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Originally posted by Anubis
I don't really care whether ripping my CDs is legal

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it is legal to rip cd's aslong as there are for private use and you are not selling them.  i don't know why someone said it was illegal to rip cd's in england because its not

I don't need to buy CD's because in Canada - music downloading is LEGAL

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Originally posted by blade
music downloading is LEGAL

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i thought it was still illegal, there was just no way of trackin people beacuse of laws about keeping information. so there was no way to track ip's

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Originally posted by toddy

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Originally posted by blade
music downloading is LEGAL

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i thought it was still illegal, there was just no way of trackin people beacuse of laws about keeping information. so there was no way to track ip's

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but the courts ruled that in CANADA it's LEGAL....they said it was "...like having a photo-copier in a library full of copyright materials..."

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Originally posted by blade

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Originally posted by toddy

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Originally posted by blade
music downloading is LEGAL

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i thought it was still illegal, there was just no way of trackin people beacuse of laws about keeping information. so there was no way to track ip's

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but the courts ruled that in CANADA it's LEGAL....they said it was "...like having a photo-copier in a library full of copyright materials..."

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oh kk, i thought it was more to do with human rights and not been able to track people. like you don't have speed camera's do you because there are agaisnt human rights

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Originally posted by CookieRevised
And all the money, minus the other costs, goes to the artist.

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Thats very rarely the case, the majority of the money goes to the music company. A very small %age goes to the artist unless they hold copyright of the lyrics. A lot of artists support P2P; the argument comes directly from record labels themseleves.

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Originally posted by toddy
like you don't have speed camera's

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Damn canada.

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Originally posted by Johnny_Mac

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Originally posted by toddy
like you don't have speed camera's

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Damn canada.

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No, that's just here in BC....damn (drunk ) dipshit Premier

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Originally posted by blade
No, that's just here in BC

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oh i thought it was all of canada. well at least that what i seem to remeber my uncle saying when i was out in canda a couple of months ago, but he does live in BC so may be he just meant there.
anyway i wish they where not allowing in the uk ? by the time i will be able to drive they will be everywhere. in 3 miles of road new my hosue, there are now 14 camera's

anyway this is has nothing to do with mp3 music so, offtopic ended

It is Law.  It is Illegal to copy any Music without Copyright holders permission.

http://forum.playzen.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=4940

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http://www.pcmag.co.uk/Features/1139612

LEGAL EAGLES: TAKE CARE TO STAY WITHIN THE BOUNDS OF THE LAW
British copyright law is one of the tightest in the world, designed to prevent any copying of original work.

"You are not allowed to make a substantial copy of any copyright work, either as a whole or any component part," explains Anna Booy, a solicitor specialising in intellectual property law. There are very few exceptions to this.

Teachers and students are allowed to cite quotes out of copyright works for study purposes, and critics may reprint short sections in reviews.

Well, downloading a song IS illegal, as CookieRevised said. However, take a look at the inflation.

The way a typical $15.00 should be priced:

$0.80 MAXIMUM per CD
$0.50 MAXIMUM per case (these are very cheap, look at the prices at your local store for CD cases)
$2.00 for the artist for the "Thought in there song"
$2.00 for the recording company and studio time
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$5.30 is the price you must figure a CD should be

Thats very affordable, Plus it will generate more revenue. (More people will buy something cheaper than something expensive).  Multiply that and the artist/record company/cd companies/cd case companies get $5,300,000 PER every 1,000,000 Albums Sold.