I need a straightforward answer. As far as I know rapidshare make their files anonymous and unsearchable. Once again how can the RIAA catch people downloading songs when the files are not known by name?
Chosen Answer:
Downloading song is NOT illegal. Most who people do download songs end up breaking the law, i will explain.
EXPLAINING THE LAW:
According to DCMA, Digital Copyright Millenium Act, it is illegal to DISTRIBUTE, SALE, MANUFACTURE copyrighted material. It does not state that having copyright material in your possession is illegal.
How would they know if you paid for it or not?
Why People Get Caught?
People who use sites like limewire, download music, movies, etc… The giver has now broken the law by sharing this materials with you. The reason you end up getting caught is because LIMEWIRE has a feature that enables your system to automatically share anything that have downloaded. This is where you break the law. Now you are a DISTRIBUTOR of copyrighted materials.
How not to break the law:
Limewire and other software program automatically enable the feature to share what you downloaded plus other items in your PC. You must find what your system is sharing and disable this feature within LIMEWIRE.
Example:
In recent News, a lady was sued to pay the records companies somewhere around 2 Millions Dollars. She is an idiot.. I read the full article. She was sued the first time for 0,000.00, during trial she was offered the option to settle for 00 to 00, she said NO, like 10 other people of the 30,000 active cases today. She thought she could fight breaking the law. So she lost the first case and ended up owing 0,000.
She went back and appealed the jurisdiction and the trial went back to court again, this time the records companies sued for 2.00 million dollars, however during the trial they offered to settle with her again and she turned the offer down a second time… She lost the trial again and now owes 2.00 million dollars to the records companies.
I do not advocate downloading music, because it does prevent you from purchasing music. But I do want to EDUCATE those who don’t know the laws…
Downloading song is NOT illegal. Most who people do download songs end up breaking the law, i will explain.
EXPLAINING THE LAW:
According to DCMA, Digital Copyright Millenium Act, it is illegal to DISTRIBUTE, SALE, MANUFACTURE copyrighted material. It does not state that having copyright material in your possession is illegal.
How would they know if you paid for it or not?
Why People Get Caught?
People who use sites like limewire, download music, movies, etc… The giver has now broken the law by sharing this materials with you. The reason you end up getting caught is because LIMEWIRE has a feature that enables your system to automatically share anything that have downloaded. This is where you break the law. Now you are a DISTRIBUTOR of copyrighted materials.
How not to break the law:
Limewire and other software program automatically enable the feature to share what you downloaded plus other items in your PC. You must find what your system is sharing and disable this feature within LIMEWIRE.
Example:
In recent News, a lady was sued to pay the records companies somewhere around 2 Millions Dollars. She is an idiot.. I read the full article. She was sued the first time for $220,000.00, during trial she was offered the option to settle for $3000 to $5000, she said NO, like 10 other people of the 30,000 active cases today. She thought she could fight breaking the law. So she lost the first case and ended up owing $220,000.
She went back and appealed the jurisdiction and the trial went back to court again, this time the records companies sued for 2.00 million dollars, however during the trial they offered to settle with her again and she turned the offer down a second time… She lost the trial again and now owes 2.00 million dollars to the records companies.
I do not advocate downloading music, because it does prevent you from purchasing music. But I do want to EDUCATE those who don’t know the laws…