i wont to know is down loading music form download.nl and yourmp3.net illegal really just dont say it illegal look it up i dont know were so please thank you :)
Fourteen answers:
Luke Carson
2009-09-15 08:00:21 UTC
If you are in the United States I think it's illegal to share copyrighted music online.
Other places it isn't. Here we pay a "tax" on recordable media which goes to artists of copyrighted music so we can download things free legally.
Casey Jane ☼
2009-09-15 08:00:00 UTC
Downloading ANY music unless it is a promotion (like Free Song of the Day or on an artists website) or what-not for free is illegal. It doesn't matter where you get it. If you do not pay for it then how can the artist and the people who took the effort to make it get any of the royalties? Just go to iTunes or Amazon music and pay the $1.29 or 99 cents or whatever! :)
Katie W
2009-09-15 08:00:00 UTC
If the owner of the music -- usually, the band which made it -- put it there available for free, then it's not illegal.
If some random person copied a CD and started giving it away, that's illegal.
Generally, most bands don't give away their music for free, unless they're unknowns trying to get exposure. So you can pretty well assume that if you've heard the song on the radio, if you got it for free on your computer, that it's pirated and illegal.
anonymous
2009-09-15 08:01:37 UTC
Yes, because it's against the law to download songs that are not paid for, noone gives them out for free anymore, like back in the old days.
Rita Poon
2009-09-15 07:59:53 UTC
If you can buy the song in a shop or off itunes, and you're downloading it for free, then yea it's most likley illigal to download from said site.
Hottie Right Here
2009-09-15 08:00:30 UTC
its only illegal if you get caught
so many people download free music and no one has goten caught if they busted every person who downloaded free music almost everyone with a computer or laptop would be in jail!
anonymous
2009-09-15 08:00:14 UTC
Yes. It is illegal. Very illegal. I don't need to look it up. It's common knowledge to everyone in the world, except you.
anonymous
2009-09-15 08:00:28 UTC
of course it is....that's why most of these site have been shut down..
about 5-6 years ago, everyone was downloading thousands of songs for free.....that time has come and gone.
David
2009-09-15 08:01:32 UTC
No, it is not illegal, its fun and law is ridiculous. You should however, be very weary of viruses tagging along with your downloads.
anonymous
2009-09-15 08:00:07 UTC
yeah if its free it means its illegal
music like itunes only cost 78p per song and there are other websites with with cheaper downloads
?
2009-09-15 07:58:50 UTC
Yes most of them.
anonymous
2009-09-15 08:03:42 UTC
yes, it is illegal. It's stealing.
anonymous
2009-09-15 07:58:43 UTC
yess
anonymous
2009-09-15 07:59:07 UTC
NO!! you wont go to prison or something
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