Thoughts on Piracy?

Although I agree that piracies threaten media artists and authors of their livelihood, I myself can’t imagine a world without free access to sites featuring downloadable books, music and videos for free. Over the years, technology has advanced, and we too have evolved into a hidden era of pro-piracy. We could freely get what we want with a simple touch of a button, and it’s not surprising how musicians, artists and authors cry out for help especially when we selfishly leech off torrents without paying for the legit thing. This however result into a negative impact on these hard working artists, who solely depend on their “piece of art” for a livelihood, and the last thing they’d want to hear is the lacking percentage of their salary solely because fans prefer to cheat them off by getting it free by illegal means.

However, the world today is slowly accepting piracy, slowly but surely everything we once have to pay for is easily accessible. Sad as it may appear for these hardworking souls, there is no denying the human nature to desire the easier way out of the problem. The world revolves around money, as we can all see it, and without it how else could we find the means to survive? People are getting creative as they steal these artists livelihood to make it easier on our part to access them by giving it to us gift wrapped with the words written FREE on the card they came along with. However nothing in life is free, and thus not all of the things we desire online could be found instantly as we thought. Because we don’t have the means to buy an album or book, or simply we’d prefer to get the save and find easier way out of the situation by illegal means, we rob these artists broke, tearing their zest to continue on to what they love to do, and breed a generation of thieves.

Finally in my opinion, I believe that we have a right to free music, books, and videos solely because these arts aren’t really as essential as food and water. I am not saying that we should make these fine artists penniless for their hard work, but what I’m saying is that, if music and books and videos hadn’t have a price tag, wouldn’t people steal less and resort to the final means of piracy? Provided that the option to support the artists, musicians and authors, it’s a win-win situation for both parties. Regardless, the fact that money is the sole issue here, maybe it’s up to the artists to decide whether they’d make their work of art free of charge, or as is labeled with a price tag.