Downloading is nothing new in the realm of the internet and new media! If I hear a song on the radio and decide I want to have it for myself – no problem, all I have to do is go to a relevant site on the web and download it! It doesn’t stop here though…people nowadays are downloading anything from movies to software. Not all of these websites that offer you this opportunity allow for such an act for free (although there are many that do), but nevertheless the option is there for you and for anyone at the click of a button. Gone are the days where you have to step out of the house to purchase a whole album just because you like one song on it. I personally am still discovering these different sites but have found that if you just Google ‘free mp3’ numerous options come up and though many of them say they are legal (I’m not so sure how legal they are) I’ll take their word for it and download it! It seems to me that downloading, whether free or not, has become a norm, something that everyone does. How conscious we are of it and its effects, however, remains in question!
