IANAL, but I think the legal situation doesn't differ much from other western European countries.
It's no problem to make mp3s of your own CDs (or friend's), neither downloading. Serving is illegal, but AFAIK there haven't been any lawsuits yet. The sites just get kicked by the ISPs.
In real life MP3s are not a very hot topic, probably due to limited bandwidth for most users, but this is going to change. People heard of Napster, but usual Mr. Swiss does not exactly know, what it means.
Mass media and government care more for other unwelcome stuff like racist or pornographic content.
There are attempts for filter software or sueing ISPs (just loud thinking, not much happening yet), but this might as well have an influence on mp3s, warez; and politics as well.
This is an International problem, in the name of copyright and other blah blah freedom of speech is cut down in little slices, so no one will notice its disappearance until it's too late.
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IANAL, but I think the legal situation doesn't differ much from other western European countries. It's no problem to make mp3s of your own CDs (or friend's), neither downloading. Serving is illegal, but AFAIK there haven't been any lawsuits yet. The sites just get kicked by the ISPs. In real life MP3s are not a very hot topic, probably due to limited bandwidth for most users, but this is going to change. People heard of Napster, but usual Mr. Swiss does not exactly know, what it means. Mass media and government care more for other unwelcome stuff like racist or pornographic content. There are attempts for filter software or sueing ISPs (just loud thinking, not much happening yet), but this might as well have an influence on mp3s, warez; and politics as well. This is an International problem, in the name of copyright and other blah blah freedom of speech is cut down in little slices, so no one will notice its disappearance until it's too late.