2007-11-27 14:27:17 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Nope. If you paid for them, they are your property, but they are not anyone else's.
Making copies as gifts is a violation of the copyright.
2007-11-27 14:41:48 · answer #1 · answered by raichasays 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends where you are living and where your friends are living. It also depends on what yahoo technology is.
In copyright, the songs you have downloaded are for your own and they cannot be distributed even as gifts. However, in most countries, they would not take action if you merely give one CD to a friend who would not further distribute.
However, if you make one CD to your friend and your friend make 10 CDs for his/her friends..., then eventually government would take action. This is similar to sharing music files via Peer-to-peer network.
Don't think about China, U.S. pressed hard and it has no save place in China.
In addition, if there are watermark on the downloaded songs, they can only play in your pc and your associated gadget. For other machines, they can't even see that file.
Therefore, don't make CD for your friends. You should do some shoppping and buying CD for them instead.
Try to understand artists, innovation is very limited. In average, each artists can create 10 to 100 songs in their lives
2007-11-27 14:52:20 · answer #2 · answered by giginotgigi 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Forget War Buy More is correct. You only bought them to use yourself. It is the same as copying a CD or DVD that you bought. That obnoxious do not copy under penalty of law screen that shows up for movies, well, the same applies for songs you buy off of the internet. No one will catch you, most likely but, if you started to run a black-market pirating industry - well, then you might run into some problems.
2007-11-27 14:36:50 · answer #3 · answered by njskiier33 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Technically, no. This is a form of distribution, which is contrary to copyright law.
In practice however, many people do copy their music for their friends' use. Usually this tiny transgression of the law is ignored. I think it is ignored mainly because it cannot be enforced though.
2007-11-27 14:35:07 · answer #4 · answered by Wyoming Rider 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I download for free and make CDs for myself or whoever....
Why should I feel bad about it? Musicians make enough money as it is
2007-11-27 14:33:39 · answer #5 · answered by Marilyn D 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
You paid for them, there your property right?
2007-11-27 14:30:01 · answer #6 · answered by Watch it bub! 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, technically your not. You only paid for you to use them yourself.
2007-11-27 14:31:12 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋