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is downloading live performances of bands/artists illegal?
Posted: Sun Apr 25, 2004 3:15 am
by Ricky Ramjet
Is downloading live performances of bands/artists illegal? And I also mean from actual websites not from Kazza, etc and not from actaul Live cd's that are in shops,I mean live recordings from people at shows. Doesn't Mettalica approve of it. I wanted to ask this becuase I was going to ask for some links but first I thought I better check if this is ok.
Posted: Sun Apr 25, 2004 6:09 am
by Core_12
I think it's still illegal, because it's the band's music, no matter who recorded it.
Posted: Sun Apr 25, 2004 6:16 pm
by Dopefish
It depends on the band.
Posted: Mon May 03, 2004 5:04 pm
by Amro
It would be illegal I think, since you would have to buy tickets to see it.
Posted: Thu May 06, 2004 5:05 pm
by Interon
According to standard copyright law conventions, if the band and recorder give permission to copy the music file, it's OK. It may be hard to find out whether you have permission or not (look for a message that says "Unauthorized copying is prohibited" or something like that. If you can't find one, it should be OK to download it, if anyone accuses you of being a pirate, say "Hey, maybe they gave me permission, prove it to me that they didn't".)
Albeit if you live in Canada, it's OK to download music anyway.
Posted: Fri May 07, 2004 11:24 am
by Thrall
Go to canada. You can download music legally now
Posted: Mon May 17, 2004 9:54 pm
by x86_Game-Junkie
Download it and become a John Doe...real smart
You know the governing bodies and webpage owners have cookies to track you now!!
Posted: Thu May 27, 2004 3:43 pm
by CPT Worm
I don't think you're allowed to record performances, so I think downloading illegally -recorded music is illegal.
Posted: Thu May 27, 2004 5:47 pm
by x86_Game-Junkie
I think that is what everybody is saying, except some ISPs now have a policy of if you download music we put a tab on your account for $1.00 - $4.00 per song!!