the format is legal, but don't forget that copyrights are still in effect. Artists can put up MP3s on their own site, but that doesn't mean a whole lot. Chuck D put mp3s from the new PE album up on the Public Enemy site, and the powers that be(Polygram..oh wait they got bought out..Universal) forced him to take em down. There was a story about this in Wired
But yeah, mp3s are legal as long as material is put up by those with the copyright, or you own the material and your mp3 is purly for archival purposes.
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the format is legal, but don't forget that copyrights are still in effect. Artists can put up MP3s on their own site, but that doesn't mean a whole lot. Chuck D put mp3s from the new PE album up on the Public Enemy site, and the powers that be(Polygram..oh wait they got bought out..Universal) forced him to take em down.
There was a story about this in Wired
But yeah, mp3s are legal as long as material is put up by those with the copyright, or you own the material and your mp3 is purly for archival purposes.
Unconstitutional? Talk about 1984 :>