Okay well i have this progam called "bear share" and bacically you down load music and put it on itunes. anyway i download various songs mostly from the popular band evanescence. as you may know, they haven't released their albulb. But the songs from there are avliable on bear share. Anyway I just wanted to know if thats considered illegal downloading.
2006-09-17 06:33:11 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
Unless, of course, you are paying for a subscription service and have agreed to a document saying that this is the case, then that is most certainly pirating music and you could GO TO JAIL. As a general rule, the government only bothers people who do this on a large-scale basis though. Say you have thousands of songs that you have downloaded and are now sharing with the rest of the internet, therefore promoting more pirating...there's a good chance they might come get you if they want to make an example out of you. Every so often they will do this. I would suggest that you unshare everything that you download so others cannot download off you. Also make sure that the program didn't automatically pick up any files that you already had on your computer and make sure they are not being shared with the community. Good luck pirating!!!
2006-09-17 06:45:55 · answer #1 · answered by sugaspice_n_smiles 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is because, if the album hasn't been released yet, and it's on this program, it means someone leaked the tracks from the album to the Internet. And, Bear Share, like most P2P (Peer to Peer) software, has no way to control licensing, etc. So, if you are downloading any licensed file from Bear Share, you are technically breaking licensing and copyright agreements.
You can look up more information about P2P downloading and the legal controversies/ramifications at Wikipedia
2006-09-17 06:38:49 · answer #2 · answered by madsalad1976 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unless Evanescence released those songs for free, then yes, what you are doing is illegal. I can understand wanting to hear the album as soon as possible though, so I see why you would do it anyway. I hope you will buy the album when it comes out though.
2006-09-17 06:35:55 · answer #3 · answered by Nicole 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-15 02:28:26 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Technically, yea it is. If your not paying for it or own the copyrights. But everyone uses Bearshare and Limewire so it's not really that big of a deal. For me, I use torrent files. So much easier and you can get entire albums.
~El-Matto
2006-09-17 06:44:53 · answer #5 · answered by El-Matto 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
From a legal standpoint, in many countries, it is. However, it depends on the jurisdiction of your origin country also.
2006-09-17 06:52:23 · answer #6 · answered by dracula_trans 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it is illegal. It would be worse though if you made copies and tried to sell them.
2006-09-17 06:38:34 · answer #7 · answered by Sue Chef 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it is. If you aren't paying for your downloads then it is illegal.
2006-09-17 06:35:26 · answer #8 · answered by Jen G 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
nope cuz i used 2 use bearshare and now i use limewire
2006-09-17 06:35:02 · answer #9 · answered by mz.bliss07 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it is illegal.
2006-09-17 06:41:35 · answer #10 · answered by alialiali 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋