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Is downloading music illegal?

Is downloading music from torrent sites illegal?

  • So here's the story: In my college History class, we were assigned to watch Red Tails and write a summary about it for extra credit on my Exam. THe problem is that Red Tails is not playing in the theaters anymore and the DVD comes out after school is out and I really need the extra points. Now, in an act of desperation, I asked myself "Why don't I download it? I've downloaded SO many movies that are old, music, but I've never downloaded a movie that was not out on DVD yet." So, I said why not? And I did! But, about not even a week later, I receive a letter from my cable company stating that what I was doing is illegal, considered to be pirating, and to please stop. It had the file name, the date, and even that it was copyright infringement. I was completely shocked because I've never received a letter and out of all that I've downloaded. I could really use some knowledge for this issue. First off, I am never doing that again, but can I still download music? I use uTorrent for my downloading and I need to know if I can continue downloading things like music, classic movies, as long as it's not a brand new thing that is still in movies or in process of coming out on DVD. Thank you all for your time.

  • Answer:

    Its pretty illegal but most of the people do download stuff from torrents so don't worry you will not be caught !!!

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Its pretty illegal but most of the people do download stuff from torrents so don't worry you will not be caught !!!

Akshay Lakhan

You can download all you want but you can't seed. You're 'suppose' to seed for a while after downloading something to help other down-loaders but you don't need to. You automatically start seeding when you download a torrent so make sure you stop seeding if you don't want to seed.

Joe

If you been reprimanded for snagging a movie, then what makes you think that copyrighted music is okay? Stick to the free sites that have content with expired copyrights or are just approved to be in the public domain...i.e., get your music elsewhere.

imgeminirising

duh! you're supposed to pay for music. A torrent is not Wal-mart, best buy, iTunes Even Stevie Wonder can see that this is Illegal

oh not not again

its illegal.. no mattr how old the movie or song... you can get fined and/or jail time.. they track those things

babyskit5683

If you been reprimanded for snagging a movie, then what makes you think that copyrighted music is okay? Stick to the free sites that have content with expired copyrights or are just approved to be in the public domain...i.e., get your music elsewhere.

imgeminirising

You can download all you want but you can't seed. You're 'suppose' to seed for a while after downloading something to help other down-loaders but you don't need to. You automatically start seeding when you download a torrent so make sure you stop seeding if you don't want to seed.

Windowlicker

its illegal.. no mattr how old the movie or song... you can get fined and/or jail time.. they track those things

babyskit5683

duh! you're supposed to pay for music. A torrent is not Wal-mart, best buy, iTunes Even Stevie Wonder can see that this is Illegal

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