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July 29, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Computer downloading is how many people get their music, movies, business information, and personal information. Downloading has replaced the purchase of CD’s, to the point that music stores are nearly extinct, and the mail service has decreased because people can download bill pay information, all for free.

Changing the Way We Do Business

Businesses have changed the way they operate because they can simply download new applications and software for their specific industry. It has also affected the way businesses invest and research new opportunities. One such example is the UFX Markets Trading that can now be completed online.

Downloads are also the number one way hackers and viruses can breach a system. For businesses, this can be a cause of corporate espionage or stealing ideas. Luckily though, there are safety downloads to prevent this from happening. This is in the form of security software and firewalls that usually come standard on all machines.

Staying Legal

The other problem with downloading, if not done properly, is that pirating may become an issue. During the 1990′s Napster allowed people to download music for free. Based on the IP address, music companies were able to track who was able to download music, regardless of who actually did it, they based their assumptions on the owner of the IP address. Monitoring downloads on your computer can help deter issues with those that want to download illegal material.

Downloading is always fun, but making sure it is done right and safely is the key to ensuring a happy computer experience.

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Is Pirated Music Wrong?

July 28, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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The music industry would have us all believe that when people download music without paying for it the world is on the brink of having nothing the entire economy collapse. By contrast, a lot of people who do the illegal downloading would compare their quest for music to simply finding artifacts on the beach that were discarded by an ancient civilization. Is it wrong to download copyrighted music?

On the one hand, you have people who think we live in some kind of cyberpunk world where major corporations are doing terrible things and our best way to get back at them is to undermine their profits. While most people have no such glorious ideals, the majority thinks that these are wealthy companies who won’t be harmed by the use of their music. Some even suggest that the sales of music by artists whose work is highly downloaded are actually better than that of artists who aren’t pirated.

Naturally, record companies are vehemently opposed to the entire idea that someone might be getting their products for free. They want the illegal downloaders to be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law, and possibly even imprisoned for their crimes. While this isn’t exactly practical, they do have good reason to feel this way. Music is a business just like any other, and the people who work in it make their money through selling a product. Illegally downloading music is wrong because the downloaders are stealing from people who need to sell in order to live.

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Should China Tighten up on Downloading?

July 27, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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China has long been a place where servers have hosted media ripe for downloading, because China has lagged behind most of the world in passing laws designed to keep intellectual property from being stolen and infringed. While these downloads are almost universally regarded as harmless, there are still potential risks associated with these kinds of downloads.

For one thing, these types of downloads carry all kinds of potential for viruses and other malicious code. While it might not seem like a problem for most people, this kind of code can turn a quick and agile computer into a zombie doing the work of criminals on the other side of the world. While China may or may not be the home of these criminals, allowing Chinese servers to let such downloads pass through them or their software and other files be hosted on them tends to result in serious problems for law enforcement.

Considering all of the problems typically associated with illegal downloading, it makes one wonder how any country can allow them to go on at the extent they are in China right now. The only possible reason one could imagine China doesn’t tighten up more about intellectual property is the desire to allow their economy to continue growing at its rapid clip. The rapidity of this growth has opened up loopholes of this nature, and closing them will help China to work along with the rest of the world in easing up on the crimes illegal downloading contributes to.

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Should Downloading Movies be Illegal?

July 26, 2011 By Leave a Comment

The legality of downloading movies without paying for them is pretty cut and dried. It basically boils down to theft of someone else’s intellectual property by an individual who knows what they’re doing. The idea is, why is taking someone else’s intellectual property a bad thing? If everybody illegally downloaded their movies it would naturally bankrupt the studios and lead to their being no more movies, but an occasional download should be okay. At least, that’s the theory.

On the other hand, one must argue that the reason movies were originally put online was so people could share them, much the way they share YouTube videos with their friends. While this isn’t legal, it does at least provide a more apologetic purpose for this downloading. Of course, one also has to consider the possibility that the downloaded movie can serve to act as free advertising for the extra features that can only be found when one actually buys the movie in question.

While the studios can always try, they can’t sue everyone who illegally downloads movies every so often. While they might want to, this just isn’t practical for them. The best ways to keep illegal downloading from happening as often would be to make movies in a format that can’t be transferred into an online medium. On the other hand, it might actually be best if these movies were simply legalized, allowing anyone to download whatever movies they wanted. While it might hurt the studios who produce them, it might make independent filmmakers more able to compete on the global stage.

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Effects of Illegal Pirating

July 23, 2011 By Leave a Comment

For almost a decade there’s been a huge problem with illegal pirating, also known as illegal downloading. The music industry was the most with album sales going down drastically during the past 10 years.

Lately the music industry is hammering down much stricter copyright laws and anyone getting caught downloading music illegally will have a harsher punishment.

Kissinsights.com dedicates itself in providing information on how illegal downloading is affecting the music industry.  Here is some information on what illegal downloading is doing to the industry.

Lower Album Sales

There’s no denying that album sales have gone down drastically during the past decade. The sales started to decline when downloading from websites like Napster, Kazaa and Limewire became popular.

There’s been research done in 2001 to back up claims that illegal downloading has caused a 20 percent decrease in sales. In 2007, however, studies have shown only a decrease of about 0.7 percent.

Connection Between CD Sales & Illegal Downloading

While there might be a big connection between CD sales declining and illegal downloading, it doesn’t mean that pirating has caused this decline. While music sales are going down, there’s been an increase in sales for DVDs, movie rentals and computer games.

Legal Punishments

If caught downloading anything illegally there will be harsh punishments you will have to face. In July 2009, the RIAA charged an unidentified person for pirating and got fined more than $650,000 for downloading and sharing music. According to reports he only shared about 30 songs and got hit with a large fine.

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Risks of Illegal Music Downloading

July 21, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Many people enjoy downloading music. Whether it’s the rush of downloading illegal music or getting a ton of free songs, more people are turning to these illegal programs to get free music.

Here are the risks of downloading music illegally.

Consequences

It’s against the law to download and share copyrighted music with other people.  Anyone caught downloading and sharing music illegally could be prosecuted and face up to five years in jail as well as a fine of around $150,000 per song downloaded. The artists you downloaded from could also add civil damages to the lawsuit.

Computer Problems

With downloading you don’t really know where the music is coming from. There’s always that risk of getting a nasty virus on your computer. P2p programs like Limewire, Kazaa and BitTorrent are sure to contain multiple viruses and using these programs will put your computer at risk. When you computer gets a virus, you can lose your files and experience a slow Internet connection among other different problems.

Safety Issues

Most families share one computer so when you download music there’s a chance that your children be exposed to adult-natured content. In 2010 there was a study by Netmums in the UK where one in 10 children were exposed to adult content that was a result in illegally downloading.

Many file-sharing programs allows people to chat with others. With chat rooms you never know who is in there. It’s best to chat with others on safe sites like kissinsights.com. Many bullies and pedophiles lurk in the chat rooms for the sole purpose of looking for young children.

Remember the saying “it’s all fun and games until someone gets caught?” this saying sums of illegal downloading perfectly. It might be fun getting free music, but it won’t be when you’re caught.

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Subtle Computer Addicts

July 17, 2011 By Leave a Comment

When most people think about computer addictions, they picture a hardcore gamer sitting in a dark room, drinking Red Bull until they’re wired to explode, all the while blasting their way through a wall of virtual enemies. Some people have become so addicted to computer games that their health suffers, just as does that of drug addicts and drunks. That seems an outlandish statement until one digs into the associated headlines. In Asia, several people have been found dead in front of computer terminals. The reason? They gamed to death, playing for 70+ hours straight, while depriving their bodies of the care required for health, such as proper food and hydration. With pulses pounding and adrenaline flowing freely, these people succumbed to a tragedy.

 

But that’s the most visible form of computer addiction, obvious to any who examine the details. But for every outlandish death that occurs in this fashion, there are hundreds of other people whose addiction to the digital world is far less apparent. They’re around you everywhere that you go – look at the person apparently glued to their smartphone, or the person who can’t leave their house without a laptop for fear they won’t be able to check their email account.

 

Even people who use a computer all day at work can begin to exhibit signs of confusion when separated from their computers. Although they are not addicts in the classic sense of seeking out pleasurable behavior, their selection of jobs that require constant computer use satiates their growing digital need. They may be hard to spot, but cyber addicts are a growing class.

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The Best LEGAL Music Downloads

July 14, 2011 By Leave a Comment

You want to download the newest song but aren’t familiar with the site you’ve stumbled upon. Should you attempt to download that favorite song anyway? Here are some things to watch for.

Rather than randomly searching for your song via Google, find a site that caters to legal music downloads. These sites have links to each artists’ website as well as more links to legal music downloads.

Wikipedia has a list of classical music to download, and the music comes free! Other sources to try: Funky 16 Corners that plays old-time blues and Benn Loxo, a site where you can download African music. Other site options include iTunes, Creative Commons 365 Project and MP3.com.

Research blogs related to the subject of legal music downloads. Bored at Uni is one such place.

Try sites that use KISS Insights on their front page. KISS Insights allows the reader the opportunity to ask questions of the site owner in real-time. Unlike email, where you must wait for an answer, sites that use widgets like these can give the reader an instant answer to their music question.

Talk to friends and relatives and find out where they go legally for their music. Ask questions and find out where and why they get their music from a particular site. Be ready to hear illegal stories too.

Check out the news; find out the latest and greatest sites offering free and inexpensive music downloads.

Don’t get stuck and worried about an illegal downloading experience. Legal music downloads are easy to find if you do a bit of research.

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Personal Financial Software

July 14, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Have you ever tried to save money from your paychecks every month just to find that you’ve spent more than you earned instead? It’s really easy to do if you just say you want to do it but you don’t form a plan. The best way to be sure you save money rather than spending is by setting a budget.

Budgets help you to really analyze your expenditures and see where you’re spending in excess; maybe you go out to lunch too often or buying to many grand lattes. Whatever it is, you’ll be able to see it with the proper budget. Personal finance software can help you to create a budget that is realistic, but is within your means.

What’s great about finance software is it can connect to your online banking institution and pull the information from it into the software where it can be dissected and analyzed. This will help you see where you’re spending your money so you can be wise in how you’re spending your money. With the proper savings, you’ll be able to use the money to invest in UFX Markets Trading, so you can invest the money and help it to grow.

One thing to remember, however, when setting a budget is to not be too strict. You want to spend less money than you earn so you can save, but be sure you have some money for fun. Otherwise you’ll never stick to your budget and are more likely to overspend (compare it to being on a strict diet. You won’t be able to stay on the diet for very long).

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Information on Downloading Music Illegally

July 12, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Many people have heard about illegal downloading, but many might not know much more. Downloading music is a quick and easy way of getting music online… if you’re doing it legally.

While you’re getting illegal music for free, many record companies and artists are affected negatively by your actions. Kissinsights.com has sections where you can go and chat about illegal downloading.

Here’s some information on downloading music illegally.

How it’s Done

Music is downloaded using torrents or p2p (peer-to-peer) programs. If you buy your music via iTunes then you’re protected and safe from getting hit with a lawsuit for downloading illegal music.

Misconceptions About Downloading

There are a few misconceptions about downloading. If you have a kid under the age of 18 you are liable if they’re ever caught downloading music illegally.

If you are just streaming music on the Internet you are not stealing copyrighted music. The RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) says you are still breaking the law if you’re just downloading the music and not distributing it.

Punishment

There are large fines and even some jail time for those caught downloading music illegally. Anyone charged with illegal downloading could get fined for $150,000 for each song you got illegaly.

Back in 2009 a Minnesota woman got hit with a hefty fine of $1.9 million for downloading 24 songs. Around that same time four men were sentenced to jail for a year because of their role in sharing the music.

Downloading music might seem cool because you’re getting free music, but it won’t be worth it when you’re hit with a hefty fine or given jail time.

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