Criterion A

This portfolio addresses the widely spreading issue of music piracy and its effect on the music industry. An example of this issue in society today is that some universities are not allowing students from illegally downloading music.

The IT system involved with issue is the abuse of the Internet, and the file sharing programs that are open to everyone who has access to the Internet. This IT system is important to society because a great majority of the world’s population depends on the Internet for a lot of things, whether its business, school work, entertainment, communication, and a lot of other things.

Society is affected by this IT system in positive and negative ways. A positive social effect related to this is that people don’t have to pay money for their music, especially if they don’t agree with how they are priced. However, a negative ethical effect related to this issue is that musicians and record companies don’t get the money that they deserve for the work they have accomplished.

The future direction of people in society will be determined by the choices made about this issue, for example; if file-sharing programs such as torrent programs will be completely banned and blocked, it will be much harder for the average person to steal music.

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