can i share my music if i want to?
07-10-02 | 06:19 PM
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can i share my music if i want to?
I know that the big uproar over music sharing sites is still going on, but can a single person legally share their music if they want to with people they meet on the internet?
For example, if someone here at dvdtalk wanted a Tori Amos song that I had, could I contact that person and let them have the song from my files? Or is even small, personal trading like that considered to be just as bad as entire sites dedicated to millions of people sharing music with strangers?
Also, when I copied most of my own music into my Windows Media Player the files say wma and not mp3. Is there a big difference or if I sent someone an wma file would they still be able to play it or easily convert it into mp3?
thanks
For example, if someone here at dvdtalk wanted a Tori Amos song that I had, could I contact that person and let them have the song from my files? Or is even small, personal trading like that considered to be just as bad as entire sites dedicated to millions of people sharing music with strangers?
Also, when I copied most of my own music into my Windows Media Player the files say wma and not mp3. Is there a big difference or if I sent someone an wma file would they still be able to play it or easily convert it into mp3?
thanks
07-10-02 | 06:38 PM
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I don't know about sharing, but...
YOU CAN DANCE IF YOU WANT TO
eh... sorry about that... couldn't help it...
YOU CAN DANCE IF YOU WANT TO
eh... sorry about that... couldn't help it...
07-10-02 | 06:45 PM
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Originally posted by palebluedot
It is illegal to share no matter how small.
Personally I don't like wma...I don't like the compression...it's basically low quality vbr in disguise.
It is illegal to share no matter how small.
Personally I don't like wma...I don't like the compression...it's basically low quality vbr in disguise.
Can I convert it all into mp3 somehow with the windows media player?
07-10-02 | 06:46 PM
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From: Seattle
Originally posted by Aghama
Have the court decisions from the 80's been overturned?
Have the court decisions from the 80's been overturned?
What are these court decisions you speak of?
07-10-02 | 07:10 PM
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Originally posted by palebluedot
It's illegal as far as I know. You are distributing copyrighted material.
What are these court decisions you speak of?
It's illegal as far as I know. You are distributing copyrighted material.
What are these court decisions you speak of?
07-10-02 | 07:20 PM
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Originally posted by Aghama
Essentially, that it's legal to give copies of tapes to your friends. The question was a serious one, I don't recall how general those laws are or if they've been deemed unapplicable to mp3's.
Essentially, that it's legal to give copies of tapes to your friends. The question was a serious one, I don't recall how general those laws are or if they've been deemed unapplicable to mp3's.
07-10-02 | 10:28 PM
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Originally posted by palebluedot
Are you referring to the Home Recording Act possibly? It is lawful to make copies for yourself but not to distribute. I could be totally off base though.
Are you referring to the Home Recording Act possibly? It is lawful to make copies for yourself but not to distribute. I could be totally off base though.
07-10-02 | 11:22 PM
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Originally posted by dolphinboy
Do I have a choice? When I put the CDs in to copy them that's (the wma) what it converts it to.
Can I convert it all into mp3 somehow with the windows media player?
Do I have a choice? When I put the CDs in to copy them that's (the wma) what it converts it to.
Can I convert it all into mp3 somehow with the windows media player?
07-11-02 | 02:06 AM
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From: City of the lakers.. riots.. and drug dealing cops.. los(t) Angel(e)s. ca.
Unless they have it and you are providing a back up version for them and they have the same music, it is still illegal.
