University Ethics Prof. John Moreno is scheduled to testify about the ethics of file sharing before a U.S. Senate subcommittee today.
Moreno stated in a Daily Progress article that record companies must put larger efforts into "humanizing the face of the industry" if they want people to stop illegal file sharing.
Experts estimate that as many as 60 million Americans download music through software packages from the Internet.
The recording artists are not the ones losing money.
The people hurt most by illegal file sharing are the employees at local record stores who are in danger of losing jobs because of decreased record sales, Moreno said in the article.
Moreno does not predict that the recent lawsuits launched by the Recording Industry Association of America will have a long-term impact on deterring people from downloading music.
As possible solutions to the problem of illegal file sharing, Moreno suggests lowering CD prices and the creation of more Web sites where people can legally download music for a small fee.
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