is downloading live performances of bands/artists illegal?

Ricky Ramjet · Post by **Ricky Ramjet** » Sun Apr 25, 2004 3:15 am

Is downloading live performances of bands/artists illegal? And I also mean from actual websites not from Kazza, etc and not from actaul Live cd's that are in shops,I mean live recordings from people at shows. Doesn't Mettalica approve of it. I wanted to ask this becuase I was going to ask for some links but first I thought I better check if this is ok.

Core_12 · Post by **Core_12** » Sun Apr 25, 2004 6:09 am

I think it's still illegal, because it's the band's music, no matter who recorded it.

Dopefish · Post by **Dopefish** » Sun Apr 25, 2004 6:16 pm

It depends on the band.

Amro · Post by **Amro** » Mon May 03, 2004 5:04 pm

It would be illegal I think, since you would have to buy tickets to see it.

Interon · Post by **Interon** » Thu May 06, 2004 5:05 pm

According to standard copyright law conventions, if the band and recorder give permission to copy the music file, it's OK. It may be hard to find out whether you have permission or not (look for a message that says "Unauthorized copying is prohibited" or something like that. If you can't find one, it should be OK to download it, if anyone accuses you of being a pirate, say "Hey, maybe they gave me permission, prove it to me that they didn't".)

Albeit if you live in Canada, it's OK to download music anyway.

Thrall · Post by **Thrall** » Fri May 07, 2004 11:24 am

Go to canada. You can download music legally now

x86_Game-Junkie · Post by **x86_Game-Junkie** » Mon May 17, 2004 9:54 pm

Download it and become a John Doe...real smart

You know the governing bodies and webpage owners have cookies to track you now!!

Post by **CPT Worm** » Thu May 27, 2004 3:43 pm

I don't think you're allowed to record performances, so I think downloading illegally -recorded music is illegal.

x86_Game-Junkie · Post by **x86_Game-Junkie** » Thu May 27, 2004 5:47 pm

I think that is what everybody is saying, except some ISPs now have a policy of if you download music we put a tab on your account for $1.00 - $4.00 per song!!