"If you copy it burn a disc and give it to a friend that is ok."
No, it's really not legal. I'm sorry, it just isn't. It's a popular misconception, I'll give you that, but it isn't legal. It's explained here, at number 3 on the list: http://netsecurity.about.com/od/securitylegislation/a/mp3myths.htm Here, let me copy and paste it for you:
"The fact that you purchased a CD entitles you to listen to the music all you want, BUT NOT TO SHARE THAT PRIVILEGE WITH OTHERS. You can make a copy of the CD for yourself in case you damage or lose the original. You can rip the music from the CD onto your computer or laptop and convert the music to MP3 or WMA or other formats and listen to it on portable MP3 players or other devices. Your purchase of the music entitles you to listen to it pretty much any way you want, but you can’t give copies of it to friends or family. I am not suggesting that you can't *play* the music when other people are around, but that you can't give them a copy of the music, in any format, to take with them when they leave."
You're not giving any money back to the people who are legally entitled to it: the artist and the record label. Musicians don't get paid in the same way office workers get paid. Musicians get paid every time someone buys one of their songs or one of their albums, but that doesn't happen if someone else is selling it on and pocketing all the money for themselves. It isn't like buying and selling on a second hand table or a chair, because tables and chairs are finite resources that cannot be copied and resold ad nauseum.
Do you think pirating music is really that big of a deal?
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"If you copy it burn a disc and give it to a friend that is ok."
No, it's really not legal. I'm sorry, it just isn't. It's a popular misconception, I'll give you that, but it isn't legal. It's explained here, at number 3 on the list: http://netsecurity.about.com/od/securitylegislation/a/mp3myths.htm Here, let me copy and paste it for you:
"The fact that you purchased a CD entitles you to listen to the music all you want, BUT NOT TO SHARE THAT PRIVILEGE WITH OTHERS. You can make a copy of the CD for yourself in case you damage or lose the original. You can rip the music from the CD onto your computer or laptop and convert the music to MP3 or WMA or other formats and listen to it on portable MP3 players or other devices. Your purchase of the music entitles you to listen to it pretty much any way you want, but you can’t give copies of it to friends or family. I am not suggesting that you can't *play* the music when other people are around, but that you can't give them a copy of the music, in any format, to take with them when they leave."
You're not giving any money back to the people who are legally entitled to it: the artist and the record label. Musicians don't get paid in the same way office workers get paid. Musicians get paid every time someone buys one of their songs or one of their albums, but that doesn't happen if someone else is selling it on and pocketing all the money for themselves. It isn't like buying and selling on a second hand table or a chair, because tables and chairs are finite resources that cannot be copied and resold ad nauseum.