File sharing and Film piracy affects a film money intake.
Film studios say piracy on the internet has cost them billions of dollars.
Just because students (or anyone else) have limited finances it dosent justify stealing.
Trading MP3s is like stealing a CD form a store.
The recording industry is having declining sales.
*Record stores
*struggling artists
*industry workers
*and the entire economy loses out due to the decling sales.
Creativity will suffer, because no one would be willing to take the risk of pursuing a music career.
If the industry did not enforce copyrights, the perception would be that stealing is ok.
The threat is greater than previous piracy technology, because distribution is practically free.