Matt Maher writes in Billboard about illegal downloading

SINGER/SONGWRITER and worship leader Matt Maher has written a major piece in American trade magazine Billboard about the need for the Church to involve itself in educating the youth about the morality of illegal downloading. Billboard published the article What Would Jesus Download? in its April 19th issue. Maher wrote, "If this problem we face is not a legal one but a moral one, why haven't any of the record labels worked with the Church? An unlikely partnership, sure, but a needed one. The entertainment industry as a whole should look at this from a 'common good' perspective, because music was just the beginning; film and TV are already affected. The way people receive information is rapidly changing and two gigantic forces - the entertainment industry and the Church - are standing by unsure of what to do about it. In the meantime, we have an entire generation of young people growing up without any understanding of intellectual property and as a result no real respect for it. The record companies and the Church missed an opportunity to speak to this 10 years ago. Litigation will not solve it. But inspiring people to help be a contributing member of the human family will."