I really want to know so if i need to ill pay for it to download, so i really wanna know if paying for rapidshare and downloading on it, is illegal….
Downloading a file does NOT give you the liscense to use it. I think rapid fire knows that and is counting on people not knowing the difference. Paying for a program is NOT paying for the content. I think that companies who prey on customers who do not know or who are encouraged not to know the truth is unethical
For Free users, there’s a waiting period between downloads. This can make downloading a file that’s in “part” files take several hours, even if you start downloading the next files as soon as possible. Is there some way to download what you want without babysitting the downloads?
Get a download manager to babysit for you – see the source below
Okay, so I’ve heard all the horror stories and know that using torrents in universities is a bad idea. So, my question is this: if I use sites such as Rapidshare and Megaupload to download music, movies, and so forth, can the university see what exactly I’m downloading and will they care/ take action against me?
yes they can take action using there broadband for non-academic usage, since most college/universities will have a usage policy what you can and cant do, and yes they can monitor everyting you do on the machine and most of the time there is nothing to show that they are remote monitoring you, since they will have broadband monitoring their servers and if they see a high spike they will just disconnect and better have a good answer.
I usually download games off Rapidshare for free… will this push the police to me house?
No, dont worry!
Rapidshare will only ban accounts that upload games and other copyrighted content. If you just download games/files off rapidshare then your fine and rapidshare never sends details to the poice anyway.
I live in India(Mumbai) and i wanted to know whether anyone has been arrested in Mumbai or somewhere else in the world for downloading from
sites like Rapidshare, Megaupload, Depositfiles, Easyshare, etc
Usually, it’s civil, not a criminal. You could get sued for a lot.
In the US in a recent case, a lady got sued for file sharingand had to pay 2,000 US for sharing 28 songs.
I live in India(Mumbai) and i wanted to know whether anyone has been arrested in Mumbai or somewhere else in the world for downloading from
sites like Rapidshare, Megaupload, Depositfiles, Easyshare, etc
I do not know about Mumbai, but most major countries in the world have seen some arrests and convictions. Considering the US has indicted people as young as 12 years old for copyright infringement with possible fines of 0,000.00 US, it is being treated very seriously.
I live in India(Mumbai) and i wanted to know whether anyone has been arrested in Mumbai or somewhere else in the world for downloading from
sites like Rapidshare, Megaupload, Depositfiles, Easyshare, etc
no one has ever been caught..u can use it without fear being caught..but it is still illegal
but it is better 4 u to buy the real thing in store..
The rapidshare URL links? help?
I have the RSM but i dont know where to get the correct links.
Try Rsfile.net. It’s a search engine for Rapidshare,Megaupload.Hotfile etc. Just type you need in the search page and choose from the result i.e rapidshare links. Otherwise,can always try katz.cd and choose lots of links to rapidshare files to download.
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?
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…
For example, I want to play music at clubs, which I have already, I want to know if the music I am playing is technically “mine” and legal to play at these venues if I am paying for a subscription at downloading websites like Rapidshare and 4Shared etc rather than buying these songs off of iTunes and Beatport.
No, it’s not a legal download.