It is just as illegal to download a single track as it is to download a whole CD. “I don’t believe in doing it to an excess," he said, “but I download songs to see if an album is good."īut even though many teens may believe that sampling is not really stealing, the law says otherwise. “If I download a song, or borrowed a CD from my friend, and I genuinely like it, I would buy the CD," said Neff, a junior at Valley Christian High School in San Jose, Calif. Still other teens, like Justin Neff, use P2P networks to sample single tracks of albums.
As for the artists, she said, “It’s not like they don’t have millions of dollars in the first place." Instead of pursuing those who file-share, she said they should “go help Katrina victims and do something useful _ be happy that people even like what you write." She says she believes that copyright law should be used to prevent intellectual property theft among musicians, not to penalize people for sharing the music. Savonna Stender, a junior at Liberty Baptist High School in San Jose, Calif., said it would be a waste of tax dollars to jail illegal downloaders. And many believe the penalties are unfair. Downloading is easy, instant and, some teens say, addictive. Many teens find the temptation of file sharing too convenient to pass up. You would have to send this CD to 16,666 people, keeping in mind that the average CD is $15." “If you downloaded one whole CD, it wouldn’t be worth $250,000. “The penalty shouldn’t be that severe," she said. When informed about them, she called the possible consequences “ridiculous." Like many teens, Piazza said she is aware that most file sharing is illegal, although she did not know the penalties if caught. File-sharers may be targeted regardless of whether they sold or gave away any tunes. Additionally, the copyright holder may sue for up to $150,000 for each pirated work. The rest came from Kazaa, an online service that allows users to share music for free.īut music-lovers like Piazza risk not a mere slap on the wrist, but up to three years in prison and a $250,000 fine. About half of those tunes came from CDs she purchased. Rheanna Piazza, a sophomore at Wilcox High School in Santa Clara, Calif., stores her favorite songs - 700 of them - on her hard drive. Some seem not to realize that what they’re doing is illegal, while others rationalize that file sharing should be legal.
Despite the threat of lawsuits and hefty penalties, many teens continue to download music onto their PCs illegally through peer-to-peer networks.
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