Companies in the recording industry want to put a stop to the downloading and sharing of material that has been copyrighted. In Canada, very few people have been declared guilty of doing this. Court cases have been used to warn illegal music downloaders that there are consequences for what they are doing and that despite how old someone is, he or she will still be treated the same way as other people who have illegally downloaded music and have been caught. In 1870, sound recording was invented. It was something that was new to everyone and sound recording technology was undeveloped. What was most important was having power over the publishing and sharing of printed music. In 1902, disc-based phonographic cylinders began obseleting devices that had…show more content… As the recording industry grew, companies began appearing to publicize music. Soon, they had power over the industry. When compact discs were invented, they greatly impacted the music world. They are able to store more information than vinyls can and eventually, they replaced them. Information stored in compact discs are stored digitally, unlike in vinyls. This made it easier for people to transfer and obtain information. In the past, computers only played back music, but new software has made it possible to rip and burn CDs. When the Internet began becoming more popular, file-sharing websites were made. This made peer-to-peer file-sharing a lot easier. Many people liked downloading music online because it was simple. They were unaware that file-sharing could cause any harm because analog tapes were used to share and duplicate music in North America in the past, and recording companies allowed it. Canadian and American copyright laws were the same in the past but now, there are different laws for online downloading. In Canada, Bill C-32 was introduced in 1997. It allowed people to copy music for their own use. It didn't state anything about peer-to-peer file-sharing,
