Click vs. Brick An exploration of mp3 file sharing and online music piracy, and its ethical implications regarding consumers, musicians, and record companies “In traditional ethical studies, the classic problem is the starving man – can a starving man ethically steal a loaf of bread if he has no money. The modern version is evidently, can the person who wants to listen to music steal it if he thinks the price is too high?” The topical escalation of media coverage besieging the demise of Napster has instigated widespread debate over the implications file sharing and the Internet will have for the record industry. The Napster software allowed its millions of users to share and download music mp3 files, which are of near CD quality, from each other’s hard drives. This infringed copyright laws and provided a very real threat to both musicians and reco....

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