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Perhaps you have heard arguments that illegal file sharing benefits musicians by giving them free publicity. I can definitely see that there might be some truth to that. However, file sharing goes far beyond just music. Illegally copied software does very little to benefit its creators. If file sharing is legalized based on the benefits it has to musicians, then there will be nothing to stop sharing of other content, including software. I suppose I'm rather biased on this subject. Perhaps I write this with purely selfish motives. You see, I will soon be graduating with a degree in computer science and I hope to make my studies worth something. If software engineering is no longer lucrative because all software is shared illegally, then companies will stop producing new software. This means that the job market for computer scientists will diminish and I won't be able to get a job. So yes, I speak with selfish motives, but I also speak for the betterment of society. Allowing illegal activity to continue to the point that it destroys an entire field of study is far from progress. I think the main issue here is that people like to be able to get something for nothing and want the laws to change to allow that.