Is it legal to take songs off of Xanga?

Question

Xanga embeds songs into their website. I have a way to take embedded things and download them to my hard drive. I don't see anywhere saying its illegal,...but I dont see anything saying go ahead. so now i ask...Is this legal?

Answer 1

Yes, it is illegal. Your odds of getting caught are virtually nil, but you are still breaking the law. A week ago a girl's parents had to pay over 3,000 and also had to pay lawyer fees for her stupidity. Just cuz you can do something doesn't mean you should do something. And alot of programs are "honeypots" or "spiderwebs". Be careful

Answer 2

The following is a list of Content and Conduct that violates the Rules of Member Conduct - you may not use the Service to:

upload, post, email or otherwise transmit any Content that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortious, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, invasive of another’s privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically, sexually or otherwise objectionable;
harm minors in any way;
solicit personal information from anyone under 18;
impersonate any person or entity, including, but not limited to, a Xanga official, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity;
provide a false birthday or age;
forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers in order to disguise the origin of any Content transmitted through the Service;
upload, post, email or otherwise transmit any Content that you do not have a right to transmit under any law or under contractual or fiduciary relationships (such as inside information, proprietary and confidential information learned or disclosed as part of employment relationships or under nondisclosure agreements);
upload, post, email or otherwise transmit any Content that infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary rights (“Rights”) of any party;
upload, post, email or otherwise transmit any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, “junk mail,” “spam,” “chain letters,” “pyramid schemes,” or any other form of solicitation, except in those areas (such as classifieds) that are designated for such purpose;
upload, post, email or otherwise transmit any material that contains software viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment;
“stalk” or otherwise harass another;
collect or store personal data about other users;
upload, post, email or otherwise transmit any Content that provides instruction about illegal activities, including illegal drug use, child predation, terrorist activities, instructions in assembling or obtaining bombs or other weapons;
upload, post, email or otherwise transmit any Content that encourages or promotes physical harm against any group or individual. This includes Content that encourages or promotes self-harm;
interfere with or disrupt the Service or the servers or networks used to provide or receive the Service or disobey any requirement, procedure, policies and regulation of any networks used to provide and receive the Service;
intentionally or unintentionally violate any applicable local, state, national, foreign or international laws or regulation, including, any rule or regulation of any securities exchange, such as the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange or the NASDAQ, any self-regulatory organization or the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.


Seems clear to me, If you know it to be copywrighten material it is illeagle to copy and visa-versa you should not share copywrighten material.

Answer 3

we live in a country were you have to pay for everything. if you get it for free it is usually illegal. that will be 2 cents for my opinion

Answer 4

yea i have always wondered the same thing. i think its ok but i would suggest just uploading your own stuff onto it, not from it. i mean just in case, u never know, right?