Digital download does signal the end of the music industry to some certain extent as this can be seen from downturn sale of CD which as occurred from illegal download of music online and this can be support with Lessig identification of 4 purposes for downloading: to replace purchasing, (b) to sample then purchase, (c) to access otherwise unavailable content, and (d) to access content that is not copyrighted. Online sites such as Napster has made it easy to discover and download copyrighted music for free.
Although itunes music store reached its 10 billion download last year which shows that people are still willing to pay for their music and does mean that digital download doesn’t signal the of music industry. However reports have shown that music sales is declining in sales and I do believe this to be true through illegal download of music online.
You use Lessig to support a point which is quite contrary to the one he was himself making, which suggests that you may not have fully understood his ideas.
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