Square Pegs in Round Holes? Investigating the Views of Some Parties Concerning the Sharing of Music Files over the Internet

The aim of this study has been to investigate the views concerning the sharing of music files over the Internet as expressed by some of the parties engaged in the current debate in Sweden concerning these issues. The purpose of this study has also been to scrutinize the views about music filesharing as expressed by the parties in question, as well as the conclusions possible to extrapolate from these opinions. The method used to gather information from the parties subjected to this study has been by conducting and recording interviews with representatives from the organizations and companies entities in question. Those entities are: the Record Company Sony/BMG, The Swedish branch of the organization IFPI International Federation of the Phonographic Industry and the Swedish organization the Pirate Bureau. The method used to analyze the empirically gathered material has been inspired by a method common in the discipline of philosophy of education known as Phenomenography. My purpose has also been to further discuss how the views of the entities subjected to the study affect the way that the entities in question experience themselves, as well as to try to draw some conclusions in regards to what could be the possible consequences of the ways in which these entities experience each other.Uppsatsnivå: