I bought a legitimate commercial music tape last year and within 6 months the tape broke and I could no longer listen to the music. \n\nShould the RIAA provide me another copy of the tape (or a CD) for no cost or just the cost of the blank tape or disk? Does the RIAA owe us all replacement copies of all the music that we purchased in our life times if the disk or tape or vinyl degraded and stopped playing? \n\nIs this not cause for a class action suit against the RIAA and all those who produce music disks and tapes?
120742
lol....\n\ngood luck....\n\nthe answer is yes...in my opinion....\n\nbut good luck suing.....\n\nRIAA are awful.....art as product is awful
455320
Money talks.Garbage ends up in the dump eventually.Select carefully at the supermarket.Music is like food these days...choose your product to last.And enjoy it...Pure.
2816
iTunes, Napster, or Music Match.  All fast reliable and legal.  All music is at some level copy written material.  The band saying it is free doesn't make it so.  They have to jump thru a lot of hoops to give up all their rights so always take care getting music "for free".
41441
I too, have many old lps.  I have gone to e-bay just to see if there is a market for them.  I followed a few listed lps for about 2 wks.  :(  There is not much of a market.  So, there is little value unless they are extremely rare.  G-luck.
226840
nope you won't get sued for that. But that depends upon the depth of how you'll gonna use it. Actually i am a singer/songwriter myself and have lots of my stuff copyrighted already. As far as i know, if you will use our stuff commercially or for personal gain, you need to recognize the composer AND pay their royalties. Just be careful though. It would be best to contact the maker of those animations and talk with them on how to go about the issue. :-)
214407
Paying for the music gives you personal rights to its use. Generally, that doesn't give you any rights to redistribute it to others. \n\nAs to the 8-seconds, it sounds like you're talking about application of the Fair Use provisions of Copyright law. These are tricky, and it's always a fuzzy area what constitutes Fair Use. Most courts still haven't come down with a bright-line rule on this issue.\n\nAnecdote: I did something similar a while back, for the equivalent of a blog (before blogs were called that). I contacted the legal/licensing department of whatever TV network or studio produced the show. Then I explained briefly that I wanted to use small clips of the music for a non-profit commentary on the show and asked what the licensing requirements are.\n\nThere is also another angle you can try. If you are broadcasting your podcast, you might be able to qualify for the mandatory broadcast licensing provisions of the copyright code. Again, this is a complex area of law and you should do a lot of research (and/or find an attorney) before trying to claim this as a defense.
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Did you listen to each song to make sure it was complete before you burned the CD? Sometimes only partial songs are offered on limewire. I always listen to each song and MAKE SURE that the files are compatible with my CD burning program before burning. I suggest using Gold Wave - a great program - you can edit songs - make them louder or softer - delete long fades - save as a different file type - it's awesome. Hope this long winded diatribe helped!
205727
Well as the others say, yes, technically, in probably most cases, the music is will be copyrighted material and so it is illegal to take it for free, or indeed to give it out (share it) for free - without the copyright-holder's permission. Despite some high-profile cases where individuals have been, successfully of course, prosecuted by record companies for illegal filesharing, this is obviously a scare tactic by the record companies, and we are talking about a handful of individuals being prosecuted - out of, I imagine hundreds of millions of file-sharers - so the risk to you is really extremely small.\n\nAs regards what Mr. Edwards says about viruses, well I have to say it seems like he is anti-filesharing and therefore he would say that to put you off - although I may be wrong(?). In reality I would say, although he is right there are many viruses on filesharer's computers, the risk is no greater really than that associated with using the rest of the internet - I mean to put it in perspective, if you don't use filesharing because you're worried about downloading viruses through it then you shouldn't really use the internet either.\n\n**This is not to say of course that you shouldn't be careful** Take all the precautions that you do with the rest of the net - make sure you have proper anti-virus, firewall, anti-spyware software and use it! Virus-scan your downloads - you'll find, handily that many popular filesharing software - this may help you choose - will have a setting in the options to *automatically* scan all incoming files using you installed anti-virus software.\n\nAnd if you do get a virus etc through filesharing, just bear in mind it could *equally* happened through email, browsing etc.\n\nRather an essay there but hope that helps!
528853
It has nothing to do with "keeping up with technology."  When people share music online, that means MILLIONS of people can obtain illegal copies from ONE legitimate $12 cd purchase.  Think about the magnitude of that situation.  How is it fair?  It is stealing.  It is the same as if those millions of people just walked into the music store and shoplifted the CDs.\n\nIt is legal, however, to PAY for music from a legal download site, listen to streaming music from a legal site, or copy your OWN cds that you have purchased... and NOT share them.
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If you play commericial music on your site and you are not licensed to do so, you are violating copyright.\n\nAlso, if you download music from bearshare or any other file-sharing site, from someone who is not licensed to share that music, you are violating copyright.\n\nTherefore, this thread reported to abuse for copyright concerns.
213213
Limewire will not sue, it  is the company  you  are  stealing  from that  sues. Sometimes Sony or anotherbig  one  will put files on just to catch  people doing it. Then they sue you. Itunes is just .99 a song, just pay  the buck and  save yourself the headache later.  Be smart and  pay for your media.
504681
No.\n\nFirst of all calling it stealing is a misnomer.  It is negative spin put out by the recording industry.  Stealing is when you take something from someone, and deprive them of it.  If you download some music that you were not going to buy anyway, you have not cost the artist anything.\n\nLet me give you an example.  In 2003, I wanted to make a dance mix for my car.  I used some software called Mixmeister to produce a beat mix recording.  I downloaded a bunch of music that I used to listen to, and used some of it to make a mix for my personal amusement.  If I had purchased every song I downloaded it would have probably cost me $500 or so.  Often I would download tracks that I thought was the right one, only to find it was not.  Some of the tracks I already owned.\n\nIf downloading was not an option, I would never have even attempted to make this mix for myself.  So did my mix CD cost the recording industry anything?  No.  Of course not.  But technically, I broke the law and stole from them.\n\nLet me give you another example.  When Eminem first came out I heard one of his songs on MTV.  I then downloaded a bunch of his other music to see if I liked it.  I liked it and ended up buying several DVDs and every album he released.\n\nIn another example I used to use an illegal download site that is now closed.  It had a facility to suggest songs I might like.  Since I  had downloaded some Radiohead it suggested a band I had never heard called Muse.  I later went on to purchase three Muse albums and some additional Radiohead.  I would never have even known about Muse, were it not for this download site.\n\nWhen it comes to downloading the reality is that record companies are out of touch and unwilling to get behind new technology.  If they had been looking out for fans rather than their personal greed, they would have cashed in on the whole Internet downloading thing years earlier.\n\nLet us also not forget the reality here.  You talk about the poor artists losing money.  But that is just a line put out by record companies.  If you download a song, you are not hurting anyone.  The only time you are hurting an artist or a record company is if you ONLY download stuff and never buy it.  If everyone did this, there would be a problem.  But most people I know who download, always buy the CD or DVD if it is good.
74099
The RIAA may not own the rights to the songs and thus may not be able to sue you, but that doesn't magically make it legal.  It's still just as illegal, you're just less likely to get caught.
104386
losing the music ripped to your computer has nothing to do with the media player (prolly), sounds like you have bigger issues, esp. since the player doesnt appers in the add/remove list.
235472
do you mean rip the music onto your computer, burn the music onto another CD, or remove a song from a CD that you just burned? \n\nYou cannot remove music from the actual CD, btw. Once it's there it's there for good. Try getting a new blank CD
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Ignorance of the law is no excuse and no defense.  The oopyright statement is WRITTEN RIGHT IN THE MANUALS your friend was selling!  \n\nAs they have access to the records of the sales via eBay, and know who did it, yes, they will most likely  pursue to matter thru the courts to seek satisfaction if your friend does not cooperate. They are not just being mean, but they need to protect their property, whether it was one copy or one million copies.   It was not your friend's property to sell, and the profits he made from the sales should be restituted to the company, as well as the amount they had to expend to get the money back.
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Trust me, the mp3s don't sound as good as your CDs. Like you, I've spent a great deal of money on CDs, but I also own an iPod so I can take my catalog on the go. I've used the standard compression of 128kbps to transfer my music to iTunes and at that rate, about 1.4 hours only takes 80Mb of space, where 80 minutes of uncompressed audio on a CD uses 700Mb of space. That means there is a lot of information thrown away in the compression process. Now for what it is, it sounds very good, but the hard copy CD will always be better sounding than the mp3. Some people say they don't hear the difference, others do....that includes me! While listening in the car with road noise and other distracting sounds, that's a fair trade off for me, but when I get home, the CDs still go in the expensive sound equipment because at home it's quiet and I can hear what's missing from the mp3s. So don't go selling off your CD collection because computers crash and mp3 players crash. Sometimes lightening gets it all at the same time....I've had it happen. You'll need the hard copies to re-load the computer and mp3 player. Because of that, I've loaded everything on an external hard drive and keep it away from the computer unless I need to update it. Oh, even though I've loaded all of my album artwork to my computer and iPod, you can't go through the pages and read the liner notes and stuff on an mp3 player...\n\nIt is nice to pull any album I want in the car or randomly shuffle tunes I haven't heard in a long time without searching through my collection of CDs.\n\nOne day someone may be looking for something you have and you can say "Oh yes, I have an original uncompressed CD if you would like a hard copy of it". I do have a few CDs that are long out of print and you can't even find them online for download!\n\nBuying CDs was a good choice...be proud of your collection!!