As we have embraced the internet age, it quickly became obvious that this gift was not only being used for good. Unlike in the past where people would allow their friends to copy or borrow a music tape, these days we can share our music instantly with millions of people. This is a good and a bad thing, but is mostly turning into the second. Taking down sites like Napster, and Audio galaxy a few years ago did not fix the problem but made it even more problematic. Now the files are being shared without a central server holding the information but is thrown around in bits and chunks throughout the net with the same effect.

Music artists are faced with their music being leaked before they even have a chance to sell it. The music industry is too big and slow to keep up with these changes, and even though they do and try to embrace the technology many have noticed that it is just too late. There are still a few artists that are making money, but those are only a few these days and usually the most established already. It used to be that we seen new artist come out and become rich left and right, but now an average musician signed to a label is lucky to clear thirty thousand a year in salary.

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