Music Downloads and your nation

by **Kalaspia-Shimarata** » Thu Jun 23, 2011 5:48 am

Are all music downloads in your nation legal or are the websites where the artists don't get any profit illegal? In Kalaspia-Shimarata, the music downloading programs/websites where artists don't get any profit are illegal, but people don't tend to use them as we have government funded music downloads. Many foreigns who visit Kalaspia-Shimarata tend to do their music downloads at music download stations!

by **Swilatia** » Thu Jun 23, 2011 5:55 am

It is offcially illegal, but pretty much every-one does it anyway, and no-one ever gets punished for it.

It's not like artists get much profit from people buying CD's, anyway.

by **Charlotte Ryberg** » Thu Jun 23, 2011 5:56 am

Merely downloading music is not itself illegal, but where it involves money being offered for counterfeit music that is where the problem starts. Again, common sense is used.

by **Divair** » Thu Jun 23, 2011 6:00 am

People below a certain level of income can legally download music for free. Since they have a low income, they weren't going to buy the music anyway.

by **Vallermoore** » Thu Jun 23, 2011 6:02 am

Illegal but rarely prosecuted unless done on a huge scale.

by **Kon-Cha-Ma** » Thu Jun 23, 2011 6:03 am

It's legal, but no one has internet

by **Maraque** » Thu Jun 23, 2011 6:06 am

Since "the CD" is an obsolete form of media no longer used in Tsvarchi, downloading is the only option. Now, there are official retail digital stores, and downloading from them is legal. Unofficial digital stores which offer music for free without the media owner's consent is illegal and such sites are taken down daily by authorities.

Actually downloading illegal music isn't illegal. Only the distributor is conducting an illegal operation.

by **Swkoll** » Thu Jun 23, 2011 6:24 am

It is legal and is encouraged.

by **Strong-Badia the FREE** » Thu Jun 23, 2011 6:30 am

We download music illegally all the time.

by **Achalya Santis** » Thu Jun 23, 2011 6:33 am

Legal websites, like iTunes ACH-SAN, Napster ACH-SAN, and Guvera, and many others, are legal.

However, downloading ANYTHING that violates state and federal copyright law is absolutely illegal.

by **Eaglleia** » Thu Jun 23, 2011 6:39 am

Swilatia wrote:It is offcially illegal, but pretty much every-one does it anyway, and no-one ever gets punished for it.

Pretty much this.

by **Romalae** » Thu Jun 23, 2011 6:40 am

Romalae has strict copyright laws. Downloading music from third parties and sites that offer free-downloads with no profit to the creators and publishers of the music is illegal and enforced. It's legal to download music from legal sites that legally obtain the music from the artists and allow a portion of the profit to be sent to them.

by **Cookesland** » Thu Jun 23, 2011 6:45 am

Websites that do not give any profit to the artist are illegal.

by **Immoren** » Thu Jun 23, 2011 6:48 am

Downloading pirated music is decriminalised. Downloading music from webstore legal.

by **Swilatia** » Thu Jun 23, 2011 6:54 am

Since others have brought it up... download "stores" such as iTunes don't really exist in Swilatia. Paying for a download is a foreign concept to most Swilatians, and seems like kind of a rip-off, since there are plenty of other sites where you can get the exact same file for free.

And yes, doing things which are prohibited by Swilatian law is illegal in Swilatia. Who would have thought? ...but that does not of course mean that we go out of our way to enforce every law in our books.

by **Malgrave** » Thu Jun 23, 2011 6:56 am

Maraque wrote:Since "the CD" is an obsolete form of media no longer used in Tsvarchi, downloading is the only option. Now, there are official retail digital stores, and downloading from them is legal. Unofficial digital stores which offer music for free without the media's owner is illegal and such sites are taken down daily by authorities.

Actually downloading illegal music isn't illegal. Only the distributor is conducting an illegal operation.

This.

by **Sovereign Spirits** » Thu Jun 23, 2011 6:59 am

Music downloads, paid or otherwise, are a daily affair here in Sovereign Spirits. There are no national laws concerning it, but the industry generally frowns upon such behavior and reacts with tighter measures. However, they also recognize the free publicity. So while the measures are harsh, it is generally known that if you watch your step and know what you're doing, you'll minimize risk.

by **Rejistania** » Thu Jun 23, 2011 7:06 am

Since music in Rejistania goes into the public domain quite fast this is not much of an issue anyways. But yes, it is illegal while still in the protection period.

by **H-Alba** » Thu Jun 23, 2011 7:39 am

Some programs are illegal if they are free music downloads. Some artists give their music out for free, but that is their choice, and they do so by using legal programs.

by **Tchandra** » Thu Jun 23, 2011 7:53 am

Psssh. We force our artists to give their music away for free. All people are equal. No one is less and no one is greater than others ~~except me~~. We let our people download other countries' music off the net, though.

by **Cirona** » Thu Jun 23, 2011 8:10 am

Music download is not illegal per se, nor is sharing music files for free. However, distributing music files online or offline for a price without consent from the artist and/or producers is illegal. These laws are taken seriously by the government and the people alike.

«DROIT DE DÉTOURNEMENT - N°18 MISAPPROPRIATION LAW No. 18»
The distribution of electronic files that have been protected by «DROIT D'AUTEUR N°1 - COPYRIGHT LAW No. 1» for commercial purposes is illegal and one can be penalised by compensating the plaintiff up to a maximum of 10 000% of the estimated value of misappropriated files; OR do community service for a maximum of 2500 hours; OR serve a sentence of maximum 360 days.

by **The Matthew Islands** » Thu Jun 23, 2011 8:14 am

Music is free to download anyway, instead labels make their money from touring and concerts, advertising, sponsorships and government subsidies.

by **The Inritus Extraho** » Thu Jun 23, 2011 8:17 am

All information is processed through the government, and then distributed for free. The high income tax in the Inritus Extraho accounts for all information and media being free, though concerts and the like are not. For each landmark in downloads, the artists are paid by the government.

by **Xanicea** » Thu Jun 23, 2011 1:10 pm

Charlotte Ryberg wrote:Merely downloading music is not itself illegal, but where it involves money being offered for counterfeit music that is where the problem starts. Again, common sense is used.

The above is true for Xanicea. Much music downloading occurs, as torrenting and streaming are rampant, but so long as the seeder/streamer does not profit this practice is allowed and even encouraged by many in public. It's one of the reasons why the music industry has not made many inroads in Xanicea, though the government is perfectly fine with that. We like arms manufacturing better, anyways.

by **Costa Fiero** » Thu Jun 23, 2011 10:13 pm

People download from which site can give them the best deal. The government can't be bothered regulating what people can do with their iPods.

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