Fun facts about copyright and music:
There are actually two copyrightable aspects to a recording - the
COMPOSITION, and the PERFORMANCE. They are not always owned by the same
entities. Each one has a potential for income - although in the current
system, it is heavily weighted towards the top
Good points -- I had overlooked the Composition and Performance
distinction. The other thing about registering a copyright is that it
enables the copyright holder to sue for treble(*) damages in case of
copyright infringement.
(*)treble is lawyerspeak for triple, and has nothing whatsoever to do
MrSinatra;482266 Wrote:
i love limewire and shareaza.
its only illegal IF its copyrighted, afaik. so how do you know? thats
the risk i suppose. but then again, the RIAA isn't instigating any new
cases anymore, so i wouldn't worry.
Newfiestang50;482597 Wrote:
So what you are saying is that some songs that I download from iTunes
will not function on the SB players.
*If* the track you buy and download has DRM you will only be able to
play that track on Apple hardware. They will not play on your
Squeezebox.
From Wikipedia
Album art is embeded in the actual files, not at a seperate image fine in
the music folder. The album art will show on SB units with colour screens
and the web interface.
But what I meant to say is that a particular song when viewed using iTunes
displays the album art fine but when I go out to
On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 11:07 PM, snarlydwarf
snarlydwarf.419j7b1257566...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com wrote:
Newfiestang50;482593 Wrote:
I just registered with Itunes, Amazon won't sell to Canadians.
Be careful: itunes 'regular' tracks have DRM, and will only play on
iTunes or iPods. You
If you want free and legal music you should take a look at
www.jamendo.com.
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Newfiestang50;482785 Wrote:
But what I meant to say is that a particular song when viewed using
iTunes displays the album art fine but when I go out to the same MP3 in
my music folder on my C: drive the album art in not there. How do I get
it to display in both places.
I am concerned
On Sat, Nov 7, 2009 at 2:35 PM, funkstar
funkstar.41aq5z1257622...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com wrote:
Newfiestang50;482785 Wrote:
But what I meant to say is that a particular song when viewed using
iTunes displays the album art fine but when I go out to the same MP3 in
my music folder on my
If you have any Itune songs with DRM on them, you can use Itunes to burn
a CD of those songs, then you can use Itunes to rip the new CD you just
made and put them back in Itunes without the DRM. I usually rip them in
a lossless format instead of an mp3, that way you don't lose any
quality. They
i love limewire and shareaza.
its only illegal IF its copyrighted, afaik. so how do you know? thats
the risk i suppose. but then again, the RIAA isn't instigating any new
cases anymore, so i wouldn't worry.
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Is_downloading_songs_from_LimeWire_illegal_or_legal
Guys,
I am new to all this software and Mp3 downloading so let me know if I
am stepping out of line by asking this. I want to down some more Mp3's
to add to my collection that I got from friends and I was suggested the
site Limewire. I am sure some of you are aware of it.
Is it legal to
Newfiestang50 wrote:
Is it legal to download Mp3's from this site and others like it? If not
I will not use it, what is a legal site and how much are the usual
annual fees?
It is not a good idea to get legal advice from an Internet forum. But
this one is easy. Nearly all music sharing sites
I always look at it like this. Someone did work and spent some money to
create that music.
Just like I expect to get paid fairly when I work - I expect to pay a
fair price when I use the results of their work.
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tedfroop
Good judgement is the result of experience ... Experience is the
I just noticed that Limewire Pro has a fee to join but the basic version
is free, not sure what the difference is?
So what are some good sites that are charging to download Mp3's?
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Newfiestang50
Newfiestang50's
tedfroop;482195 Wrote:
I always look at it like this. Someone did work and spent some money to
create that music.
Just like I expect to get paid fairly when I work - I expect to pay a
fair price when I use the results of their work.
I agree, and I have made good contribution over the
tedfroop;482195 Wrote:
I always look at it like this. Someone did work and spent some money to
create that music.
Just like I expect to get paid fairly when I work - I expect to pay a
fair price when I use the results of their work.
I agree and have made a good contribution over the years
http://www.amazon.com
http://emusic.com
downloads from .25 to .99 each. Emusic has a free trial, 25 songs.
Check it out.
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Some good places to buy legal music:
http://www.amazon.com/mp3
http://www.napster.com
http://www.rhapsody.com
http://www.apple.com/itunes
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You might also want to check out www.lala.com, I've looked at a couple
tracks and they were VBRs for $0.89@
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JeffHart
You know, I'm all for progress. It's change I object to.
Mark Twain
SBRx5, 1 Boom, 1 Controller
I checked out some of these sites and it seems like they want to charge
monthly rates, in the range of $10 to $15 CDN per month plus anywhere
from $.89 to $1.25 to download the songs. I'm confused, what with the
monthly fee alow me to do, listin to the song once, twice I dont get
it, someone
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