(Sales exercises) MySpace and Your Privacy

November 30th, 2009 admin Posted in music |

By Rocky Mcmahon

MySpace is an incredible online community which gives members the opportunity to make new friends, reconnect with long lost friends, network or even meet potential romantic partners. While there are many great social aspects to using MySpace it is also important to not there is the potential for predators to be lurking on MySpace. These predators may either be nonmembers who simply comb member profiles in search of useful information or they may be members who create profiles which mask their true identity and foster online friendship for devious purposes. In general the harm which can come from using MySpace could be either physical or financial. This article will discuss how MySpace members can avoid physical or financial harm by keeping their personal information personal.

Avoiding Physical Harm

Those who agree to meet online friends in person put themselves at risk for physical harm. Although in many cases agreeing to meet an online friend in person will not lead to any problems there is always the potential for your online friend to really be a harmful predator. Not agreeing to offline meetings is the most obvious way to avoid this type of danger. However, there are other precautions MySpace members can take to avoid the possibility encountering their online friends in person.

Not posting information which can be used to track you down can help to minimize the risk of physical harm which results from interactions with MySpace members. The most obvious information which can be used for this purpose is a full name and an address. Additionally, a telephone number can be used to find out your address. These are not the only ways predators can find you. For example if you have pictures of yourself posted on your MySpace website and post a blog entry about your plans to visit Disney Land on a particular weekend, Internet stalkers can use this information to find and abduct you.

Posting about weekend plans may seem harmless but those who know where you will be and what you look like can find you even in a crowded location. Also, if you post a blog entry mentioning you will be out of town and also include your full name and the city you live in, savvy predators can use this information to determine your address and burglarize your home while you enjoy your vacation. Those who use MySpace and do not make their website private should be aware that any information they post can be viewed by others who may have malicious intentions. Keeping this in mind helps members to realize they should be cautious about the type of information they divulge on MySpace.

Avoiding Financial Harm

The information on a MySpace website can also be used, by Internet predators, to commit identity theft or other types of financial fraud. When using MySpace care should be taken to avoid giving out sensitive information such as full name, address, social security number, credit card numbers and bank account numbers. This type of information can be used to commit identity theft and the results of identity theft can be financial ruin including bankruptcy and damaged credit. Also, the result of identity theft can be difficult to reverse. Even if the predator is caught in his actions, it may be many years before the victim recovers financially.

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Support Legal Music Downloads

By Turner Paul

With the continuing advancement in technology, CDs are not as popular anymore unlike a few years ago when the internet has no music sites that offer legal music downloads yet. Even the birth of many high technology gadgets like smart mobile phones and compact mp3 players made music downloading from the internet one of the favorite activities of internet users today. These gadgets actually boosted the music industrys sales and popularity. There are many sites now that offer unlimited music downloads to their member base and you should find one too, but those that are only legal of course.

But of the troubling problems the music industry faces nowadays are site that offer free music downloads. It could hurt the artists and the music industry because of this form of piracy. The music industry may not survive in the future if technology finds a way of downloading music for free. Legal music downloads can save music, the artists, and the industry as a whole. There is still no clear solution to this problem and many people can still download music to their phones and mp3 players from illegal sites and channels.

If you really are a music lover and you want to see more songs get produced by music labels, support your favorite artists by making sure you are downloading their music from sites that offer legal music downloads. One of the best ways to know if a site is selling legal music via the internet is to know how long the music site has been operating. If the site has been up in operation for years, then you can be sure that its a legal music site. Illegal sites who allow pirated music downloading for free are easily shut down. One of finding out is usually the price per music download.

Many sites that sell legal music downloads normally charges an average of 99 cents per song. If the price you see in a site is something that is much lower than the average price, then the music site could probably be selling pirated music. But not so much the case as many legal sites also offer lifetime memberships at a flat rate giving you access to unlimited number of music downloads. An illegal site is not only harmful to the music industry but is also harmful to its members. If its selling illegal and pirated music then theres a great chance that these sites are selling your important information too, like email address and credit card numbers.

Legal music downloads is a huge part of the music industry. Engaging in illegal downloads can ruin music and could create a negative impact on the economy. That is why piracy is a big crime. It is as serious a crime like pushing illegal drugs and smuggling. You dont want to be a crook, do you? So do your part, a very important part, in putting a stop to illegal music downloads. As long as people patronize illegal music downloads, there will always be illegal sites that will sprout out somewhere.

Paul Turner is author of this article on Mp3 downloads.

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