27th December, 2011
Is downloading music from Limewire into iTunes/Windows Media Player illegal or copyrighting?
Question by : Is downloading music from Limewire into iTunes/Windows Media Player illegal or copyrighting?
Hi, I just wanted to ask, lets say you wanted songs and music in your iPod or a MP3 player, you download music from Limewire and you put the downloaded songs into your iTunes/Windows Media Player music list so you could sync the songs into your device, is that illegal or copyrighting? And also you didn’t like download music every once a day, you often do it atleast sometimes a month? Is that illegal or copyrighting?
Best answer:
Answer by casey l
Yes, it is illegal. But almost every teen does it. I do it like once or twice a month to update my ipod. But I do pay for my songs sometimes, when I can go to the store and get a Itunes card. I don’t about copyrighting or anything but it is illegal.
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Posted at 9:13 am | Comments (4)
On December 27, 2011 at 10:09 am Adam C said:
December 27, 2011 at 10:09 am
ya its illegal man sorry
On December 27, 2011 at 10:10 am byrde1994 said:
December 27, 2011 at 10:10 am
downloading copyright material without paying for it, IS illegal
(music, sheet music etc, ANYTHING that is covered by the copyright laws)
You should read this article vefore you do any illegal downloads
http://www.comcast.net/articles/news-technology/20090616/US.TEC.Music.Downloading/
MINNEAPOLIS — A replay of the nation’s file-sharing case to go to trial has ended with the same result — a Minnesota woman was found to have violated music copyrights and must pay huge damages to the recording industry.
A federal jury ruled Thursday that Jammie Thomas-Rasset willfully violated the copyrights on 24 songs, and awarded recording companies $ 1.92 million, or $ 80,000 per song.
Cara Duckworth, a spokeswoman for the RIAA, said the industry remains willing to settle. She refused to name a figure, but acknowledged Thomas-Rasset had been given the chance to settle for $ 3,000 to $ 5,000 earlier in the case.
On December 27, 2011 at 11:07 am ItalianMan25 said:
December 27, 2011 at 11:07 am
yes very illegal!!!
On December 27, 2011 at 11:15 am Mykol G said:
December 27, 2011 at 11:15 am
Downloading song is NOT illegal. Most who people do download songs end up breaking the law, i will explain.
EXPLAINING THE LAW:
According to DCMA, Digital Copyright Millenium Act, it is illegal to DISTRIBUTE, SALE, MANUFACTURE copyrighted material. It does not state that having copyright material in your possession is illegal.
How would they know if you paid for it or not?
Why People Get Caught?
People who use sites like limewire, download music, movies, etc… The giver has now broken the law by sharing this materials with you. The reason you end up getting caught is because LIMEWIRE has a feature that enables your system to automatically share anything that have downloaded. This is where you break the law. Now you are a DISTRIBUTOR of copyrighted materials.
How not to break the law:
Limewire and other software program automatically enable the feature to share what you downloaded plus other items in your PC. You must find what your system is sharing and disable this feature within LIMEWIRE.
Example:
In recent News, a lady was sued to pay the records companies somewhere around 2 Millions Dollars. She is an idiot.. I read the full article. She was sued the first time for $ 220,000.00, during trial she was offered the option to settle for $ 3000 to $ 5000, she said NO, like 10 other people of the 30,000 active cases today. She thought she could fight breaking the law. So she lost the first case and ended up owing $ 220,000.
She went back and appealed the jurisdiction and the trial went back to court again, this time the records companies sued for 2.00 million dollars, however during the trial they offered to settle with her again and she turned the offer down a second time… She lost the trial again and now owes 2.00 million dollars to the records companies.
I do not advocate downloading music, because it does prevent you from purchasing music. But I do want to EDUCATE those who don’t know the laws…