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Take the case of college student Cassi Hunt. The Recording Industry Association of America RIAA , an organization that acts as a watchdog for copyright infringements against recording artists, filed a lawsuit against Cassi in They sued the MIT student for allegedly downloading over two-hundred songs from a file-sharing website. In some cases they demand immediate payment, while others have been threatened with legal action. Obviously, someone is watching what you download or share with others over the Internet.
It's also possible that Internet service providers may provide them with logs that reveal illegal activity. And if you use software such as LimeWire that enables automatic sharing of downloaded files, it's very easy for a third party to catch you in the act.
Peer-to-peer P2P file-sharing services like Limewire and BitTorrent allow users to share files and exchange directly from their hard drives, without going through a website or centralized file sharing service. There are a lot of BitTorrent software and sites available; uTorrent and TorrentSpy are among the more widely used. Software like this has been at the forefront of intellectual property debates; although the P2P and torrent software is legal to use, a lot of people are illegally downloading and sharing copyrighted files like music and movies.
See What is Limewire File Sharing? So how do you know what is legit or not? Here's a good rule of thumb to follow: If a popular song, movie, tv show or computer game is offered as a free download on a file-sharing service such as LimeWire, Bittorrent or Kazaa, it's almost certainly an illegal copy.
It doesn't matter if you're downloading for "personal use" or that you're not selling the files to anyone. If you download copyrighted material without the owner's permission, you have violated the law, and there's a chance you will be called on it.
With services like iTunes, or Napster, you pay a small fee to download music. And because Napster and iTunes have agreements with recording labels, there are no legal or copyright concerns.
If you are paying for the file, chances are the site offering it is adhering to copyright laws. Unless you know for sure the files you are downloading or sharing are not copyrighted, there is always a risk that you can find yourself named in some class-action lawsuit filed by the RIAA or the MPAA. And yes, there are programs such as PeerGuardian, Protowall and others that will help to anonymize your Bittorrent activities. Will they protect you percent?
Maybe today Is it worth the risk? You can safely download by using sites that only search for legal files. Don't get a false sense of security by thinking why would anyone go after you when there are millions of people downloading files. There are individuals who are paid solely to seek out copyright infringements. Use common sense; a box-office hit movie currently in the theatres is most likely a pirated copy whether it is being offered on the Internet for download, or by some guy on a street corner selling DVDs on a blanket.
Independent filmmakers and struggling musicians often willingly allow their projects for download, hoping to create enough of a fan-base to generate some buzz about their work. If you are interested in a particular form of data whether it be a song, movie or computer program, it pays to check the creator's website to see if they have legal, downloadable files to offer.
Follow these tips, and can you'll be able to download with a clear conscience and no fear of fines or legal action. This article was posted by Bob Rankin on 7 Aug Posted by: MistyD 09 Aug Excellent article. I was reading the other day where they were suing someone and pulling in their employer, asking for every hard drive the person owned, asking to talk to anyone who had used the computer going back years.
Scary stuff. Posted by: DeanGray 11 Aug A lot of the time independent record labels, independent musicians, and unsigned musicians without a record contract with any record label will allow sharing of their music on p2p as they see p2p as a good tool for promotion of their music according to downhillbattle. This is probably the case with most of these labels and artists. There may be some indie labels that will sue you but I've never heard of it since TVT withdrew their suit. Like you said don't get a false sense of security, but according to EFF.
If you want to be safe and still share files on p2p only share files with an Open Source license, a creative commons license, or public domain material. Best Intentions. Posted by: Dave S 11 Aug With the act of visiting a torrenting website considered suspicious behavior, proceed at your own risk. Copyright violations can result in serious fines and imprisonment, though in general the threats are worse than reality.
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Torrents do not contain the file you wish to download, but instead, enables your computer to download the requested data in small chunks from a network of online participants.
In the UK, those who download copyrighted content using a torrent site might find themselves the recipient of a warning letter from their broadband provider.
The email cautions subscribers they have 20 days to stop downloading copyrighted material using peer-to-peer websites. More than 1, lawsuits were filed against BitTorrent pirates in the United States last year. Malibu Media is still the largest contributor, with a total of lawsuits to its name. In total, there are a few dozen defendants.
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