In this article, “Stealing is always wrong”, the author deals with the issue whether unpaid music downloading is wrong. He argues that downloading the music. The purpose of the author writing this article is to inform that downloading unpaid music is wrong. Author is also trying to conv convin ince ce inte intern rnet et down downlo load ader ers, s, arti artist st,, publ publis ishe herr and soft softwa warre programmer that download music without paying it is wrong. In this article, the author have showed arguments to support his view that all stealing can be considered as wrong including unpaid music downloading from the internet. The author delivers his argument in disapproval tone from four aspect of legal, ethical, economic and artistic. The authors includes a legal approach by uoting legal e!pert opinio opinion n that that shows shows unpaid unpaid music music downlo downloadi ading ng is illega illegal. l. Then, Then, the aut author
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downloading. The author also point out di"erent ethical perspective on supporting unpaid downloading that counter the economic argument. #astly, for those who support unpaid music downloading will argue that true artists will have their music heard by others but author refute it stating that this altruism is at e!pense of another person The choice of words such as illegal, perpetrators, unethical and ‘always wrong’ manifest author$s bias that unpaid music downloading from the internet is wrong. He conveys his bias by providing negative view views s on unpai unpaid d down downlo loadi ading ng from from the the inte interrnet net and and all all the the view views s presented on supporting unpaid downloading music is to complete his arguments and present it more convincing. The author needs to state all the pro and cons of unpaid music downloading from all four aspect which are legal, ethical, economic and artistic. In addition, he uses words words and e!pr e!press ession ions s with with negati negative ve impli implicat cation ions s when when descr describi ibing ng unpaid music downloading such as perpetrators and illegal to provo%e emotional response.
Then the author gives his point relying on many sources including research &nding to suggest that most people$s behaviour, when they are given the option to pay or steal, supports the view that downloading for free is wrong as re'ected by the easier payment scheme in paragraph (. The author also provided e!pert opinion that we can see in paragraph ) when the legal e!pert point out that unpaid downloading is illegal. The author also provide personal testimony on the e"ect of unpaid music downloading to independent and small companies. The supports provided are related to the argument. As provided in *aragraph ), the legal opinion proves that all form of stealing is illegal. This support is relevant as it aligns with issue discussed on unpaid music downloading. +oreover, the research &nding is also relevant to the argument in showing the decline in number of unpaid music downloading. Therefore the author$s evidence support is relevant to the argument. The author argument has obectivity supported by facts and clear evidence. The studies conduct by -bo, +ar%ham and +ali% in )( on the “e"ects of ease of payment on willingness to pay. -thics or ease/”. This indicates that the maority of people in the study ac%nowledge that to download music for free, in e"ect stealing it, was wrong. The evidence provided by the author is to support his argument that is important to show its relevance. The author also uses the research &nding as veri&able support for his opinion. The author include and refute information that seems to support the opponent$s argument. In paragraph 0, the author ac%nowledge altruism view by 1arla. However, the author strengthens the overall argument by showing why the counter2argument appear convincing, but undermines these counter arguments by uestioning who is paying the cost of altruism. Thus the author included adeuate support and
overcome the points that might wea%en the case and included completeness in his3her article. The author$s argument is valid and credible. The author has made appropriate assumptions and presented relevant, obective, and complete support. The author arguments is convincing when stated that piracy of software, video games and music is stealing and ma%es it clear that all such copying is illegal. 4iven that there is a legal argument against both home taping and internet downloading, it appears reasonable to assume that both should be considered as wrong. 5e can say the author succeed in presenting a valid and credible argument.
In conclusion the author$s position on the issue is clear and the author is consistent in providing reasons to support his argument. Author uses e!pert opinion to support his argument so it will come as more than personal opinion. +oreover, the author carefully identify the opposite argument and e!plain why such arguments sounds appealing at &rst but later refute the arguments to fortify his view in order to ma%e it more convincing. Throughout the writing, the author has successfully clarify the nature of his argument by categorising it into legal, moral, economic and altruistic reasons.
