I know in the past when I've looked for music on the internet I was looking for CD's that I had absolutely no interest in paying for. I wanted to hear a few songs by the band and had no real interest in the entire CD. I think that's how it is with a lot of "pirates" these days. The music or movies that people are looking at are items they never really intended to buy in the first place. I'm not trying to say that stealing is right, I mean programs like Napster now charge a dollar a song for people who are only looking to purchase a song or two but paying $15-$20 for a music CD that is only 35 minutes long seems like the music industry is trying to steal from me. Downloading music or movies is wrong but a lot of people who do it aren't taking money out of the pockets of those who produced it. They are looking for items they had absolutely no interest in purchasing in the first place so it isn't a loss in a sale. Yeah, the person is now getting some enjoyment out of something they didn't pay for but at the same time if they weren't going to pay for it its not turned into a free advertisement or review if the product is good. I do know that stealing is wrong but I have trouble feeling sorry for the music and movie industry when people download their products. Musicians can still make money off concerts and $20 logo t-shirts. Companies like USA Network have become smart in the battle against piracy by adding to the option to watch your favorite show online with minimal commercial interruptions. I watch my shows on their website and they get paid for the advertising that takes place while I'm watching. Maybe if more music and movie companies went that direction there would be less people pirating. Vista Bay

Piracy will be very difficult to stop as long as the internet is around. Then again sites such as Hulu, NBC, USA, and FX are taking care of piracy by simply allowing users to log onto their websites and watch certain shows and movies for free. The websites still collect their ad revenue from the advertisers and the people still get to watch their videos. Doing away with the websites that allow people to watch videos without any ad revenue coming in is the ultimate goal although that will be as hard to stop as preventing illegal drugs. Then again if the networks continue to take control over the internet viewing of their products the government could do something similar with drug use.

I think that piracy is definitely stealing and that there should be monitoring on programs that offer music. Unless the label decides that they want to put out the music for free or at a low cost rate then that is what should happen. People really need to get their ethics in. Narconon Vista Bay has tool that can help people do this. Maybe all of the people in the U.S. need to learn about this so that we can live in a better society.