In this ever-growing technological world in which we live, it is ultimately inevitable that the industries in which we consume goods will be tested by advances in the ways people acquire products. The issue of music piracy has been at the forefront of this debate for years, especially on college campus' across the United States. In particular, one newspaper article from a college campus shows the position of the students, the administration, and the music industry in relation to each other and the power struggle within these groups. But what are the ideological implications of the positions represented by each of these parties?
             First one must examine the relationship between the students, the administration and the music industry in terms of their positions in the article. The administration is concerned with how effectively the students are using the network to support the business of the university, i.e. learning, research and teaching. File-sharing does not support any of these things. But some students feel that it is their right to use the network in a way in which benefits them the most and for some, that means file-sharing. Others feel that file-sharing is a disruption of the community and uses much of the network unnecessarily. Of course, the music industry feels file-sharing is a direct violation of copyright laws and should not be allowed on any campus. It is an industry that relies on record sales to make money and if students are allowed to get free music, this industry ultimately becomes uninvolved and unnecessary. These relationships can be viewed within the context of the concept of ideology.
             In any capitalist society, the structure of that society revolves around class. In order for society to function properly, there has to be a working class and a ruling class. One could look at the groups involved in this article as a society and use Carl Marx's ideology to analyze them. By applying Mar...