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Since other information and entertainment are available for free off the Internet, should music be available at no charge as well? Is it wrong to download copyrighted music?

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Music should not be available free off the Internet. This is due to a few reasons. While there is other information available free of charge on the Internet, music is unique since individuals can make copies and income off of the copied music. This is much harder to do with the other information on the Internet. Nevertheless, it is very simple to make a cd or post a download of ...

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