Pardon my ignorance- MP3
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Pardon my ignorance- MP3
Are full, anauthorized MP3s fully illegal? Obviously Napster has gotten the wrist-slap, and the trade sites are shut down more often than not, but has it been determined that posting and/or trading is illegal?
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Originally posted by Three Day Delay
Is this law yet, or is it still being decided?
Is this law yet, or is it still being decided?
But you can make a tape for yourself, or in this case an mp3.
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Originally posted by KnightSkywalker
In regards to what? If you mean the trading well then it has been illegal for a long time. I mean taping an album for a friend and giving it to him is illegal, and the transfer of a copy of a copyrighted work is illegal.
But you can make a tape for yourself, or in this case an mp3.
In regards to what? If you mean the trading well then it has been illegal for a long time. I mean taping an album for a friend and giving it to him is illegal, and the transfer of a copy of a copyrighted work is illegal.
But you can make a tape for yourself, or in this case an mp3.
The courts ruled that the people who end up with the recordings arent "Friends OR family members" per se.
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The bad comes when you are gaining a profit out of the trade or exchange of the music.
Look at ebay. you see many auctions going by of bootlegged videos by simply stating that the auction is for a pencil... but you get a free copy of "ocean's 11" or whatever.
I figure that aslong as your not making some sort of profit (but yes, trading would be profitting off it, since you yourself gain something for someone's copy righted work)
Look at ebay. you see many auctions going by of bootlegged videos by simply stating that the auction is for a pencil... but you get a free copy of "ocean's 11" or whatever.
I figure that aslong as your not making some sort of profit (but yes, trading would be profitting off it, since you yourself gain something for someone's copy righted work)