Is it against the law to send music files through MSN Messenger?will I get caught for doing that?
2006-07-29 23:56:30 · 6 answers · asked by joe 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
I will give 10 point whoever give accurate and right answer!
2006-07-30 00:01:00 · update #1
Merely sending files is not illegal. If you do not have the copyright or permission to distribute the material from the copyright holder, then THAT is illegal.
2006-07-30 01:23:42 · answer #1 · answered by Bostonian In MO 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The attached link to an article written in 2003 outlines RIAA's plan of action. Since then, RIAA has brought thousands of suits against "regular" people for copyright infringement. I really don't believe you sending a music file through MSN Messenger quite constitutes what the RIAA feels is an infringement.
Federal law and the federal courts have been quite clear on what is not legal. It is illegal to make available for download copyrighted works without permission of the copyright owner.
..."ongoing, massive, and unauthorized distribution and copying of copyrighted works somehow constitutes 'personal use' is specious and unsupported."
2006-07-30 08:52:41 · answer #2 · answered by Zelda 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The sharks worry about people who share thousands of files, not about somebody who shares a couple of them.
2006-07-30 07:01:14 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope.
2006-07-30 06:59:38 · answer #4 · answered by Joey L 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no it is very much legal
2006-07-30 07:01:04 · answer #5 · answered by quikzip7 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No.. it is legal
2006-07-30 07:34:13 · answer #6 · answered by skahmad 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋