One way that music got free was through the MP3, and Witt talks about the development of the device, and how it shaped up to be a revolutionary item in the music industry. There were companies that were making CDs in which music from the record labels could be played. Then, there came the idea to compress the music and make it go digital. The problem with that was the music for mp3’s were violations of copyright due to the act of not purchasing music from the label, and rather downloading it illegally. This ultimately changed how music became available and easily delivered, streaming music was now a way of bypassing the act of purchasing songs, and listening to it that way. This lead to the problem of record labels and artists not getting paid enough for their content because people were just streaming. In today’s comparison, it would be like an artist getting mad that people only listen to their music through soundcloud or spotify rather than buying it on a certain site. Another sub-topic is payola and how artists are able to get their music heard over the radio mass amounts of times by paying the radio station. Music deserves to be free, but someone should be getting paid by it at the end of the day. The question this topic raises is, should it be okay to listen to music, but not pay for it? I think so from a music-lover standpoint. There is so much music out there to the point where if I had to pay for every song I listened to, that would be too much money for me to carry on my music habits. Yes, people should get paid for their musical content, but it shouldn’t be required for users.