Mp3: illegal? [Archive] - Winamp Forums

SSJ4 Gogitta

11th August 2002, 07:18

none of my mp3's are illegal. the .mp3 format is perfectly legal. it's the CONTENT of the mp3 that makes it illegal.

Other than that, what RM said. my ripped CDs.

Twinsen

11th August 2002, 08:00

Well.. i'm obviously talking about the CONTENT of the MP3s.

SSJ4 Gogitta

11th August 2002, 08:02

Originally posted by Twinsen
Well.. i'm obviously talking about the CONTENT of the MP3s. Yes, obviouslly.

:igor: :weird:

Bilbo Baggins

11th August 2002, 11:10

All my MP3s are legal.
And my MPEG2s
and my MPEG1s

also my DIVX's.

Rovastar

11th August 2002, 11:30

Bilbo's XXX Films ltd.

I hope I don't find any of your own 'films' on the Internet.

SSJ4 Gogitta

11th August 2002, 11:31

Originally posted by Rovastar
Bilbo's XXX Films ltd.

I hope I don't find any of your own 'films' on the Internet. .....teh horr0r

:eek: :confused: :igor: :weird:

Bilbo Baggins

11th August 2002, 11:36

Well... (http://www.entmoot.co.uk)

I first need to get me a camcorder. If you lot buy me one, you can have all the home movied you like.

zootm

11th August 2002, 15:53

mp3s? dunno what you're talking about

all my .ogg files are legal...

Vie

11th August 2002, 15:57

Legal MP3's on MY computer?!?!

not to my knoledge

whiteflip

11th August 2002, 16:06

my mp3's are legal enough to buy beer.

henry3k56

11th August 2002, 16:44

Yeah, sure. I am getting more legal mp3s after since I got a couple more cds from the store.

insomniac

11th August 2002, 17:02

Only the ones I ripped from CDs. :o

Neko

11th August 2002, 17:13

Originally posted by Bilbo Baggins
Well... (http://www.entmoot.co.uk)

I first need to get me a camcorder. If you lot buy me one, you can have all the home movied you like.

tempting tempting, what make would you like? ;)

Shenlong

12th August 2002, 01:12

My MP3's are as legal as walking around in your house as long as you stay inside. Hmm...I think I'm gonna do that...

Xerxes

12th August 2002, 02:05

90% of my mp3's are legal. The illegal ones belong to my brother and sister- recordings of ghetto niggaz talking about gold chains and related things.

Shenlong

12th August 2002, 17:50

I used to own some illegal MP3s. All had poor sound quality compaired to the ones I ripped of CDs and were deleted promptly.

P.S. I think I meant to say "walking around in your house naked". I don't even remember posting that...

binary hero

12th August 2002, 18:06

Originally posted by Xerxes
90% of my mp3's are legal. The illegal ones belong to my brother and sister- recordings of ghetto niggaz talking about gold chains and related things.

LMFAO!

i doubt the legality of the majority of my hdd, even without the mp3/ogg's

eleet-2k2

12th August 2002, 19:58

my only legal mp3s are those I ripped from the cd's I own.

Curi0us_George

12th August 2002, 20:27

I have a whole bunch of illegal MP3s, but all of the ones I actually listen to were pulled from my own CDs.

Lapikas

13th August 2002, 07:57

Define "illegal mp3".. Aren't you allowed to copy as much mp3's you like as long as you don't share them??

Rocker

13th August 2002, 08:09

90% of mine are legal... because i own the cd's

rm'

13th August 2002, 09:45

Originally posted by Lapikas
Define "illegal mp3".. Aren't you allowed to copy as much mp3's you like as long as you don't share them??

Here's the best source I've found yet on the term "fair use" (http://www.utsystem.edu/ogc/intellectualproperty/copypol2.htm).

Lapikas

13th August 2002, 11:02

*Throws up his hands and says: What's the use!!

Call me lazy but
I'M NOT READING THAT!! THAT'S LIKE.. BILLION PAGES LONG!! :cry:

whiteflip

13th August 2002, 11:28

rm' did you read all of that?

Shenlong

13th August 2002, 11:29

Legal terms of service...You asked, he answered.

rm'

13th August 2002, 11:31

Originally posted by whiteflip
rm' did you read all of that?

Whatever is relevant to whatever it is that I'm doing at the time that I sit down to read it. In other words, when I am looking for one specific thing, I will scan through the document, until I find it. I've gone through about 1/4 of it by this method.

Note that that deals with "fair use" only. It doesn't deal with specific cases, or situations with definite legal boundaries. For that, I recommend you make a visit to the US Copyright Office (http://www.loc.gov/copyright/). Among other things, they archive the DCMA, several versions and amendments to copyright law, and this delightfully informative primer on copyright law (http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ1.html).

kernal32

13th August 2002, 13:52

Well, I have many many MP3s which I now declare as backups if I damage the original copy I have yet to buy. Of course I don't listen to the MP3s because they are only for back up reasons.

Lapikas

14th August 2002, 06:23

Most of my mp3's are 'illegal'. Off course I have also quite a bunch of legal (copy's of my cd's) ones. I just love that playlist that has over 2000 songs in it :)

Twinsen

14th August 2002, 16:05

Any Mp3 downloaded from an ftp, website or p2p (like KaZaA) is *illegal*.

I suppose that the only way to get *legal* Mp3's is ripping it from your own CD's.

T.

Bilbo Baggins

14th August 2002, 16:12

Or to download MP3s that artists freely distribute.

GoldenSphynx

14th August 2002, 18:06

Originally posted by Xerxes
90% of my mp3's are legal. The illegal ones belong to my brother and sister- recordings of ghetto niggaz talking about gold chains and related things.
I really hope no one takes this the wrong way Xerxes.:D

SpazX

14th August 2002, 18:20

the 4 or 5 cds I ripped are

and to Xerxes: I'm sorry

Merlin

14th August 2002, 20:38

Originally posted by Bilbo Baggins
All my MP3s are legal.
And my MPEG2s
and my MPEG1s

also my DIVX's.
Bullshit...

As for me, I find it ironic that my ripped mp3's are virtually the only legal software on this pc. Even the OS is hooky :D

and1k

14th August 2002, 20:39

I have about 10-15 mp3's from mp3.com and other free-distribute sites. I've ripped one track each from 2 cd's to mp3, but all the rest are from audioGalaxy (mirip) There are some tracks that I downloaded then bought, but that only accounts for one or two of them

All My OGG files are legal (except 2)

and1k -- going back to lurk mode ;)

msteed_02

15th August 2002, 02:23

well i have a few cd's i ripped myself, but they were friend's cds... so i guess that counts as illegal... i think i ripped 4 cd's of mine that i actually bought a few years back, cause i dont wanna mess with the cd's themselves... a bit tedious for my taste... lol.

i've paid for very few peices of music or software in my life :D

jyvasaa

15th August 2002, 02:27

i have few mp3's, but they're all legal.

Twinsen

15th August 2002, 05:26

Originally posted by and1k
I have about 10-15 mp3's from mp3.com and other free-distribute sites.

These are illegal too.

idynkydnk

15th August 2002, 05:35

I'm pretty sure everything on my computer is illegal

Lapikas

15th August 2002, 10:39

Stolen?? :(

whiteflip

16th August 2002, 09:08

not stolen. illegally duplicated.

how is mp3.com illegal? its the only legal mp3 website i know of. (dont say pressplay)

fwgx

16th August 2002, 09:21

I have a lot of legal ogg files that I rip from my own CD's, the rest of my oggs are things I've ripped from friends' CD's, pretty much any MP3 I have I have downloaded and thus illegal. A lot of that is quite rare and unreleased stuff like bootlegs etc, alternate recordings of tings I have on CD that kinda thing. The kind of thing you can't buy in the shops. I sleep easy night :)

I am Jesus

16th August 2002, 09:59

I download all my mp3s from WinMx and downloaded a few from mp3.com, so yeah mine are illegal. And I have my cds that I ripped myself(my own cds, not friends). Then I have a mess of movies and well...