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I’m Only Sharing. ... It’s not hurting anyone. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JSrrxb85FY. Did You Know …. Illegally downloading music costs the music industry 12.5 BILLION dollars each year?. Did You Know …. That over 70,000 people have lost jobs because of illegal music downloading?.
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I’m Only Sharing ... It’s not hurtinganyone
Did You Know … Illegally downloading music costs the music industry 12.5 BILLION dollars each year?
Did You Know … That over 70,000 people have lost jobs because of illegal music downloading?
Did You Know … That itcancost $100,000 or $250,000 even up to $3 Million for a major recordingartist to make an album?
Did You Know … That the music artist gets between 5%-10% on the sale of their music? That means if you buy a CD for $15, they might get $1.50. If you download the CD for $9.99, they probably only get 49¢! BUT, they have to pay back the cost of recording first!
Did You Know … That you could be criminally prosecuted for making unauthorized copies of music and could be fined up to $250,000 & spend 5 years in prison?
Did You Know … That you could be civilly prosecuted for making unauthorized copies of music and could be fined $750 for each song?
Did You Know … A 58 year old woman in Scotland was recently fined over $88,000 for distributing music on a P2P network.
Did You Know … Limewirewassued and closed down in December 2010 & recentlyagreed to pay music companies $105 Million**? ** Much betterthan the $1 Billion itcould have been!
Did You Know … That children as young as 12 have been sued for illegally downloading music?
Did You Know … That usingP2P Networks cangive people access to the files on your computer and home network?
Did You Know … That many of the files shared on P2P Networks contain viruses or spyware that can damage your machine or home network?
Did You Know … That Internet Service Providers can detect connections to illegal sites and flag large file downloads?
Show What You Know! Listen to each scenario & decide if what the person is doing is legal or not: • Legal? Move to the left • Not Legal? Move to the right • Not Sure? Stay in the middle Be ready to defend your choice!
You bought the latest CD by your favorite band. You want to listen to it on your iPod so you import it into iTunes and put it on your iPod. Legal? Not Sure? Not Legal?
You bought the latest CD by your favorite band. Your best friend loves the band too so you make a copy of the CD and give it to him. Legal? Not Sure? Not Legal?
You bought the latest CD by your favorite band. Your mom’s car has a CD player but you don’t want to risk your CD getting lost or warped by the sun so you make a copy of the CD to play in the car. Legal? Not Sure? Not Legal?
Your favorite singer has a new song that you can download for free on their official web site. You immediately download it and add it to your iPod. Legal? Not Sure? Not Legal?
Your favorite singer has a new song that you can download for free on their official web site. You immediately download it and then email the MP3 file to your best friend because they love this singer too! Legal? Not Sure? Not Legal?
Your favorite singer has a new song that you can download for free on their official web site. You immediately download it and then upload the MP3 to a P2P site so other people can hear how great this singer is too! Legal? Not Sure? Not Legal?
Your favorite singer has a new song out and you’re dying to own it. You want to buy the CD or download it from iTunes but it’s not available yet. You did find it on a BitTorrent site so you download it knowing you’ll buy the official version when it’s available. Legal? Not Sure? Not Legal?
You just downloaded the latest release by your favorite band from iTunes. Your best friend loves the band too so you burn a CD of the album and give it to her. Legal? Not Sure? Not Legal?
You just downloaded the latest release by your favorite band from iTunes. You want to be able to listen to it in your dad’s car & he has a thing about “no iPods” on the way to school but he will let you play a CD so you burn a CD to listen to in the car. Legal? Not Sure? Not Legal?
You have downloaded the free song of the week from iTunes. You think it’s great and want your best friend to hear it so you burn it to a CD that you give to her. Legal? Not Sure? Not Legal?