Copyrighted music is illegal to download.
Many bands have made their music publicly available and it is not illegal to download their work.
is it a legal to download song for free
Unless the artist or copyright holder INTENDS you to get them for free, then yes, it is not only stealing (according to the law), but you can get sued by the record company, not only for downloading, but for every copy you shared with someone else. This can add up to hundreds of thousands of dollars, and several people have already lost the cases.
It does not matter whether you agree with the law, that is how it is right now. If you don't like it, then work to get it changed.
Most times, yes, I BELIEVE it is illegal. Well, most music sharing websites are not legal, if I am not mistaken. I just use iTunes and pay 99¢ or $1.20 or whatever the price is for songs. And if you don't have iTunes, there are plenty of other places where you can buy music cheap. Hope this helped!
It is stealing. It's true that you are not taking possession of a physical object, but music is intellectual property. It is a creation that was written, performed and produced by real people, some of whom may have invested a lot of money into making it, hoping to get a profit from selling it. Those people have a right to profit from their creative efforts and taking the music without paying is just as much stealing as if you took something physical away from them.
There are distinctions. Some music is available for free download because it was put there by its creators for that purpose, or because the music and the performance are not in the public domain. But not all recorded music is in the public domain.
You also have to consider this. There may be music that is in the public domain, like "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star", or genuine Gregorian Chant and many other tunes written over the last few decades, but individual recent recordings of that music by contemporary artists may not be. Performances are intellectual property too, and you are stealing from an artist who records an old song in order to make a living, if you take a recording of that performance without paying for it.
Just because something is easy to take, that does not make it right. Just because nobody is watching you, that doesn't mean you are not stealing. And frankly, people are watching.
Downloading a song without paying for it is illegal.
It depends if the artist who created the song/s permits his or her work to be downloaded for free. This can usually be found on their website.
you could download inapporiate music and you could go to jail
Probably the best program for free and legal music is iTunes. Most of the music requires purchase, but there are many opportunities to receive free music too. Downloading music without paying for it is stealing from the artists and publisher.
There are free playlists online with music for running. You will need to search for a free place to get the music and be carefully when downloading it to listen to.
you can get free music by downloading it from the internet
2 main reasons:1. It could contain viruses2. If someone worked hard making it (e.g. a song), then downloading it for free is effectively stealing, as you are getting the product, but not paying the creator for their hard work.
For the most part, downloading music online violates copyright laws. Programs such as Spotify can be used which allow the user to legally download music onto their computer.
It depends. If the owner of the music wants to give it away at no charge then downloading it is absolutely fine. If the music is being distributed free of charge by someone who is not the owner, then they have no right to offer the music. The owner of the music is the person or company who own the rights to the work. It might be the artist but more commonly it is a record company or publishing company. Although "theft" or "stealing" are not the right legal terms in most jurisdictions, at least morally, downloading music without the permission of the owner is stealing.
limewire is suing people for downloading the music. when you download off limewire you are basiclly stealing peoples music. artists put out albums to get money and you are stealing it for free. complety illegal
Probably the best program for free and legal music is iTunes. Most of the music requires purchase, but there are many opportunities to receive free music too. Downloading music without paying for it is stealing from the artists and publisher.
The easiest way to remedy stealing music is to make it free. Since this doesn't work for the artist, they should reduce the cost of purchasing a CD.
There are free playlists online with music for running. You will need to search for a free place to get the music and be carefully when downloading it to listen to.
I wouldn't suggest downloading free music because that could result into pirating music
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you can get free music by downloading it from the internet
This site does not offer music for downloading without a fee. They do provide some streaming music and music news without a cost. Users can listen to music online but cannot download content without paying a fee.
Depends on what you mean by "free music." If the music is free because you're not supposed to pay for it, then downloading it to your phone is probably legal. If the music is free because you're not paying for it, then whether or not downloading it to your phone is legal depends on whether or not you're supposed to pay for it.
2 main reasons:1. It could contain viruses2. If someone worked hard making it (e.g. a song), then downloading it for free is effectively stealing, as you are getting the product, but not paying the creator for their hard work.