Do you own that song?

Author Topic: Do you own that song?  (Read 1175 times)

Say yes or no to the above user's song, if you have it on your computer, mp3 player, phone, etc. Then name a song.
Illegal downloads do not count.

"Galvanize" by the Chemical Brothers

no

basket case - greenday

yes

"Paranoid"- Black Sabbath

no

I Want It All - Queen

Why do people always say that downloading music is "illegal"?
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Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for fair use for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.
That last bit:
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Non-profit...or personal use
So, if you download the song for free, and aren't reselling the material as your own, it's legal.
How do you think clubs don't get copyright strikes all the time?

to keep stuff going:

no

tobu-colors

no

Hulk Hogan/Rick Derringer (depends what version) - Real American

No
Come Together - The Beatles

no
aphex twin - xmas_evet10 [120] [thanaton3 mix]


no

Frantic Disembowelment - Cannibal Corpse

no

Ronald Jenkees - Throwing Fire

no

tamer animals - a fine frenzy

no

human - the killers

no

jump around - house of pain

yes

any album by Glass Animals