The Benefits of Music Sharing (Extra)

     There have been a lot of artist today who take original work and create their music based off it. There is nothing wrong with an artist doing this. All great people have learned from others or copied their works. In order to be the best you need to learn from the best. These artists are taking work from the best and making it their own. In a way the artist is honoring the original artist. This benefits the original artist more than anything. Anytime an artist decides to play somebody's work they need to pay them for using their work. In Ian Janis "Online Music Sharing May Benefit Artists" he talks about how these original artists are in a great situation and have many benefits for being willing to share their work. People pay them to use their work, while they do not need to do any of the work. Also, whenever the song is played on the radio they get a percentage of that. Allowing your music to be used by the new generations is a great honor and a great way to make easy money. It is one thing if an artist does not ask permission first and tries to make it their own. That is unacceptable, but if a person is willing to do all the work and all you have to do is give permission, why would you not accept? Original artists should be honored if an artist wants to use his or her work. That means that it is still good and popular after multiple decades. Being an original artist and having others use your work is one of the easiest ways to make money.