Is File Sharing Illegal?

[reddevs]

its only illegal to broadcast music if you do not obtain a statutory license (in the uk), hence radio stations are not illegal as long as they comply, retail outlets, cafe's, football stadiums etc must obtain a license to broadcast any sound recording.

If you get one, you can broadcast your cd's should you wish

(CDPA 1988 ss 135A-135G)

[cxavier671]

Luckily I live in Canada so I don't think any of those copyright laws affect me.

[Ad]

well i think its 60,000 fine and 5 years in jail it safe done under for me but

[Wolfmight]

It's all a bunch of datacode and these computers process it.
so all those programs, movies, mp3s are basicly the same thing... Everyone is stealing from everyone.

btw, Bill Gates is a software pirate, very populare, but now he's so damn rich he cant be arrested because he has a shit load of lawyers...

[Wolfmight]

Originally posted by adthomp@14 May 2003 - 21:57
well i think its 60,000 fine and 5 years in jail it safe done under for me but

how many people are in the world? take about hmm 1/4 or so of that whom use computers and then 80% probably use kazaa or something, so arresting them all world be impossible... There's not enough prison/jail space... that'd be like over millions of people getting arrested

[geothermal78]

>>>it safe done under for me but >>>

What did you say ?

Jon

[Rat Faced]

Next time you hear those Ghetto Blasters..........complain to the RIAA.

[oldmancan]

Unauthorized sharing of copyright material is illegal.

I don't like it or necessarily agree with it but that's the law. The premise is beyond borders, only the penalaties change from country to country.

Don't be scared just be aware.

Unauthorized is the key here, just email your favorite band and ask permission to share their songs.

@cxavier671 try doing a google search (within Canada). You (we) are affected big time. No way around that.

btw I can't find it but I saw a quote a while ago that indicated Canadians were world leaders in use of pirated software...Crazy (Kaazy) Canadians

[dave]

Originally posted by Rat Faced@15 May 2003 - 18:29
Next time you hear those Ghetto Blasters..........complain to the RIAA.

Ghetto Blasters??? James Bond fan, huh? A gun inside a boombox right?

[geothermal78]

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2000/07/27/...ain219078.shtml

Here is an old article that shows my feelings on this issue.

And here is another one. (Excerpt below)

http://www.projekt.com/projekt/napster01.asp

"Free exposure is practically a thing of the past for entertainers. Getting your record played at radio costs more money than most of us dream of ever earning. Free downloading gives a chance to every do-it-yourselfer out there. Every act that can't get signed to a major, for whatever reason, can reach literally millions of new listeners, enticing them to buy the CD and come to the concerts. Where else can a new act, or one that doesn't have a label deal, get that kind of exposure?"

And the last article is this one. (If you don't want to read it all, then skip to the numbers at the end of the article.)

http://www.negativland.com/albini.html

Jon