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get a lawyer and go to court asking permission
As of 2013, the best website where you can download all of the no copyright sounds songs is called YouTube.
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There are currently no ways to download any copyrighted music for free legally. Even sites claiming to be legal are not if they are allowing the download of copyrighted content without the expressed permission of the party in question.
If the songs are copyrighted, it is considered illegal to use them in a media publication without permission from the copyright owner. but if the video is being used for an educational purpose it may qualify for fair use in which case if it is removed you can challenge that act and it may be reposted.
Yes, they are protected by copyright.
If the songs are copyright protected and have been uploaded without permission then no it is not legal.
Perhaps you are trying to download songs that you have not purchased and therefore have the copyright permission to use. Please remember downloading copyright material without paying for it is stealing.
Not unless you have permission from the copyright holder to do so.
If the presentation would qualify under the "fair use" exception (see link below) then yes you could use them.
get a lawyer and go to court asking permission
Yes. You do not have direct/express permission from the owner/owners of the songs to copy/download them. This is considered Copyright Infringement and is punishable with a hefty fine and a period of jail time. Please view the related link for more information on Copyright laws.
Yes. Assuming, of course that the music in question is still under copyright protection. There is no legal distinction for what type of performance or whether any money changes hands. You still need to seek permission.
Not exactly. Writers and performers bend over backwards to get their work on the radio. But you do have to observe copyright laws, which means that you might have to pay them for it.
With permission of the coypright holder of the play, yes. This would generally be considered a "derivative work" under the law, which is one of the exclusive rights of the copyright holder.
Yes; reusing others' content requires their permission. Depending on the song and the type of use, you may need licenses from many different stakeholders.
They don't. Limewire is a "Peer-To-Peer" (aka Person to Person / P2P) file sharing program. It is the responibilty of the users of the program to get the copyright holders permission to have the songs on there (In a lot of cases it is the label, not the artist that has the copyright). Most of the users do not get permission to legally put the songs on there. That means that it is illegal to download music and such from there. I would recommend you avoid it. There are sites that legally sell music for 15 cents a song. It's worth it to be legal. == == No. However they do not need to as they do not distribute any files themselves. They simply make and distribute software that allows other to distribute files.