The websites that allow you to download music and other
copyrighted material are illegal in the United States. Many
of these sites are not in the United States and there have
been situations where The the United States have put blocks
on these out of country websites. The RIAA is going after
people all the time and arresting them and fining them for
all the material they downloaded illegally. If you do a lot
of illegal downloading you could well find someone from the
RIAA at your door someday.
If you pay for a CD or an MP3 song you can make as many
copies of it you wish as long as you and only you use it for
yourself. If you give a copy of that CD or MP3 song to
someone else then it becomes illegal.
Books from the NLS is a completely different situation. The
copyright holder of the books gives the NLS permission to
reproduce their books in a special format. That's why the
NLS books that are on cassette are recorded in order, track
one, track three, track two and track four. The idea was
that when recorded in this format the books could not be
played on a standard cassette recorder. The NLS cassettes
are also recorded at half normal cassette speed. This is
also the reason digital books from the NLS are in a special
format. The NLS had to insure the copyright holders of
books that they would be used only by blind people and other
handicapped people who could not read a normal print book.
Tom
** Message From: DJ DOCTOR P **
>Ok, so you say, "it's still stealing."
>Then you tell me, why are there still some websites that
lets you download
>music and audio books without having to pay anything for
it?
>Yes these sites still exist, and people are downloading
music and audio
>books without having to pay a dime for it.
>Explain that one to me, if you can!
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