BLOG #4 - ONLINE PIRACY

I think online piracy has become a regular thing in Internet culture. Almost every album that comes out every year gets leaked or becomes available on a website a few weeks prior to the original release date. I am personally pro online piracy. With the increasing prices in movies tickets and even albums as a college student it is very easy for me to download a movie or album for free without feeling remorse for the artist or director because they are still making money off of their product. They should not be upset with the consumer/fan, they should be upset with the companies taking their products and adding a large price on them. Musicians do not even make that much money off of albums anymore. Most of their money stems from concert tours and endorsements. It is also the lack of government regulation of finding those who pirate these albums and movies. Or is it the fact that it is just not that important to them in their current state? All in all no one is really suffering from this, all of these musicians and creators are already rich. If it was affecting them that much then their would be some sort of public uproar for the government to do more to stop it from happening.