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This week during class we watched a movie: Rip!: A Remix Manifesto. It talks about the illegal download music in the United States. The story starts with Girl Talk. Girl Talk remix the famous songs and he takes out part of the song and remix them to make a new song. The movie told us that this behavior is actually illegal, and we can get into prison for five years and also get a huge amount of punishment. Currently in the United States, many people download music illegally. And many people use those illegal download music to create their own art. Whether should we put up a strict law on downloading music brings up a discussion in the society. 
well, I come from China. As you know, in my country, we don't have a complete law on downloading music. People don't have the conscious to pay for their music. The music industry is at their low point. My favorite band is called MAYDAY. They are really popular in China, and even when the music industry is not prosper right now, they still made a lot of money. And had concert every year. This year, they had a new record come out. When the news reporter ask him how the illegal download on the internet. He said that he cannot prevent the illegally download music, but if people do download free music online, he wants them to download the whole album and listen to the whole album in its original order. His words make me think that good music should not be restrict by forms. It has nothing to do with the business and money. Music is a form of art. Obviously, people should pay for their music, but we can also be creative with our music. The government should not punish the artist like the Girl Talk....