I found Chuck D's essay "Free" Music Can Free The Artist to be a very interesting essay and I agreed with everything he said. I agree with the fact downloading songs on the internet helps artists more then it hurts them because people still buy the cd's and it gives them more recognition. For instance, if your downloading your favorite bands songs and you download one you've never heard and you like it you may want to buy that cd because you know theres more then 1 good song. Also, for lesser known artists it really helps them because not everyone can get on the radio and MTV, so the only way they have for people to listen to there songs is for people to download them off the internet.