Written by: Sauharda Bajracharya - 26010, Grade IX
Posted on: 09 December, 2022
One of the biggest debates of the 21st century is "Should music and movies be free?" Many people complain that they have to pay to download music and movies. But in reality, people don't even pay to download music or movies. These days, anyone can download music and movies due to the easy access on the internet. Pirating music and movies has always been and will always be a part of the culture specifically of this era.
Many of us can download pirated music from various websites and choose songs to listen to without paying for it. It is not like a record where you can't choose which songs to play and you have to pay for it. But as technology grows around the world, nobody uses records anymore. The same goes for movie CDs. Now everyone can download movies from the internet without spending any money. However, downloading music or movies from such pirated software is illegal. Also, pirated music and movies have poor sound quality. People spend hundreds of dollars on smartphones and other gadgets, but they do not have $1 for a song? A music artist has only one job- making music. If we don't buy their music, they won't get paid. Making music is a job that takes a lot of time and money. It takes a lot of effort to make one song, and the person who made it deserves to get paid. Without buying music, the dream of a new artist suddenly becomes unprofitable. Money is one of the most important motivations for making good music. When artists get money, they get motivated to produce more songs. This also goes for actors who play in movies.
Nowadays, lots of people prefer to stream movies at home instead of going to the movie theater. We can watch the latest movies on different pirated websites or on streaming services like Netflix and Amazon Prime. People have huge 4K TVs at home with surround sound systems and access to the latest movies. Though there are lots of movies on pirated websites, watching/streaming movies on such platforms do not make actors any money. Hence, music and movies should not be free and we should pay to stream them.
