J. David Boyd wrote:
JoeHill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
My 4 yr old daughter wants me to download some Abba songs, like 'Dancing
Queen' and the like. Is this safe?
The more important question would be "is it legal"? If you are speaking of
going to one of the commercial download services, and purchasing copies of
Abba songs, then, yes it is legal, and it will be safe.
If you are speaking of using a program such as Kazaa (sp?) or Limewire to hook
up to an anonymous peer-to-peer network and get them for free, then it is
illegal, and probably not safe. These programs are often portals to your
system for virii and spyware.
Is it illegal if you have a copy of the song on a different media that
you purchased? I have a lot of music on cassette, and it is a pain to
record it as an MP3 so I can play it in the truck, or on the computer.
(No cassette player in the truck...)
I guess it depends on how you define "fair use"...
Mikkel
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Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons,
for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.
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