Thesis: this article aims to analyze the problem of illegal downloading of music from the Internet. Specifically about downloading, sharing audio, restrictions and government reactions against it. At the same time, I'm trying to analyze trends in music distribution and how the industry has responded. Analysis of the recording industry before and after the world wide web. Reaction of artists and bands to recent trends and how Internet piracy helped shape the legitimate music business of the 20th century.Ch1 - History of the music industry before the world went online.According to Theo Smith, a guest lecturer on the music industry from www.awfullygoodmusic.com The live music industry has always existed as long as there have been gatherings of people to watch musicians perform in exchange for money or value. As the beginning of the distribution and sharing of music between people, one could take the invention of a printing press around 1450. The device was capable of printing ink onto a printing medium, which in Europe is attributed to the printer and goldsmith Johannes Gutenberg. This invention could be taken as a starting point for reproducing notes in paper form. However, it was not until around 1800 that printing, including sheet music, was produced for a wider audience. In 1857 Leon Scott created the first audio instrument capable of capturing audio on paper. Thomas Edison invented a phonograph in 1877. Device capable of capturing sound and playing it. Emille Berliner invented the first records in 1889 and a completely new era of music distribution on replicable media could begin. Subsequently, the actual ability to record musical performance using composition written on paper, could be taken as a starting point for the entire recorded music industry. In ...... middle of paper ......_en.pdfUNESCO, Approved Program and Budget, 2004-2005, at 201 par. 04321 et seq. 4J.AL Sterling, World Copyright Law, London, 1999, art. 13.12. 5D. Panethiere, “The basis for liability for copyright infringement: the law in common law jurisdictions,” [1997], European Intellectual Property Review, Special Report 15, at 15:29 Martin, Nicole – Peck, Sally. Experiment on Radiohead's album 'pay off'. [online] 2007 [cit. 8. dubna 2008]. Available z210.xml>.30 AFP. Radiohead's experiment divides the music industry. [online] 2007 [cit.8. Dubna 2008]. Dostupné z.28 Tyrangiel, Josh. Radiohead say: Pay what you want. [online] 2007 [cit.6. Dubna 2008]. Dostupné z.