Exploration Of Sources

Exploration of Sources

Stop Thief.

I believe the thesis of this article is to illustrate the battle between internet service providers (ISPs) and record companies over the control of illegal music downloading and file sharing. The tone of the article is pretty serious and trivial, as it is relating to a legal situation. The beginning of the article projects two analogies of the situation: “How do you illustrate the relationship between an internet service provider (ISP) such as Eircom and people who use the internet? And what should an ISP do about people downloading music without paying?” After discussing the analogies it lists the situation. That is EMI, Sony BMG, Universal and Warner against Eircom (Ireland’s biggest ISP) in a legal battle about who’s analogy is the winner. The next major section found on the second page discusses the decline of Ireland’s music industry profits and how record sales are down and it is due to illegally downloading it. Immediately following the topic of record sales drop, the writer speaks of attempts at stopping the illegal downloading. It was said that record companies obtained lists of customers who illegally downloaded music and pursued court cases against them, ultimately resulting in minimal fines and a cleanup of the customers computer. There were other measures discussed along with this including the government hiring individual specialists to negotiate deals with media companies and the internet service providers, ISPs implementing content filters, and more lawsuits. The article finishes out on the last page discussing various lawsuits and projecting the situations that would occur in the event of a win of a court ruling.

Bands on the Run.

I believe the thesis of this article is about how the decline of the record industry opens up opportunities for other methods of income. The article’s example is the increase of concert attendance. The article stresses that just because the record industry is on the decline, the entire music industry is not and will not become dead. The tone is serious, but has a positive and slightly optimistic side. The article begins with a strong point about how the public doesn’t want to pay for music anymore (which is true, they don’t want to pay for anything), but it is opening up great opportunities for concert revenue to increase and the rise of more