Useful stuff
Due to an enormous work load from other courses I'm taking at the moment I only found time to look for relevant articles and such for my final paper today. I did stumble upon some very interesting things while surfing the Net - or googling as it is called nowadays.
As stated before (Thursday May 6th) I want to concentrate on the possibilities that condoning (music) file sharing provide to consumers and the music industry. In particular, I want to investigate how the music industry can create goodwill by allowing people to up- and download music. In addition to goodwill for the companies it will also help new or even established artists to gain public awareness.
The articles that I have found so far include commentaries from both sides of the spectrum: producers, consumers, the RIAA and RIAA boycots. I have listed them on the side bar.
Obviously I haven't had time to read every single webpage/article but from glancing over them I feel there's enough information there to help me write my paper and support my thesis:
Allowing files sharing through peer-to-peer networks such as KaZaA will benefit both the music industry and its consumers.