do you feel that peer to peer downloading of music (illegal downloading) is wrong?
140694
I have so been waiting for this question.\n\nThe music companies developed CD’s with "planned obsolescence" (they’re designed to break and scratch). Didn’t we learn anything from vinyl records? I bought one of the first CD players for my computer 20 years ago and it came with cartridges that the CD went into. Sort of like a 3.5” floppy except the cartridge opened up and you could put different CD’s in it. It looked like a slim line CD case except it had a spring-loaded door on one end like a floppy. Why don’t we have those today? Because you wouldn’t have to buy another one when it scratched.\n\nDo you know how much it costs to burn a new CD for the music companies? I’ll bet it’s under a dollar. Where does the rest of the $15.99 go?\n\nIt burns me that they target some poor college kid to prosecute and splatter it all over news. The kid probably doesn’t even have a job but they’ve decided to make an example of him for the publicity.\n\nDigital file sharing is an evolution in technology that the record companies never saw coming and we’d still be in the dark ages being force fed their crappy CD’s if it wasn’t for the innovators at Napster.\n\nGo cry me a river.
809542
Technically its illegal.  But, ive read many different things.  I've read that its not illegal to download it, but its illegal to burn copies of it.  Ive also read that its legal to download and burn, but you can't give anyone the music otherwise it becomes illegal.  And I know for a fact its illegal to download and sell.  But, if you paid for limewire, I think they become responsible, unless your using a new version where you have to say you won't download copyrighted stuff.  You still can, but it voids them from the law.  \n\nId say that its illegal to download, but I can't get a straight answer from any laws or legal sites.  They all say different things.\n\nEDIT: You can download the songs if you pay for them individually which usually costs 50 cents on up per song.
166945
nothing is free in life so of course it is gonna be illegal well idk it depends wut u consider illegal p2p isnt that illegal lol it is just person to person SHARING..u share cds with ur freinds now u just sharing it with ur millions of freinds
7677
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".
1134475
DON'T PIRATE MUSIC!  How would you feel if you worked really hard on something and it got ripped off?  And all these websites that these people are telling you to use are illegal.  If you are not paying for it, you are pirating it, and piracy is illegal.
653271
Actually, if you downloaded the songs BEFORE the anti-piracy laws came into effect, you should have no problem because you cannot be punished for a crime that was commited before it was considered a crime.  That I'm almost positive of.
679024
Yes, both are true, it is legal as well as illegal, legal on the sense that, it is filesharing and filesharing is not a crime, illegal on the sense that, you are sharing the stuff which are you not supposed to share.\nThe best way is to keep all the downloaded stuff to another destination other than your shared folder, cuz when YOU give some content, then YOU are violating the law, but when you are downloading it, you are not violating the law, cuz stuffs like music can be given but not shared. Confused right???\nDont worry, just remember that keep all your downloaded stuff away from the shared folder, so that others canot take it.\nCHEERS!!!
385831
No, not always.\n\nIt depends upon the country you are in, and more improtantly exactly what you are downloading.\n\nA lot of upcoming bands provide free downloads of their music to get their name circulating.\n\nWhat is almost certainly illegal is providing the music so that people can download it from you, when you do not own the copyright to the music.
987963
The music (songs and albums, if you can get them) on music sharing peer-to-peer networks are usually unauthorized illegal copies of music.  Downloading copyrighted music from these sources constitutes theft.\n\nSubscription music services allow you to rent and play songs and whole albums on your PC for as little as $5 a month.  For as little as $10 a month, you can transfer these songs to a compatible MP3 player (PlaysForSure subscription compatible).\n\nI have over 1300 songs on my player that I'm renting which works out to about a penny a month per song.  That is darned near "Free" and it is completely legal.\n\nCheck out Yahoo Music Unlimited To Go, Rhapsody To Go, or Napster To Go.
51687
Napster is not p2p. You do not buy from other people, but instead you buy from the songs that napster sells in their online store. You can't sell your songs. I wish it could be done. Sorry...
934316
Dont be a thief. If you like the music buy the album. These people have worked hard on this music and deserve a bit of recognition.(Cash) Illegal torrents are going to kill the arts.
934256
doesn't look legal or too illegal to me. I'm not an expert and I only went on the site to answer your question, but you've been on it more (I assume), so you might be able to work it out.or go on a law website or something. I think the site stole the music illegally, but you probably won't get in trouble for using it.
1122677
I'm not sure if your peer to peer site is legal or not, but I highly recommend iTunes. All you have to do is to download the interface, which doesn't take a lot of effort. They have a wide selection that is updated lightning speed, and it is as legal as it gets. It is typically 99 cents per song, and full albums vary. The music you download is not just for an iPod; it can also be downloaded onto an mp3 player, and burned to a CD. Try it! :D
969809
If you stopped to think how many people out there are downloading music you would not be so worried. How many people do you know that have actually been fined or jailed for downloading music. I know none.   "PEACE"
870458
Downloading music is illegal! If one wanted to break the law, Kazza, limewire, bearshare, would be the place, You didn't hear that from me!!!
443176
All downloading of anyhting copyrighted is illegal. If you are not paying for the music/movie/ whatever, then the producer is not making money, therefore YOU get in trouble =(. Any P2P sdharing can be legal, but not if you are downloading copyrighted items, because that is copyright infringement. If you download some neighborhood garage band, then that would be OK, as long as they don't care, but if it is like Britney Spears or something , then yes, it is illegal.
310552
I have Limewire,It is completly Legal because they also have a version that you can pay for.Even if you get the free version you eont get in trouble