A friend told me about this site and another told me this was iligal. How does this work?
2006-09-02 18:48:23 · 11 answers · asked by cordie 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
It is illegal to Download content from a peer to peer media if the content is copyrighted and the person from whom you are downloading the content does not hold any valid title to transfer you the desired file.
A legal maxim says 'Nemo dat quod non habit' which means one cannot grant what one does not have.
You must have also noticed that when you click something to download, a pop-up message says that "The content is copyrighted and the file does not contain a valid license. Would you like to continue anyway?" So here limewire shifts their liability on the person who is downloding the content. And so the downloader would be liable for infirngement of copyrighted content.
2006-09-02 19:11:15 · answer #1 · answered by King of the Net 7 · 13⤊ 0⤋
Downloading something it incredibly is below copyright devoid of procuring that's against the regulation, except you have the permission of the copyright holder. in case you employ Limewire to get carry of open source application, it incredibly is criminal. If somebody writes and performs their very very own song and that they proportion it on Limewire (like an self sufficient band) then it incredibly is criminal. If that's something you will possibly routinely could pay for, then that's unlawful. The crime is copyright infringement, and that's punishable by a rather good of between $750.00 and $one hundred fifty,000.00 in step with report illegally downloaded. a woman in Minnesota became those days stumbled on in command of illegally downloading 24 songs and fined $9,000.00 in step with song. Use some elementary experience - in case you will could pay for it in a shop or by iTunes yet you will get it for loose someplace else, that's of course unlawful.
2016-09-30 07:16:48 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on what you're personally comfortable doing, a person can pay a service to download songs from and give a copy to a friend.
Another person can go buy the CD, ripped it onto his computer and let a friend across town visit online and have a copy.
In either case music was bought first before sharing.
The law is probably meant to discourage commercial distribution.
2006-09-02 19:06:32 · answer #3 · answered by sunshine25 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is illegal to download music files only if the content is copywrited and the person you bought the music from is not licensed with the copywrite holder to sell the material. If you are refering to Yahoo's music subscription service, the music is legal because Yahoo is licensed with the music distributors to sell the music.
2006-09-02 18:58:44 · answer #4 · answered by Ryan L 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yea, but 99.999999999999% chance that u won't get caught. Millions of people do it so it's fine.
2006-09-02 18:54:09 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
its illegaal to download from limewire or any other peer to peer network.
2006-09-02 18:53:26 · answer #6 · answered by cpuz 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it is a violation of copyright law.
2006-09-02 18:49:46 · answer #7 · answered by Fall Down Laughing 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Record labels sue Napster investor
By Stefanie Olsen
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
Published: April 22, 2003, 12:40 PM PDT
Two major record labels filed suit Monday against venture capital firm Hummer Winblad Venture Partners for its investment in Napster, alleging that it contributed to rampant music theft through the former file-swapping network.
Universal Music Group and EMI Recorded Music filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court in Los Angeles against San Francisco-based Hummer Winblad, its cofounder John Hummer and general partner Hank Barry, who was formerly the CEO at Napster.
The 23-page complaint charges that the Napster system, as conceived and implemented, "provided a safe haven for the rampant piracy of copyrighted works on an epic and unprecedented scale...Hummer Winblad knowingly facilitated infringement of plaintiff's copyrights for its direct financial benefit."
During the Napster heyday, while millions of people logged onto the peer-to-peer community to exchange digital music files, Hummer Winblad was one of the outfit's chief backers. In May 2000, Hummer Winblad invested about $13 million in Napster and took control of its business and legal liabilities, with Barry assuming an interim CEO role.
Legal efforts by the recording industry and music publishers essentially crushed Napster two years ago. But now the music industry is seeking punitive damages from Napster backers, in a move that could portend further suits targeting assets of companies that back independent file-swapping services.
"Businesses (as well as those individuals or entities who control them) premised on massive copyright infringement of works created by artists, should face the legal consequences for their actions," said a joint statement from the two record labels.
Representatives from Hummer Winblad could not immediately be reached for comment.
A series of court battles
The suit is the music industry's latest legal shot at backers of illegal file-sharing networks. In February, a group of music publishers filed a lawsuit against Bertelsmann in federal district court in New York for at least $17 billion. The publishers alleged that the German media company's investment in Napster led to massive abuse of their copyrighted works, and they charged that Bertelsmann's strategy to fund Napster extended the life of the file-swapping service, leading to greater theft of copyrighted works.
In October 2000, Bertelsmann stunned the entertainment world when it announced that it would invest in Napster--even though BMG Entertainment, a record company owned by Bertelsmann, was suing the file-swapping software company. As continued lawsuits crippled Napster, Bertelsmann offered to buy it outright, but that plan fell through. Napster filed for bankruptcy last June. Software maker Roxio now owns most of Napster's assets.
By the time of its close, Napster had contributed to billions of separate acts of copyright infringement, according to Monday's complaint. The record labels are seeking punitive damages of no less than $150,000 per violation of copyright, among other awards.
The music industry has tirelessly worked to eradicate online file-sharing services. Its lawsuits against Napster and Aimster led to the demise of those services, and the industry continues to target other players including Sharman Networks, owner of the popular Kazaa file-swapping software.
Record companies and music publishers have much to be concerned about, according to recent research. Worldwide sales of music CDs, records and cassettes fell for the third year in a row, hit largely by rising Internet piracy in the United States, according to figures for 2002 by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. Last year saw the steepest fall yet, with a 7 percent drop in global music sales and a 10 percent fall in units sold in the United States.
News.com's Sandeep Junnarkar contributed to this report.
2006-09-02 19:09:24 · answer #8 · answered by ♥ Susan §@¿@§ ♥ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Obviously, it is illegal. But just use it for personal use.
2006-09-02 18:52:58 · answer #9 · answered by RJ 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
its only illigal if you get caught
2006-09-02 20:00:08 · answer #10 · answered by tripping 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋