Piracy Podcasts

In our piracy podcast, we did not pirate anything. However, if we did, there would be certain steps to follow in order to make sure we are not doing anything illegal. First of all, if we added a song that was not from the list in Garage Band, we could only use about thirty seconds of this song. At the end of your podcast you would have to give credit to the artist since it is a copyrighted song. The reason you would have to give credits to the artist is because it is their original thought and using it without their permission is illegal. We follow copyright laws because if we do not, we can be fined up to $250,000 in fines and up to five years in jail.

In my opinion, downloading music is completely wrong. It is disrespectful to the artist and the people working for him or her. It can also cost lots of money that will be taken out of workers paychecks. I think copyright laws should exist because they help to punish people who steal music. Without copyright laws, there would be no way to enforce non-pirating and people would continue to steal music. If you take a look at out society, you will see examples of pirating every where. People always listen to music on their iPods and iPhones and many of these people acquire these songs illegally. Right now, few out of the many people who pirate music are caught for their crimes. Pirating is a crime and it should be stopped.

This week in computer class, we have been experimenting with Garage Band on iMac computers. We have been creating our own audio podcasts explaining the importance of copyright laws. If someone were to steal this podcast without my permission, I would be extremely upset. I know that my group and I worked hard to make this podcast entertaining and helpful and if someone stole it, we would not get anything in return for our hard work. We also made cover art for our podcast. We spent a long time making sure this artwork was perfect and I would not appreciate if someone stole it to use for their own personal needs. If you are interested in learning more about copyright laws and pirating, here is our piracy podcast.