Is the suing of Americans by the RIAA for copyright infringement justified?

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I feel that the recording industry does present a reasonable need for the RIAA, and I do feel that utilizing this organization in order in order to discourage copyright infringement by legal action is justified; provided their claims are reasonable, as many are extreme in my eyes. America’s copyright laws must be respected in America, for not doing so could cause the incurrence of a law suit. Now we must respect copyright laws, but in order to do so we must be clear on what they are.

America’s copyright laws, have many grey areas as far as digital mediums are concerned. From a legal standpoint, it may be illegal to share songs on the internet, depending on many key factors, how it will be used, whether it affects the market of the music, if the music is copyrighted, among other details. As far as if it is morally right or wrong, in my opinion I feel that we should respect the rights of the artists, but not become so strict that we are unable to share music at all.

We may share music, however in America there are some restrictions, mainly in there are of fair use. Mainly if the music is being used to profit from, that would violate the copyright law, but you may share, or play the music in basically any physical space you want. There is also the copying of a mp3 version of song you have already, which would not violate copy right law, or also listening to a song to evaluate whether or not you want to purchase the song, this would be allowed also.