[Air-l] Downloading music

[Steve Jones]

EFF has a good synopsis of copyright matters involving music  
downloading online at:

http://www.eff.org/cafe/drmgame/copyright-faq.html

It's based primarily, if not entirely, on U.S. copyright law, and is,  
as these things typically are, not a substitute for one's own  
decisionmaking, but more of a guide to understanding how to evaluate  
what is and what is not legal.

Sj

On Feb 25, 2006, at 8:23 AM, Sue Cranmer wrote:

> Thanks for the info. This is useful. I will check out John Logie's  
> paper too
> and retune my 'intuition'.
> BW
>
> Sue
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org
> [mailto:air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Jeremy Hunsinger
> Sent: 25 February 2006 14:13
> To: air-l at listserv.aoir.org
> Subject: Re: [Air-l] Downloading music
>
>
> it depends on the individual track as to whether it is illegal or
> not.  there is quite a bit of perfectly legal downloadable music on
> archive.org, http://www.archive.org/details/audio   and record
> companies and artists do release individual tracks off albums for
> free and some people, like Loca http://www.locarecords.com/
> index2.html ,  release whole albums freely l, or under special
> license like creative commons, or open content.   however, you have
> to be aware of whether those are licensed or just copyrighted and
> whether there are modifications to the terms, etc. etc.
>
> however, i do find the intuition that 'if you didn't pay, it is
> illegal' to be very interesting, because that is the intuition that
> record companies try to promote in the u.s.   John Logie gave an
> interesting paper about that in Chicago .
> On Feb 25, 2006, at 8:56 AM, Sue Cranmer wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> Can anyone clarify for me when it's legal/illegal to download music
>> from the
>> internet. I've just checked out sites like
>> http://www.mp3musichq.com/me/index.asp?source=guks-03&kw=limewire
>> which say
>> that it's legal as long as you follow the copyright rules.
>>
>> I have also read articles saying that some companies are releasing
>> stuff by
>> up and coming bands for promotional reasons, that is free to download
>> online. But, the stuff on sites like limewire is more far reaching
>> than just
>> new/promotional.
>>
>> I had assumed that if you didn't pay for it it was illegal. But  
>> having
>> interviewed many 14 year olds about it this week, this is clearly
>> not their
>> understanding.
>>
>> Thanks for your help.
>>
>> Sue
>>
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> The air-l at listserv.aoir.org mailing list
>> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http:// 
>> aoir.org
>> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://
>> listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org
>>
>> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/
>
> jeremy hunsinger
> jhuns at vt.edu
> www.cddc.vt.edu
> jeremy.tmttlt.com
> www.tmttlt.com
>
> ()  ascii ribbon campaign - against html mail
> /\                        - against microsoft attachments
> http://www.stswiki.org/  sts wiki
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> The air-l at listserv.aoir.org mailing list
> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org
> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at:
> http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org
>
> Join the Association of Internet Researchers:
> http://www.aoir.org/
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> The air-l at listserv.aoir.org mailing list
> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org
> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http:// 
> listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org
>
> Join the Association of Internet Researchers:
> http://www.aoir.org/
>