And the same for having movies recorded from theaters. With the music you get sued for downloading free music on the internet, but you have computer Burners that can copy music on to other CDs.
2006-07-16 19:54:57 · 13 answers · asked by ? 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
Its free to burn the music on to other CDs. I'm saying that the music industry complains that music artists lose money when people download free songs off the internet instead of buying their CDs, but if you have their CD and burn copies for your friends, their still losing money. Yet we still have the Burners.
2006-07-16 20:01:20 · update #1
Its like having a knife at home is not illegal. Using it to stab someone is.
2006-07-16 19:58:17 · answer #1 · answered by sxa93 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because not everything that you can burn is illegal... including music. It all depends on what you're burning on your PC... if it is music that you ripped from a CD or you legally bought from, let's say, iTunes, then it is fine. Same goes for movies that you downloaded legally... Of course burners also let you put data or presentations in a disc so it makes perfect sense for burners to be legal...
Now, getting your music FREE from Kazaa, Bearshare, and all those p2p programs is illegal as the artists and its company are not receiving any compensation for their work... so it is illegal... and their suing, I think, is justifiable.
**An updated answer for an updated question... your revised question is different from the first one... Now, you said that you bought a CD, ripped it and burned copies for your friends, it *may not* (I am not sure of the laws when it comes to CDs) be illegal because it's pretty similar with what you can do with iTunes. As long as you are not selling the music and uploading it to p2p programs, you're okay. Of course the artists are still losing money because a ripped CD can go a long way. But like what I said earlier, it still makes sense that burners are legal and it is up to the person using it how he will use the burner. It's a moral issue from then on. You're grown up, so go figure...
2006-07-16 20:00:21 · answer #2 · answered by Arashikitty 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because CD burners are capable of substantial non-infringing use. In other words, you can back up document files or, even *gasp* legally purchased music.
It's the same reason that VCRs are not illegal even though they can be used to record television broadcasts for purposes other than personal viewing or "time-shifting," as the Supreme Court put it. Same with Xerox machines.
So having CD burners has nothing to do with the fact that downloading free music - i.e., STEALING - is illegal.
2006-07-16 19:59:34 · answer #3 · answered by JoeSchmoe06 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When you purchase the music [like on I-Tunes and similar sites} and make your own CD mix tapes it is legal as long as it is for your enjoyment only. Burning copies of Cd's for friends is still infringement on intellectual piracy laws.
Plus the burners are also used to create home based movie DVDs, school work Cd's, transferring family pictures to DVDs and many other reasons than for only music and commercial video burns.
2006-07-16 20:13:49 · answer #4 · answered by NotSoTweetOne 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are multiple devices on the market that are made for "legal" mp3 listening.. Ipod, Iriver, Rio & Nomad to name a few, And yes, People use cd burners for 'other' things than burning pirated materials.. ;)
The Obvious reason is the lining of 'main stream' artists pockets, And the man is down on people that share large amounts of music or sell large quantity of bootleg cds.
2006-07-16 20:02:37 · answer #5 · answered by alien1_civic 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Burning is legal because it can be for personal use. (Handing out those CDs to other people wouldn't actually be okay, but that's not the same thing as the act of burning.)
Trading files over the Internet isn't legal because you're giving out the tracks to other people. It's not personal use any more.
2006-07-16 20:00:18 · answer #6 · answered by c0mbustible 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the certainty united kingdom web site does seem to propose it is in straightforward terms an offense in case you replica it for income or reason the copyright holder any loss, so very own use would be a grey section even nonetheless i'm beneficial that the agencies in contact might argue that via copying a condominium version of a DVD you're inflicting the distributor a loss via gaining a replica of the action picture for the condominium cost and not the retail cost. certainly in the event that they locate out your doing it they're going to prosecute
2016-10-08 00:22:37 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Burners are used for other things than just music.
2006-07-16 19:59:13 · answer #8 · answered by DL 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Double standards
2006-07-16 20:04:37 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its not illegal to download music if you pay for it.
2006-07-16 19:56:42 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋