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Using a peer-to-peer data sharing program like Kazaa to share music is illegal unless the copyright holder of the music has given permission for people to freely download and share the music.Source:
by TomboyDiva on December 11th, 2009
Kazaa is actually a legal program but because of the way it's used, its developing company and several users have already been sued for copyright violation.
Uploading or downloading works protected by copyright without the authority of the copyright owner is an infringement of the copyright owner's exclusive rights of reproduction and/or distribution. Anyone found to have infringed a copyrighted work may be liable for statutory damages up to $30,000 for each work infringed and, if willful infringement is proven by the copyright owner, that amount may be increased up to $150,000 for each work infringed.
$100M worth of damages previously settled by Kazaa in favor of recording companies, private individuals who obtain through Kazaa mp3s and other copyrighted files have also been sued by parties in interest, monetary payments averaging $3,000 were paid by several people. In particular, a single mother had to pay $9,250 for each of the 24 songs they had accused her of stealing.
by TERRYTUKER on December 11th, 2009
yeah and the FBI
by zatv on March 23rd, 2010
It depends where you live. In the States and in other countries is illegal, but in some Latin American countries you will never get caught for using Kazaa.
The program is legal, but downloading the stuff is not legal.
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