This paper explores the ethics illustrated by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and the people who download music from the Internet. It focuses on discussing the concerns that arise when certain threatening technology is developed and implemented. In this case, the RIAA is apparently willing to take great measures, with questionable ethics, in challenging this technology rather than embracing it. Problem The Recording Industry Association of America alleges that pirated music and video …showed first 75 words of 1890 total…

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