Or is it just illegal to download music and then sell it?
2006-06-07 09:12:59 · 7 answers · asked by Josephine G 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
Depends on your country... very few allow it.
In the US, and pretty much any other country, it is highly illegal to download music for free because you did not pay the artist royalties or purchase rights (like a CD or iTunes) to listen to the song.
EDIT: Whoever says that personal use is legal is either uninformed or lying. Why do you think Napster went down? Anyhow, any way you slice it, download music for free is illegal- personal, resale, whatever it may be, it's still illegal.
2006-06-07 09:15:57 · answer #1 · answered by JC 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on where you get it from and who owns it and who's giving it to you. I recently took part in a survey for Universal and I got 5 free downloads from that but that was directly from Universal. If it's directly from the record label then it's not illegal since they're allowing it, otherwise it would normally be illegal, unless the person offering/giving it to you is paying the record label / artists directly.
Downloading music and selling it is a definite no no and when you're caught you'll be up in court. Not even a top class Solicitor/Attourney could prevent you from being sued!
2006-06-13 08:08:40 · answer #2 · answered by The Techie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Downloading free music for u re personal use is not illegal. But selling it after downloading is Illegal is is covered under piracy acts.
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2006-06-07 09:17:31 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Depends on who owns it in the first place.
2006-06-07 09:15:40 · answer #4 · answered by Apple Crumble(Devils Advocate) 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes but i dont think they can do anything about the different shareware sites because nobody actually buys or sells...........
2006-06-07 09:18:39 · answer #5 · answered by Geordiegirl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you can only keep it for 48 hrs then you have got to delete it ?...... I think......
2006-06-07 09:41:13 · answer #6 · answered by voddybabe 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
sometimes... better not, I think you get fined about £100,500,1000 pounds...
I wouldnt try.
2006-06-07 10:00:49 · answer #7 · answered by tere 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋