Not Everyone's Pirating

A few weeks ago, we discussed music piracy in class and hot it is becoming increasingly popular. It has become a popular thing among our society. We hear a song that we like, want to have a copy of it, but as good as it is, we are not willing to pay for the entire album. Why pay for the whole album, when we only like one song, and we have the sources to get that one song for free? This is the mindset of most people in our society today, which is a reason music companies and artists continue to lose sales. Yet as easy as this piracy is and how common it has become, I learned this past weekend that a few people still have enough respect to support the music industry. The Brand New album is coming out Tuesday, November 21 and has been highly anticipated. One of my friends was fortunate enough to buy a copy of the album early through some connections. As we listened to the new album, I fell in love with all the songs. It’s like nothing they’ve ever done before and a total original sound. It was amazing, so naturally, I asked my friend to burn me a copy of it. To my surprise, he said no. He appreciates their music and thought that it is so good that he wants everyone to buy the album in support. He didn’t want to make any copies because he wanted the band to succeed with their hard work. Although I was shocked with this response, because everyone these days is more than willing to burn copies, I thought it was extremely respectful. Obviously, there are still people in our society that are honest and want to support the music industry and their favorite bands. There are many ways of supporting the industry, but it is good that people are still willing to support bands in the most effective and responsive way.