The legality of file-sharing creates a very intriguing debate. Is the transfer of digitally encoded music considered sharing or stealing? File-sharing has only been around for a few years, yet it has quickly become one of the most debated topics in pop-culture. The full effects of file-sharing have yet to be seen, and the full ramifications of it won't be realized until it is decided whether it is considered sharing or stealing. These ramifications could …showed first 75 words of 755 total…

…showed last 75 words of 755 total…only take the music industry back to the days when people had to pay $20 per CD for only a few good songs. Things are getting better because of file-sharing. Bibliography: Balzar, John. "The Internet or a .45, It's Robbery of the Artist." The Conscious Reader. 9th ed. Ed. Caroline Schroeders et al. New York: Pearson, 2004. 300-301. Mayes, Eric. "Pennsylvania band..." PhillyBurbs.com Dec. 7, 2003. Feb. 16, 2004. <http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/articlePrint.cfm?id=208592>.