Comments on: Downloading Songs Cost Minnesota Woman $220,000

By: notbob

notbob — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 00:04:50 +0000

infringement includes any copying, including downloading and transferring to other media. however, getting caught doing them is next to impossible. there is a certain amount of confusion about transfers. making copies of your media falls under fair use, unless it is encrypted, like software or dvds, so record ripping is fine by law, but not to the recording industry

By: Mountain_rage

Mountain_rage — Sat, 29 Sep 2012 04:36:11 +0000

rocoyanna that is infringement because in the process of getting files from torrents you will be uploading the file to other users. The fact that you are distributing the works makes it a copyright infringement.

By: disgusted

disgusted — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 06:07:42 +0000

RIAA spokesperson who said: “We are pleased with the appellate court’s decision and look forward to putting this case behind us.”

Yes, Please, put it way up behind you.

By: rocoyanna

rocoyanna — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 13:40:33 +0000

question: have large collection of lp recordings. if i save my time and $ and instead of buying equipment to digitize the recordings simply download them thru torrent, is that infringement? i figure not: i already paid for the rights and can show the lps, right?
thanks.

By: Mountain_rage

Mountain_rage — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 03:07:24 +0000

It was not for downloading but uploading the songs. Copyright violation happens when you offer a work for which you have no copyrights. Not a lawyer, just how I understand it.