A question about downloading music

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Dec 20 2003, 2:23 pm (Edited on Dec 20 2003, 2:59 pm)
Say if i downloaded LimeWire
and i downloaded lets say, "Get Low" by Lil'Jon and burnt it. Would i be doing anything illegal?

Dec 20 2003, 2:55 pm
That is what I would like to know, because I might download LimeWire and some songs and burn them, but I dont want to be performing anything illegal.
Dec 20 2003, 3:03 pm
In response to SSJ4_Gohan_Majin
Well, I have a friend that downloaded limewire and downloaded 14 songs on one cd and burnt it. Now, it sounds like he wouldnt seem to care even if he was doing something illegal. But, I do. That's why I asked this question in the first place.
Dec 20 2003, 3:29 pm
In response to Non-PC
You're downloading music that has a price on it, for free. It would be illegal.
Dec 20 2003, 3:55 pm
In response to Polatrite
Unless you live in Canada, where it's more of a grey area.
Dec 20 2003, 8:04 pm
Yes.

If you want to download music legally, might I suggest iTunes? Songs are 99 cents a pop, and buying entire albums reduces the price somewhat (more if they are old albums).
Dec 21 2003, 3:28 pm
In response to Jon88
Jon88 wrote:
Unless you live in Canada, where it's more of a grey area.

Wrong. Where it's a gray area is in the US; in Canada it's outright legal.

Lummox JR
Dec 21 2003, 3:30 pm
In response to Lummox JR
I thought it was closer to "personal use" was totally 100% legal, wheras if you took a mp3, burned it, and played it for the public, it would be illegal.
Dec 21 2003, 3:30 pm
Non-PC wrote:
Say if i downloaded LimeWire
and i downloaded lets say, "Get Low" by Lil'Jon and burnt it. Would i be doing anything illegal?

Tasteless, but not necessarily illegal. Legality depends on who you ask. The state of copyright law in the US makes this a bit fuzzy.

Lummox JR
Dec 21 2003, 6:39 pm
In response to Jon88
Jon88 wrote:
I thought it was closer to "personal use" was totally 100% legal, wheras if you took a mp3, burned it, and played it for the public, it would be illegal.

Hrm, if you played it for the public for a fee, that'd be illegal. Or if you sold the burned CD.

Lummox JR