Throughout history, music spread among people of different cultures. In today's technological advanced society, however, people spread music online, sometimes without an artist's permission. This can lead to many problems, and music companies are now cracking down on this practice. Sharing music online without permission is theft (盗窃).

    Sharing music online prevents recording companies from making money from their efforts. They say that sharing music online has resulted in a huge drop in profits and sales over the past 10 years. People who find music for free online are not paying for CDs or every MP3 downloaded. To truly understand the influence of music piracy (盗版) on creators, one must understand how many people are involved in the recording process. For the sale of each album, profits must be shared between musicians, sound engineers, music producers, managers, advertisers, and the company selling the product. Many people believe sharing music only affects the recording artist, but the reality is that sharing hurts business for all companies involved.

    There are many people who don't see the harm in sharing music online and even think they have the right to do it. One online blogger states that he originally paid for an entire CD and that he should be able to do with the material whatever he wants. While he may have legally paid for the music, he does not have the right to provide permission, which means people like the blogger are thieves.

    Although we don't spread today's music the same way we did before, there's no doubt that people around the world love to share music. However, internet piracy would prevent musicians from continuing producing albums for fear of theft. Therefore, if people want to continue listening to their favorite artists, they need to buy their music so that artists will make enough profit to continue their music careers.

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    Not long after Freddy and the band became famous. They visited Britain on a brief tour. Fans showed their devoted by waiting for hours to get ticket for their concerts. His most exciting invitation was perform on a TV programme calling "Top of the Pops." As soon as the programme is over, they were truly stars. Freddy and his band could not go out anywhere without be followed. At last feel very upset and sensitive, Freddy and his band realized that they must leave a country before it became too painful for them. So they left from Britain, to that they were never to return.

    If we are honest with ourselves, most of us have dreamed of (become) famous. Most musicians form a band because the same interest in writing and playing music. They may play anywhere (earn) some extra money as as fulfill their dreams. However, the Monkees started differently, began as a TV show with the musicians (play) jokes and music in the programme. Only after a year or so did they become (serious) and they produced their own records later became even more popular than the Beatles in the USA. The band once (break) up but reunited later. In memory of their time as a real band, they produced new record in 1996.