If you ask the general population if they feel downloading music off the internet is a crime you will get a resounding answer of no. “More than half of all internet users in the United States say that downloading music is not stealing” (Is Downloading). Many believe that online music is simply another value added technology that increases music sales. These people feel it is their right to utilize these technologies and should not have it taken away from them. Those in favor of downloading music also feel like it does not hurt the artist or the record companies. People of all ages and nations are downloading music all the time (Look Who’s). “Young music enthusiasts who may have had difficulty obtaining music in the past due to a poor distribution infrastructure or governmental import controls are now going online to get the music they crave, and also discover new music” (Look Who’s). Down loaders find it so easy now to hear and enjoy new music they probably would of never even heard about if this technology did not exist. Another reason these people feel downloading music should be legal is that compact discs are highly over priced at twenty dollars a pop (Dueling). For the most part these compact discs contain on an average about thirteen songs and only about three or four songs the listener truly believes are good and worth buying. That is where downloading comes in, so instead of buying the entire CD they can just download the songs they want. Downloaded music is also much more convenient than compact discs. The fact is, CDs scratch and become unusable rather easily. They also are hard to keep track of and take up lots of unnecessary space. Downloaded music cannot be destroyed by getting scratched or misplaced because it is all stored on your computer. Songs can be organized in anyway possible making it easy to access and identify for each individual person.