Re: more popular!

Re: more popular!

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Posted by Jason Horton (via moderator) (from: 61.68.39.129) on October 26, 2004 at 05:00:16:

In Reply to: Re: more popular! posted by jason costlow on October 25, 2004 at 21:02:45:

The simple answer is that you never actually buy music - you only ever buy a license, that applies whether you buy a CD or a file or music in any other format.

In some countries that license allows you to do no more than play it for private use - for example technically in Australia you can't play any public performance which can include a party.

In some countries it allows you to make a copy for personal use only - this is often talked about under American copyright law.

In no coutry that I am aware of does copyright law allow you to extend the terms of that license to making copies for the purpose of distribution.

Every time you make a copy of a CD and give either the original or the copy to someone else then you have broken the terms of your license and also copyright law.

This applies whether the copy is a CD, file, or any other format. When you share files you are making a copy of the file - so if you don't have permission to share the song then you've broken copyright law.

This is a very simple overview of copyright law, but I hope it helps you understand the situation with file sharing.

BTW - filesharing itself is not illegal if you have permission to share the song - some artists and labels allow and even encourage this, like weedshare.com

: well forgot to leave a small but important detail and that is the cd bought as a gift for Christmas was later copied into formatt and then the actual copy was handed down then so on. I'm not all about debate because I'm not patient enough and it reminds me to much of politics which I hate and have no interest for.

: Now for some reason people seem to believe that all file sharing network files especially mp3 files are bootleggs or not legal, but what if someone buys a brandnew cd legaly and converts it to mp3 and shares it via file sharing network? thats not a rhetorical question I'm asking for an explanation because I don't know. I mean the music was legally bought in the first place.
: If this is copyright infringment then why is'nt illegal? or is it? and if it's or is are there any talks of outlining or reoutling the legal statuets well I forgot how to spell it but you know what I'm talking about. please reply

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: The simple answer is that you never actually buy music - you only ever buy a license, that applies whether you buy a CD or a file or music in any other format. : In some countries that license allows you to do no more than play it for private use - for example technically in Australia you can't play any public performance which can include a party. : In some countries it allows you to make a copy for personal use only - this is often talked about under American copyright law. : In no coutry that I am aware of does copyright law allow you to extend the terms of that license to making copies for the purpose of distribution. : Every time you make a copy of a CD and give either the original or the copy to someone else then you have broken the terms of your license and also copyright law. : This applies whether the copy is a CD, file, or any other format. When you share files you are making a copy of the file - so if you don't have permission to share the song then you've broken copyright law. : This is a very simple overview of copyright law, but I hope it helps you understand the situation with file sharing. : BTW - filesharing itself is not illegal if you have permission to share the song - some artists and labels allow and even encourage this, like <a href="http://www.weedshare.com">weedshare.com</a> : : well forgot to leave a small but important detail and that is the cd bought as a gift for Christmas was later copied into formatt and then the actual copy was handed down then so on. I'm not all about debate because I'm not patient enough and it reminds me to much of politics which I hate and have no interest for. : : Now for some reason people seem to believe that all file sharing network files especially mp3 files are bootleggs or not legal, but what if someone buys a brandnew cd legaly and converts it to mp3 and shares it via file sharing network? thats not a rhetorical question I'm asking for an explanation because I don't know. I mean the music was legally bought in the first place. : : If this is copyright infringment then why is'nt illegal? or is it? and if it's or is are there any talks of outlining or reoutling the legal statuets well I forgot how to spell it but you know what I'm talking about. please reply
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