I know it is a peer to peer file sharing program but is it illegal to download songs and burn it without selling it?
2006-10-01 15:42:08 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
its a peer to peer client sharing program, which makes the sharers liable for any losses that the artist loses when they don't buy the song, so yes, you are stealing the music, or pirating it, and it doesn't matter if you give a copy of it to your friends, for they're not the one's who downloaded the song illegally
therefore, yes, it is illegal to download songs and burn them without selling them, the artist makes no money when you download the song off of LimeWire since you don't pay for the song to begin with; therefore, you would have to sell them actually to make up for the artists loss, but you can't pay the artist; so it doesn't matter so long as you're not caught
2006-10-01 20:19:00 · answer #1 · answered by technicsphreak 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's illegal if you make a profit from it. Sharing files is fine, putting them onto a disk is fine but selling the disk isn't.
2006-10-01 22:53:36 · answer #2 · answered by Mooks 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, downloading the songs are already considered illegal as you don't have the copyright to do that (coz you didn't pay anything for it!).
2006-10-01 22:50:40 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no...as long as you dont "share" the music you are downlaoding with others. when you set up your account it will ask you if you want to share your files, you dont.
2006-10-01 22:45:37 · answer #4 · answered by ProudMommy 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i believe its legal as long as you dont sell any of it or make a profit off of it...
2006-10-01 22:57:49 · answer #5 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Go to http://www.limewire.com/english/content/support.shtml and all your questions will be answered.
2006-10-01 22:50:33 · answer #6 · answered by Ashanofy Frederick Dixon 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋