Is downloading music from beemp3 illegal?

Answer 1

The BeeMP3 site is a search engine that finds music files on the internet. It does not supply any music files itself and so considers itself to be legal. However with the closure of Limewire it is likely that sites such as BeeMP3 will also find themselves served with injunctions to prevent them assisting in the illegal downloading of music files.

In the disclaimer it says you are only allowed to download to listen to it, afterwards you are supposed to delete the file. If you do not delete the file you are breaking copyright laws but by then the file has already been illegally distributed without authorisation or license.

Answer 2

BeeMP3 is a search engine that finds mp3 files on the Internet. You are not downloading from BeeMP3 but from the servers where the music is located. If the supplier of the music is not authorised to distribute the music then they are acting illegally by making it available and you would be acting illegally if you were to download the music.

The BeeMP3 Conditions of use state:

6. If You won't delete files from the computer, You'll break the copyrights protection laws.

7. All the rights on the songs are the property of their respective owners.