Whether it is legal for students to share music online?

By now you may notice that there are many lawsuits about intellectual copyrights these days. For example, Recording Industry sued Napster (an online repository of downloadable music files) last December, alleging it had contributed to numerous copyright violations. In addition, a heavy-metal band Metallica and rapper Dr. Dre also filed their own suits against Napster. And now the industry is going after students over music sharing online. The controversial issue here is whether it is …

…while the music industry can make money. In conclusion, I think it is necessary for recording industry to protect its copyrighted music from unauthorized copying because it is illegal to share copyrighted music online without the owner's permission and those artists really need our respect and support to create more wonderful music. To solve the problem, the record industry needs to cooperate with the universities to better serve the students while making a reasonable profit.