This document discusses different perspectives on file sharing and whether it is ethical or not. It presents arguments that file sharing both hurts and does not hurt sales and artists. It also discusses how file sharing allows users to discover new music but makes it difficult for artists to profit from their work. The document then examines various studies that have looked at the relationship between file sharing and music sales, and discusses legal issues around copyright infringement for file sharing activities.

1. FILE SHARING: DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES

2. Lost sales Hurts 'the little guy‘ Equivalent to shoplifting WHY DO THEY SAY IT'S UNETHICAL?

3. Does not hurt sales Does not hurt 'the little guy‘ Not quite the same as shoplifting WHY IT'S NOT UNETHICAL

4. Mix tapes Time shifting Lending SIMILARITIES TO EXISTING MODELS

5. Nine Inch Nails Radiohead SUCCESS STORIES

6. Difficult to find particular bands in many locations Not willing to pay $15 on a guess DISCOVERING NEW BANDS

8. BUSINESS PERSPECTIVE

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10. NAPSTER

11. ITUNES

12. KAZAA

13. Allows users to become familiar with potential music. Sampling Effect Network Effects Indirect Appropriability FILE SHARING: OTHER CLAIMS

14. A study by Stan J. Leibowitz A sudden decline observed starting 1999, the year Napster was born. ECONOMISTS EXAMINE FILE-SHARING AND MUSIC SALES

15. SURVEY BY UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND SCHOOL OF LAW

16. IPOQUE STUDY

17. Economic theory suggests that P2P file sharing will decrease album sales. File sharing threatens artists' ability to sell their music through digital downloading Digital downloading will suffer if file sharing is not controlled. Making copyrighted material instantly available to the world without the owner's permission is stealing. - Norbert J. Michel CONCLUSION

18. ARE FILE SHARING ACTIVITIES LEGAL OR NOT? File-sharing programs (Limewire, KaZaa) Legal file-sharing activities (Less common) Illegal file-sharing activities (Most common)

19. COPYRIGHT LAW Copyright law covers the creative or artistic expression of an idea. Intellectual Property Copyright Infringement

20. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY Intellectual property is a bundle of exclusive rights over creations of the mind such as musical, literacy, and artistic works; inventions; and symbols, names, images, and designs used in commerce, including copyrights, trademarks, patents, and related rights

21. COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT Copyright infringement (or copyright violation) is the unauthorized use of material that is covered by copyright law, in a manner that violates one of the copyright owner's exclusive rights, such as the right to reproduce or perform the copyrighted work, or to make derivative work.

22. EXAMPLE OF TRIAL INVOLVING FILE-SHARING ACTIVITIES Mostly going after the people who make the files available rather than the people who download the files Jammie Thomas(October 3 rd ,2007) Fined $222,000 for making 24 songs available on KaZaa

23. WORTH A WATCH… http://youtube.com/watch?v=1SI8lcGiubQ