Ana+Domagas+on+Downloading+Issue

Ability to have any access to information over the internet attracts many because for one, it is convenient. The internet is open 24-7 unlike stores which have an opening and closing time. Another is that most of it can be downloaded freely. Who wouldn't want to patronize something that wouldn't require you to pay and yet provide you with powerful information??? The problem here now involves the protection of intellectual property. Information can come from anyone and unfortunately, people tend to own what's not theirs especially if the data lacked citation. I think downloading and access to internet information is still an issue because many do not take the effort of recognizing the owner of the shared knowledge. With the huge amount on information that the internet can provide us, we tend to take it for granted. We forget to give appreciation to those who made the extensive research in order to convey what we would just be absorbing.

As for the learning aspect of the access to internet information, I think that it somehow enhances and at the same time restricts learning. It enhances learning because it enables, especially students, to easily grab information that takes part in their learning. We are able to have more data that are complete and useful unlike those that need payments. On the other side of the card, it restricts learning because of the moral values attached to illegal downloading of information. It restricts the learning of exerting effort to make the proper research or the learning on taking the social responsibilities in acquiring one's intellectual property.