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Alright, the last entry was a test. Good thing too - I suck at LJ.
Nothing really has been going on since I last updated. Had last weekend with the friends, this week all to school. Yesterday was a half day, and I stayed home for the half I was supposed to be in school because I’m currently sick.=\ Shitty immune system. I’ve been sick so many times over the past year. It’s ridiculous. I’m all… cough cough hack.
I finally made my decision and next weekend I’m going to go to my churchs camp think up at Muskoka Woods. It should be fun, and though I’m leaving for my fathers birthday, it should be okay. Though they’re getting the Keg for dinner =\ Boourns.
There are only… 41 days including weekends until Exams. And then after exams no more school. Until next year… freakin’ endless cycle.
Oh yeah, here’s the article I wrote for journalism for the school news paper… Oh, what a dweeb.
Canada’s controversial debate concerning the legalization of downloading music from the internet came to an abrupt end on January 4th, 2004. The Canadian Copyright board finally came to an agreement on the laws of downloading music. Now it is legal to download music and even to upload it onto mp3 player. However, the cost of mp3 players have gone up because of this ruling. A tax has been added depending on the amount of file space the mp3 player holds, and the proceeds go to Canadian artists - who are apparently suffering under the weight of income lost due to downloading music.
Finally the down loaders minds can be settled, after months the of circulating rumors such as “They’re making you pay a dollar a download!” and “You get booked [jail time] if they catch your computer with downloads!”, down loaders’ worry can be put to rest now that the downloading of music from programs such as Kazaa and Napster has been made legal. But what was the issue behind it all? Link, a hip-hop artist and owner of the Toronto based independent record label Infektious, doesn’t see the problem with it. In fact, he supports it. “Music is music,” he explains, “People need it.” Though Link, like everyone else, knows that the downloading of music has had a major impact on the declining music industry, he doesn’t see the big deal. “Nobody is going to pay for something if they can get it for free, especially something like music. The only artists that this effects are mainstream millionaires. Somehow I don’t think they’re suffering.” Says Link. Edward Stevens, on the other hand, does.
Stevens is the manager of a local HMV, and has seen a decline in record sales. Like many others, he attributes it to the sudden popularity of downloading music. “Of course the music industry is hurting” Stevens argues. “Teens are downloading the music for free, so while artists are dishing out money to make their CDs, teens are downloading them for free.” Of course, teen income must be taken in account. But that, Steven speculates, is out of the question. “Teens have their own ways of making money. They weren’t making a lot of money before, but record sales were fine.” Since then, record sales have declined, and this is where the problem starts. “Record labels are closing down, not as much money is going into the industry. It’s a major problem.” Obviously, both sides of the story of downloading free music has its points. Either way, it’s been made legal to the content of millions of down loaders. But at what cost?
Nothing really has been going on since I last updated. Had last weekend with the friends, this week all to school. Yesterday was a half day, and I stayed home for the half I was supposed to be in school because I’m currently sick.=\ Shitty immune system. I’ve been sick so many times over the past year. It’s ridiculous. I’m all… cough cough hack.
I finally made my decision and next weekend I’m going to go to my churchs camp think up at Muskoka Woods. It should be fun, and though I’m leaving for my fathers birthday, it should be okay. Though they’re getting the Keg for dinner =\ Boourns.
There are only… 41 days including weekends until Exams. And then after exams no more school. Until next year… freakin’ endless cycle.
Oh yeah, here’s the article I wrote for journalism for the school news paper… Oh, what a dweeb.
Canada’s controversial debate concerning the legalization of downloading music from the internet came to an abrupt end on January 4th, 2004. The Canadian Copyright board finally came to an agreement on the laws of downloading music. Now it is legal to download music and even to upload it onto mp3 player. However, the cost of mp3 players have gone up because of this ruling. A tax has been added depending on the amount of file space the mp3 player holds, and the proceeds go to Canadian artists - who are apparently suffering under the weight of income lost due to downloading music.
Finally the down loaders minds can be settled, after months the of circulating rumors such as “They’re making you pay a dollar a download!” and “You get booked [jail time] if they catch your computer with downloads!”, down loaders’ worry can be put to rest now that the downloading of music from programs such as Kazaa and Napster has been made legal. But what was the issue behind it all? Link, a hip-hop artist and owner of the Toronto based independent record label Infektious, doesn’t see the problem with it. In fact, he supports it. “Music is music,” he explains, “People need it.” Though Link, like everyone else, knows that the downloading of music has had a major impact on the declining music industry, he doesn’t see the big deal. “Nobody is going to pay for something if they can get it for free, especially something like music. The only artists that this effects are mainstream millionaires. Somehow I don’t think they’re suffering.” Says Link. Edward Stevens, on the other hand, does.
Stevens is the manager of a local HMV, and has seen a decline in record sales. Like many others, he attributes it to the sudden popularity of downloading music. “Of course the music industry is hurting” Stevens argues. “Teens are downloading the music for free, so while artists are dishing out money to make their CDs, teens are downloading them for free.” Of course, teen income must be taken in account. But that, Steven speculates, is out of the question. “Teens have their own ways of making money. They weren’t making a lot of money before, but record sales were fine.” Since then, record sales have declined, and this is where the problem starts. “Record labels are closing down, not as much money is going into the industry. It’s a major problem.” Obviously, both sides of the story of downloading free music has its points. Either way, it’s been made legal to the content of millions of down loaders. But at what cost?