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Is sharing music illegal

Updated: 8/16/2019
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If the song that you have downloaded was illegally downloaded, otherwise it should be fine. UNLESS you share it on a site such as Limewire, where there music is all downloaded illegally or any other website as such.

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It is only illegal if you got it without paying for it (eg. iTunes) and then you gave it away for free. It is legal if you payed for it and are licenced to let other people pay for it.

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