Is it wrong to steal music u have already bought?

[Djtom420]

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I know it hurts the artist in the long run and ts not legal, bla bla bla.

I know it broke my heart when I saw lars ulrich driving around in the Black s series BMW and not the Z series. Poor guy. I also heard piracy has affected britny spears pocket book and she had to go with the smaller lear jet and not the delux. Poor girl I hope she dosnt freak out again and cut off all her hair.

[Coldfuzion]

I Poor girl I hope she dosnt freak out again and cut off all her hair.

Slightly O/T: I lol'd so hard at that. Mind you, i'm sitting in my Econ class right now. Everyone looked over at me, and uhm... I had to make up some bullshit statement as to why I was laughing so he wouldn't get mad about me having my laptop out.

On topic: I feel that if you have purchased the song once, you are entitled to get it and use it in any form (digital or w/e) you choose to use it in. If you have it on a CD, you are more than welcome to download it or rip it. Essentially, the two are the same.

That's just my two cents!

[MaxOne]

If you make a mix and give that to people for free, is that illegal?

*stands back*

[rhombus_77]

legally, since you own a copy of the original, i dont think its a problem. lets say you cut off the torrent before it began to seed, yet were warned / taken to court for your action. you could prove you had the original, and i think that would end that.

however, the act of seeding appears to be the biggest "catch all" in the states. as soon as you do that, ISPs and labels attempt to hunt you down.

If you own a cd, dvd, etc, you are allowed to make 1 backup copy for personal use only. To me this means that even if I own Barney Does Fraggle Rock, I am not entitled to have my friend's backup copy of the same title. Therefore, owning a specific vinyl cut doesn't entitle you/me to acquire a backup via bit torrent. My opinion, but it makes sense (to me)

[Djtom420]

If you make a mix and give that to people for free, is that illegal?

*stands back*

Ohhh thats a good point. What say all u the anti Torrent crowed?

Everytime u hand out a mixed tape (CD or MP3) u are Supporting this "piracy industry"....

[MaxOne]

Ohhh thats a good point. What say all u the anti Torrent crowed?

Everytime u hand out a mixed tape (CD or MP3) u are Supporting this "piracy industry"....

NB I buy all my music and fully support that argument, but as semantics go, it's interesting

*thinks semantics is the right word*

[Djtom420]

Ohhh thats a good point. What say all u the anti Torrent crowed?

Everytime u hand out a mixed tape (CD or MP3) u are Supporting this "piracy industry"....

I better shut my mouth or else the RIAA is gonna start writing letters to DJs.

[djchriswoods.co.uk]

If you make a mix and give that to people for free, is that illegal?

*stands back*

no, that is actually allowed. however, if you dont supply a full tracklisting with your demo's, it is slightly frowned upon

[MaxOne]

Really, I believe you but why? And surely there's no grey area, either it's illegal or not, rather than "frowned upon" if you know what I mean.

where you getting your facts from btw? Just be a good resource...

[Djtom420]

no, that is actually allowed. however, if you dont supply a full tracklisting with your demo's, it is slightly frowned upon

Allowed By whom? Does it says this on the record sleeve (LOL I said Record sleeve in a Digital DJ forum. I gusse thats showing my age.) or something?

Actually no ur wrong its not allowed. Technically its illegal. What makes mixing a set any differnt from making a itunes cd for a friend? What cuase u blended the begging and ends of the tracks, looped the center and added a different snare or a different high hat arrangement, magically its a differnt song not binded by copywrite law?


Honestly I think the whole copyright things is retarded and needs to be rethought out. RIP: REMIX doc anyone? Someone like girl talk is radically diffenrnt from what we all do here.

Its just u cant say one thing is wrong and the other is legal when they are both inherently the SAME THING.


Most arists are smart enough to look the other way they know this is who buys there music.