The Evil World Of Piracy

        In class on Tuesday we discussed piracy. We were asked questions such as our opinions on piracy and how it effects artists and writers. Piracy is defined as stealing basically. For example when you illegally download a song or album or mixtape, you are stealing from the original artist. My opinion is that piracy is wrong and it can harm the music industry.

     I'm sure you have heard of a website called Pirate Bay; this website is a great exapmle of piracy. The four men behind this website were all found guilty in court and were sentenced to one year in jail. they also had to pay 3.6 million dollars in damages to media based companies such as Warner Brothers, Columbia, Twentieth Century Fox, Sony BMG and EMI. Pirate Bay shares music, movies and other files and has over 3.5 million users. Even though they were found guilty they did not shut down the pirate bay website. I think that they should have. You can find the article here.

      Another case you have probably heard about is Limewire vs RIAA. Limewire is a program that shares files such as movies, music and pictures. The court found that 93% of Limewire's file shares were copyright infrigement. Limewire was permanently shut down. A judge found Limewire and its creator Mark Gordon liable. That article is here.

     I think both of these cases are fair and I believe that piracy is wrong.

Technology Autobiography

Technology has been in my life since I was very young. I started really using computers when we had computer class in grade school. We played games that would help us learn to type so I'm very glad I had that opportunity at a young age. Throughout my years of school my love for technology never lessened. I love using technology such as my cell phone and iPod. I don't know what i would do without those two things.      

I also love using websites such as facebook, twitter, and other social networking sites that help me keep in touch with what is going on in the lives of my friends and family. Technology also is big part of my family life. My dad and my brother also share my love of technology. Most of things I learned about computers and other technology I learned from them. I think technology in the future will be even better than the technology now.

I think everything will be touch screen and very easy for everyone to use. Also I think our generation will be very knowledgeable about technology and how it works. I am looking forward to see how technology will change in grow in time and how it will fit in with our everyday lives. I think without technology many of the things that we do now would not be possible. Technology has made improvements for things such as medicine, and education. I feel like without these things we would be far behind in society.