Right but since you aren't necessarily violating anybodys copyright from making a digital copy and putting it in an archive for anybody to download free of charge and you originally did purchase the product that was copied, we will have to see. Of course this does only count for non profit....profiting from distributed copyrighted products is definatly against the rules. Its amazing to me why anybody would want to download any Metallica stuff anyway. Age and money have finally caught up with a vengance.
The copyright allows Metallic to sue somebody for copying and selling or claiming ownership. It also allows them to demand a copy be destroyed so long as the ORIGINAL WHICH THE COPY WAS MADE FROM WAS NEVER PURCHASED. TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL SAMPLES OF A PURCHASED COPY FROM ONE INDIVIDUAL TO ANOTHER ISNT CONSIDERED INFRINGEMENT SO LONG AS NO PROFIT IS MADE. Once a CD is sold to somebody they can basicly sample the CD at will and distribute (in digital form) as much as they like so long as they dont SELL OR CLAIM CREDIT. Other wise certain other musicians will be in trouble for making samples and incorporating it in their music. Do they owe a royalty for using a sample taken from a movie....nope. Read up on your copyright laws before saying somebody should close their forum.
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Right but since you aren't necessarily violating anybodys copyright from making a digital copy and putting it in an archive for anybody to download free of charge and you originally did purchase the product that was copied, we will have to see. Of course this does only count for non profit....profiting from distributed copyrighted products is definatly against the rules. Its amazing to me why anybody would want to download any Metallica stuff anyway. Age and money have finally caught up with a vengance.
The copyright allows Metallic to sue somebody for copying and selling or claiming ownership. It also allows them to demand a copy be destroyed so long as the ORIGINAL WHICH THE COPY WAS MADE FROM WAS NEVER PURCHASED. TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL SAMPLES OF A PURCHASED COPY FROM ONE INDIVIDUAL TO ANOTHER ISNT CONSIDERED INFRINGEMENT SO LONG AS NO PROFIT IS MADE. Once a CD is sold to somebody they can basicly sample the CD at will and distribute (in digital form) as much as they like so long as they dont SELL OR CLAIM CREDIT. Other wise certain other musicians will be in trouble for making samples and incorporating it in their music. Do they owe a royalty for using a sample taken from a movie....nope. Read up on your copyright laws before saying somebody should close their forum.