Ever since the Internet was created many issues about copyright laws have surfaced. Every form of information has been at risk of being pirated from a computer. Music downloading has had a huge effect on people and generates many opinions and views on the issue. <Tab/>Every 9 out of 10 kids download music and over 2.6 billion songs are downloaded each month. Downloading music has a huge effect on the public and the …

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…so what's the problem?" <Tab/> If the music industry wants to regulate downloading they need to figure out ways to do it without prosecuting people. It is impossible to stop people from doing it but if the music is made accessible at a low cost maybe people would be willing to pay for it. There are sites that are doing that now and that is a step in the right direction.