How does the RIAA determine which music has been downloaded by P2P as opposed to music that been acquired in other ways(such as ripping CD's)? Thanks in advance.
What I am asking is that if a person is caught downloading music can they tell the difference between illegally and legally obtained music or do they just assume that all of the music is illegally obtained and proceed on that assumption.
Originally posted by gary431:What I am asking is that if a person is caught downloading music can they tell the difference between illegally and legally obtained music or do they just assume that all of the music is illegally obtained and proceed on that assumption.
No, this is the RIAA.. They'll have methods etc. I, however, don't know exactly what they would be.
Where do you live? If in the US then I don't recommend downloading, period. You'll get your ass sued quicker than you can blink.
I seem to remember being led to belive (so could be sooo wrong), that if you can prove you own an original legal copy of the music (ie: have it on CD, MD or Vinyl) then its okay where-ever you may have got the digital copy from.
I suspect that other than that if it has DRM then they assume must be legit. but there is that non-DRM stuff from universal...
In countries where downloading copyrighted material had been held not to be illegal (such as Canada), it is still a violation of copyright laws and downloading copyrighted material and can result in a lawsuit for damages. The "illegal" refers to criminal prosecution.
If you are using bittorrent to download copyrighted material, then you are usually uploading the material also. Uploading copyrighted material is illegal in every country.
The primary way that RIAA finds illegal distribution of copyrighted material is to enter a swarm with copyrighted material and obtain the IP addresses of those involved with the swarm.
Quote:If non copyrighted material is downloaded/uploaded will the MPAA/RIAA care or pay attention?
No.
There can be some restrictions on distribution of creative commons license (mostly about commercial use and credit to creator), but these would generally be enforced by the individual persons or groups involved in the creation.
