I researched about reasons why downloading music is bad. Why it is illegal, and how it affects to the music industry, artist and music store. I found The U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act and studied why it is illegal in the United States. I also read CIRPA, Canadian Independent Record Production Association’s “State Of Music Industry” to compare other countries’ laws and act. I researched about “Nepster” which is the first P2P program in the United States and think about it is illegal or legal program.  Finally, I found articles talks about how many students downloading music from internet illegally and how it affects to the music industry.

http://www.copyright.gov/legislation/dmca.pdf

http://www.cirpa.ca/Storage/26/1860_CIRPA_-_State_of_the_Music_Industry_2007.pdf

http://ntrg.cs.tcd.ie/undergrad/4ba2.02-03/p4.html