downloading MP3 legal?

siaokao SG

Not mine.. Wink

I also dun own a MP3 player..

My car audio and DVD player at home can play MP3.. but never try b4..

My phone also no MP3.. all ring tone is standard from factory.. Embarassed

Y_Shun SG

I think, as long as you don't massive download...dun think they will catch you.

For e.g if Jay Chou's whole album comes then you download whole...maybe they will catch then.

laserboy SG

care to share how he/she was busted?

zanza SG

LOL, as if they know every single person who has done it.

Actually from a tracking standpoint it is relatively easy , from the server or ip side. They have certain programs that can track certain behaviors ie, common ports the p2p programs use or a constant steam or kbps from a single source etc etc.

Only thing is that its just not possible to catch them all. Singapore prisons will be overflowing , young and old will be all caught... the courts will be filled to bursting with just this kind of cases.

Therefore they are just catching a few here a few there and smack them with heavy penalties in order to deter the rest from downloading. Wink

cwld SG

I think they are mainly going after people who distribute them after downloading? But still if the authorities want to enforce any laws, it should be first clearly drawn out.

Okay, I know going out to a pasir malam store to buy pirated cds is wrong.

But what about downloading on the internet? Which sites are legal, which sites are not?

What can you do with the music you downloaded legally?
-> Can you burn CDs? Put it in your MP3 player?
If duplicating the song is illegal, would'nt it make all MP3 player owners, criminals if they put in copyrighted music?

What about buying original cds? Is ripping it to my computer illegal too?

What about buying CDs of foreign origin? eg China original cds

If anything is to be done to the public, guidelines should be laid down. There is too much grey area. It creates paranoia and makes people ask the qn: " SO WHAT CAN BE DONE?"

Is it true that in singapore, you can do whatever the govt doesnt say that you cannot do?

oldbreadstinks SG

is this a confession?? Laughing Mr. Green

kawasaki2 SG

LOL they (the RIAS employees and the police) are better off chasing chickens in the farmyard. Rolling Eyes

kawasaki2 SG

Ummm, yeah. So? Question

Icemoon SG

MP3 is not the issue.

Apple's slogan for its Ipod is rip, mix and burn?

We should ask .. rip what? Wink

SexyChin SG

Original CDs I suppose.

Then what you expect?

Rip from the air?

Icemoon SG

So what many times can you burn?

Like Song A can be burned to how many CDs?

SexyChin SG

Suppose that you are burning for your own personal use and not to distribute around, you can do it as many times as you want.

I think.
Embarassed

Lambo SG

damn i just downloaded 20 songs this week

Icemoon SG

not sure.

'cos for software I think there is a rule saying you can only have 1 backup.

XTransbus SG

a song can only be pit into 3 different media/devices at any one time.That's legal, but who gives a damn, just burn into how many cd or store it into how many devices you want. You buy from itunes can onli play on ipod and that can put into 1 ipod onli. You get from those p2p you want to put anywhere also can.

simnatic SG

Since this is a topic on MP3, i'd like to ask something.

If you guys go to www.windowsmedia.com, select music and search for tracks, there are songs that we can actually download. Since it's from a corporate website and all (Microsoft Website), i'd like to know if downloading from it is legal or illegal?

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