Australian music industry counts the costs of piracy

Piracy is one of the problems that are being faced by the musicians in the music industry.it has been reported in the news about the australian music industry that calls for the goverment crackdown on piracy.the sales of the recorded music in Australia recorded $382.7 million in 2011,down but not shaping mfrom $384 million in 2010.http//:www.onlinenews.co.za

Now as said by the news limited the Australian music industry is requesting goverment assistance to tackle conyinuing widespread piracy which they claim is closing the industry and the artists millions of dollars a year.

Online piracy is still the biggest challenge we face as an industry,"Rosen said.there is no moral justifications anymore everything is  available digitally  and legally,its pure people stealing.

The news comes again a backdrop of struggling local record stores and contributors.Just yesterday Merlboune label Aztee music announced they were going into receivership after the importing arm of the business lost $350,000 from the contributors and music stores closing down.But not everybody agrees with Rosen 's assesment of the state of the industry.the founder of the music streaming service rhopsody gave a speech recently were he battled the music and film industries for everlasting the effect of illegal downloads has had on their bottom line.http//:www.austrsliannews.htm.com                                                                    

the question is should we blame the internet for providing free downloads of everything,which some results as the promotion of piracy?