Other uses of copyrighted music in unencrypted form lends itself to humorous uses, such as "mash-ups," where someone takes the vocal track from one song and combines it with the instrumental track of another (Johnson, 2005), in the process violating both copyrights but producing a unique file that may interesting, odd or even bizarre

The recording industry would rather end the abuse than prosecute people and have offered amnesty to anyone who will sign a declaration promising to not violate copyrights in the future. However, suspicious users are afraid that signing such a document may lead to their prosecution (Editorial staff, 2003)..

Rather than try to work around these systems, people should...

Stealing in any form is wrong, and ethical people will not do it.
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