I don’t illegally download – i saw how many viruses my brother used to get when he used limewire and other sites and so in order to keep my computer virus free i either buy albums in their physical form or i buy on itunes… anyway i looked through tonnes of videos online about illegal music downloading – some were parodies of commercials, some were lectures and debates and some were just people’s opinions. i found this one rather interesting as the reporter used such emotive language when talking about limewire being shut down. things like the “death” of limewire the “war’ between these sites and the music industry and even that limewire was only a “victim” of this “battle”. The term the “death” is something that comes up quite regularly when talking about online communities “taking over” the older, one could say, physical means of communication and such like the death of journalism, the death of the music industry etc. these words frame us to believe that, for example, illegal downloading is literally KILLING the music industry and illegal down-loaders are WAGING WAR against them. it seems that those against illegal downloading are trying to frame the part of society that do illegally download as those who we feared in the world wars, the germans, the japanese, the dictators – hitler, moussolini, etc.
it is interesting however it doesnt change the fact that people still illegally download… as the reporter goes on to say – shouldnt it be the music industry that adapts
