Downloading Music Controversy?

Question

Alright. I bet it has been puzzling millions of people out there on this wide debate. I have looked and it seems like Limewire is only legal to download uncopyrighted material. (someone please confirm). But, i would like to know, out of the MILLIONS OF MILLIONS of people that have a downloading program (limewire, bearshare, etc), why are only a hand full getting caught and fined? i can't remember the exact number, but it was somewhere around 200milion people have used some software to download something...illegally. But yet only a small portion has got caught and punished. If thr government really wanted to, couldn't they track down [most] 'downloaders' and fine them? (i can see the results in millions of complaints, but still). or is there something i'm missing? Is that hand full of people getting caught doing something different from the rest of the world? insights? opinions? facts?

and then there's bit torrent, etc. what about those? are those legal up to some degree like limewire?

and about bit torrent, there are billions of websites that if you search, there are pirated movies, movies that have not been released on dvd (filmed on camera in the movies) on bit torrent, people download that, and yet again, a hand full of people get caught. please fill me in, thanks.

Answer 1

Downloading music for personal use is not punishable under the Copyright Law.

Answer 2

I'm just waiting for the day when the record companies sue people who REMEMBER music upon hearing it from some radio or TV show.

That could constitute a download.

The problem IMHO is that too many things are deemed a commodity and property......and people are becoming insane about it.

F%^& them!

In the great scheme of things, downloading music matters as much as swatting a mosquito.