| File sharing programs such as KaZaa, Ares, iMesh and | | | | violating copyright laws.They do not have sufficient |
| Limewire have never been more popular. They are | | | | knowledge of copyright laws. Current copyright laws |
| pretty controversial as well. You may have heard of | | | | allow an individual to rip MP3 provided he or she has |
| the countless lawsuits against them by music records | | | | brought a copy of the CD. However, he or she cannot |
| companies and the MPAA. So is downloading MP3 | | | | give, sell or upload MP3 to others. Beware due to MP3 |
| from these programs legal?How Do File Sharing | | | | piracy, record companies have recently developed |
| Programs Work?Modern file sharing programs | | | | technologies that do not allow you to rip mp3 from CD. |
| connects users directly to each other allowing them to | | | | Add to that, they are dozens of websites on the |
| share and download files. They are also called P2P, or | | | | internet proclaiming to be able to download mp3 and |
| peer to peer programs. Unlike old file sharing programs | | | | movies legally when they are not!How to determine |
| such as Napster who ran all connections through their | | | | whether you can download MP3 legally?Technically, |
| servers. That is also why it is sometimes difficult to | | | | any MP3 posted on file-sharing programs without the |
| determine exactly who is downloading what.File sharing | | | | permission of the artist is illegal. Most commercial MP3 |
| programs by themselves are not illegal. In fact, they | | | | on file sharing networks are illegal, so my advice would |
| are legitimate uses for it. For example, it is used by | | | | be to avoid them altogether.There are a few reputable |
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| research data and cross learning. They are also used | | | | most famous of all is itunes from Apple. Napster has a |
| by musicians and artists to showcase their talents by | | | | subscription service per month that allows you to |
| distributing their music free through file-sharing | | | | download more than two million mp3 legally. |
| networks.Many people are confused as to what is | | | | Technically, you do not own the mp3 so do not give, |
| legal to download and what is not. The problem stems | | | | sell or upload to file sharing networks. For more |
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| that people often do not know they are actually | | | | |