If I own a huge album collection of songs and still download the songs via P2P... is it still illegal?

Question

The RIAA claims that when you download music you are acquiring it illegally and the artists aren't getting paid fairly.

Ok,... I agree with that. But what about songs that i've already paid for, but simply wish to play on my Mp3 player. I have no means to "rip" the song from the albums, nor do I wish to learn. It's easier to download it via a p2p and tranferring it to the Mp3 player.

I guess they want it both ways!

You're not allowed to download their music,... but it's okay for them to make you pay more than once for a song you just want in a different format?

Where do the laws stand on that issue and how is it fair to the consumers?

Answer 1

Well, unless I'm hugely mistaken, the RIAA has yet to successfully prosecute anyone for DOWNLOADING anything. They may have settled some cases, but the only successful prosecutions I've heard of are for ALLOWING OTHERS to download from you. Because of the very type of instance you cite, prosecuting for downloading is a difficult proposition at best. But it's pretty easy to see you've got X number of thousands of songs that you're sharing with others online, right?

Answer 2

if u make money from the sale of copyrighted merchandise songs lyrics art movies etc etc that's where prosecution comes in check for specific laws in your area each state in usa can have different and more laws so u could b prosecuted from local to federal levels hard to prosecute u could b