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 * File sharing written by Nate**

Well, to start, what is your opinion on file sharing? File sharing is done all over the country, by many different kinds of people! File sharing can be legal though if done in a certian way/form. It's used to get free music, movies, software, and etc.

I think that without a doubt that file sharing is unjust and the people that do it should be punished! Some people might state that we have a right to listen to music or to educate ourselves in different forms!! But I truly disagree with that statement.

For example, file sharing is like stealing someone' s hard earned work!!!!! Imagine that these people labored for a while on these pieces, and you're just carrying them off! Its pretty much the same action as stealing a car, or a CD, or a TV! People feel that they put money into a project then they should be paid when people use it.

In addition there are legal file sharing sites!!! Some sites have adds that you watch, that you pay for the music! Some sites are for sharing **non copyrighted** files. Some you simply cough up a flat monthly fee to download as many songs as you wish!

Furthermore you can be seriously punished for it! People can be fined up to $250,000 and/or 5 years in jail! Kids/teens have been fined hundreds of thousands of dollars just for illegally downloading a few songs. Citizens have been in and out of jail just because of illegally downloading songs.

To end this article, I hope I have explained my point well enough. File sharing should **not** be used on copyrighted pieces! Just give the money to the people who created the music, movies, and more! I hope to see a country where all copyrighted information is paid for at the price that has been set.

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