it depends on the individual track as to whether it is illegal or not. there is quite a bit of perfectly legal downloadable music on archive.org, http://www.archive.org/details/audio and record companies and artists do release individual tracks off albums for free and some people, like Loca http://www.locarecords.com/ index2.html , release whole albums freely l, or under special license like creative commons, or open content. however, you have to be aware of whether those are licensed or just copyrighted and whether there are modifications to the terms, etc. etc. however, i do find the intuition that 'if you didn't pay, it is illegal' to be very interesting, because that is the intuition that record companies try to promote in the u.s. John Logie gave an interesting paper about that in Chicago . On Feb 25, 2006, at 8:56 AM, Sue Cranmer wrote:
Hi
Can anyone clarify for me when it's legal/illegal to download music from the internet. I've just checked out sites like http://www.mp3musichq.com/me/index.asp?source=guks-03&kw=limewire which say that it's legal as long as you follow the copyright rules.
I have also read articles saying that some companies are releasing stuff by up and coming bands for promotional reasons, that is free to download online. But, the stuff on sites like limewire is more far reaching than just new/promotional.
I had assumed that if you didn't pay for it it was illegal. But having interviewed many 14 year olds about it this week, this is clearly not their understanding.
Thanks for your help.
Sue
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