Piracy Podcast.

Morgan, Lisa, and I created our first Piracy Podcast in our Computer and Technology Class. In our Piracy Podcast, we created the artwork and recorded our own voices to make it. We also made sure that the music we added to our podcast was in the public domain, so we could avoid Copyright Infringement.

In my opinion, I think that downloading music is extremely wrong because it's keeping the artist from not making the money that they should be making. I don't think anyone would want to make music and not get rewarded for their hard word and time. I also think that downloading music is wrong because downloading music and sharing it with your friends is preventing other artists from being noticed which is hurting the entire music industry. Copyright Laws are important and they should exist because the laws make it clear to people that piracy is illegal. I think that piracy is so prevalent in our society because technology is everywhere, so it makes it easier for people to try to get around Copyright Laws.

I'll openly admit that if someone used our podcast as their own that I would be mad because we worked very hard on making sure that we obeyed every single Copyright Law. I know that I'm going to think back on this class every time I'm faced with making the decision whether or not to illegally download music or copyright work that isn't mine. I also know that if I was working hard on making music that I wouldn't want people to illegally download it or illegally share it with their friends because I wouldn't be making the money that I should be.