2007-10-03 08:11:13 · 3 answers · asked by mike93 1 in Consumer Electronics ➔ Music & Music Players
It is not illeagal under the current definition of the law - of course that changes constantly and just because something isn't illeagal doesn't mean you can't get a law suit.
Music which is broadcast without copy protection can be used for personal use but cannot be sold. I have read the Home Audio Recording Act http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audio_Home_Recording_Act and don't belive that anyone should be prosecuted for any type of home recording as long as they are not breaking any encryption or copy protection or selling it.
I have an MP3 player that will record songs from the built-in radio tuner and save them as MP3 files. Is that illeagal? No.
I have a computer that will convert MP3 songs from CD and store them on the harddrive. Is that illeagal? No.
This same computer will share MP3 songs with other people and nobody makes money from the exchange. Is that illeagal? The RIAA would probably like it to be, but they are the ones that released digital music without ANY type of copy protection.
Now with Limewire, there is no real way to shut down sharing from centralized servers so the music industry is ignoring it.
2007-10-03 09:21:30 · answer #1 · answered by TahoeT 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Downloading copyright protected material from Limewire is illegal.Limewire itself is not illegal.
2007-10-03 15:40:11 · answer #2 · answered by Scatwoman 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
no and yes. it is not if you just download the music from limewire and than put it on windows media player or something. but it is if you download the music put it on windows media player and than sync it to your mp3 player..
2007-10-03 16:00:03 · answer #3 · answered by Stella 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋