Ok I was just wondering if these things are legal or not.
1. Person 1 downloads music, and burns onto CD for themselves. Person 1 allows Person 2 to take the burned copy and rip the music to their hard drive for their own use.
2. Person 2 then listens to the music from that CD and burns extra copies and gives some to friends for free.
I've heard alot of different opinions about this, and I wanted to know from someone who actually knows the laws.
2007-03-28 15:32:23 · 8 answers · asked by therockgamer 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
Ok, suppose Person 1 downloaded this music legally. Is there ANY circumstance to where this could happen legally and if so, how?
2007-03-28 15:51:38 · update #1
I thought your question was about the musical laws of harmony.
But you're question has one major flaw: You fail to mention if the first person legally downloaded the music in the first place. Second flaw, you don't really ask a question. I assume you're asking can this be done legally, or if it's illegal, is the first person held accountable because of the second and third persons? Or, maybe you're asking something else.
Sony is under fire for some of the secret software they're encoding in their discs. They didn't disclose that it was there, they didn't disclose that it would be put on your computer and then they didn't tell you how to get rid of it even if you deleted their products.
The record companies are getting smarter because they're getting greedier and wanting to shake every last penny that they can from the paying consumer. This will ultimately be their downfall in being the music police.
2007-03-28 15:46:26 · answer #1 · answered by rann_georgia 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you've downloaded songs from anywhere other than a band's or record company's page, or a service like iTunes, it's quite possibly illegal already. And even from legal sites, they may have usage restrictions that allow only one copy, or disallow burning CDs etc. You need to read the fine print at the sites you get the music from.
Generally speaking though, situations like 1, and especially 2, are probably illegal. If you buy a CD, you have a legal right to that CD, and you can loan it to your friend, but since only ONE copy of the music on it was purchased, there can only be one legal copy in existence -- if you make a copy for yourself and give the CD to your friend, or your friend borrows the CD and makes a copy for themself before return it, that's almost certainly illegal.
Keep in mind that copyright law has been getting more restrictive over the past couple of decades, but the popularity of the internet has led to a lot of promo material being available, which can mean copying is legal if the band allows it -- always read to be sure, but if there's no evidence, it's better to err on the side of caution, and assume that the music is copyrighted, and protected by law.
2007-03-28 15:44:52 · answer #2 · answered by slapdash26 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First off...if person 1 downloaded the music both illegally OR legally, and gave a copy (or loaned it) to a friend...that is illegal. Even if they sold it to person 2...still not legal. Why? Because the artist is not making money off of their work.
Now back to the beginning. If you downloaded the song for free, for it to be legal, you would have had to downloaded it from the band website or if you just happened to have a discount coupon for any of those legal sites that you have to pay for downloads. Otherwise...illegal.
Just think...if you came up with sumthin great...sumthin that could make you a lot of money...would you want people getting it for free...causing you to NOT make money off of it?
2007-03-28 17:08:50 · answer #3 · answered by brandon_jazz_nesmith 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Um... Downloading in the first place is illegal.
Then, giving that to someone else is very illegal.
Them giving that to people means... You just started a chain of illegal actions! Congratufreakin'lations. NOW GO BUY THE ALBUM.
2007-03-28 15:36:32 · answer #4 · answered by Nannada 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Downloading music can be legal, you know, like off of iTunes, but the rest doesn't sound good
2007-03-28 15:46:14 · answer #5 · answered by wow 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No you cannot simply take someones music simply considering the fact that they died. You have to determine together with his list label and get permission, or the loved ones. Someone has the rights to the music.
2016-09-05 19:53:36 · answer #6 · answered by picone 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope. These hypothetical people are unlikely to get caught, but what they're doing is not within the fair use laws.
2007-03-28 15:39:14 · answer #7 · answered by Amanda 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes Def. unlawful!
2007-03-28 15:37:13 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋