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Post by Fassbender Fan on Aug 22, 2005 18:04:46 GMT
Can someone explain to me how you get fined for downloading songs? I understand why but how do you get caught 'cause my Dad's throwing a right ol' hissy fit about it and won't let me download anymore! hmph. help?  |
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Post by Kneetroll on Aug 22, 2005 18:18:11 GMT
Righty. Copyright laws on songs/films/tv-shows state rather clearly that any copying/lending/hiring/selling/etc without written permission from those who own the legal rights to it can result in fines and/or imprisonment for fraud and theft. Therefore, downloading songs/films/etc is illegal, as you're not purchasing these items - no royalty money is going to those who should be getting it which means stores/publishers/artists/etc are losing money every time someone downloads something. It's quite sad that it all boils down to money, but unfortunately that's the case. Although you may not be distributing these items to other people or selling them, download them is still infringing copyright by not buying it (again the money issue pops up) Lots of people complain that the price of DVD's and CD's and stuff is far too high, which is why they download. However, the more people download, the more the publishers must raise the prices of these things, as they're making major losses in sales. Basically, you can get caught by what I like to call "mystery shoppers" (cops undercover, basically) who take a look into people's shared folder. Let's just say they found Bob, who has just 1 song in his folder. They'll probably let him alone, rendering him harmless. However, let's say Jay has 3Gb worth of songs on his hard drive. Jay is therefore costing the music industry thousands of pounds/dollars/euros. They'll track Jay down through his IP address with ease and nab him for "stealing" music. Hope that explained it, lol  |
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Post by DreamDangerously on Aug 22, 2005 22:28:27 GMT
that's why bittorrent is causing the industry to freak out because it's not like peer to peer sharing you don't access peoples folders.
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Post by Kneetroll on Aug 23, 2005 4:57:43 GMT
Yup. I think it's a problem that is out of their control, really. No matter what they do to stop it, they can't really. It's like yousendit.com - people fileshare over that, and nobody can stop it because it's basically just an e-mail program.
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Post by DreamDangerously on Aug 23, 2005 9:22:26 GMT
what really bugs me is that in town there are street vendors merrily selling duplicated DVD's right under the polices noses and they don't do anything about it, in fact I know of one policeman who does it himself.
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Post by Kneetroll on Aug 23, 2005 12:46:34 GMT
Well you know what they say: you work for the law, you are the law. It's a sods law thing lol.
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Post by DreamDangerously on Aug 23, 2005 13:32:10 GMT
saywhatnow?!?! LOL  |
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Post by Kneetroll on Aug 23, 2005 13:48:43 GMT
Nerr nerr nerrr  you know what I mean hehehe. |
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Post by Fassbender Fan on Aug 23, 2005 16:23:49 GMT
Ta Kneetroll!! So how do they find out I mean how do they get to see whats on my computer? I'm using Limewire but have never uploaded/launched any files on it, does it record my IP address when I download them or something? sorry to be a complete plank!  |
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