Thread: A concern..

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I have several gigabytes worth of mp3's, and im concerned as to my possession of these on my pc once i am in college. I also download mp3's frequently, as many as 10 a day (alot on dialup).
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thats a lot fr dial-up.

>Am i going to be at risk to download these while at college even if they are only being used by me and not shared to others?

yes, technically its still illegal, and you can be prosecuted.

the laws are sketchy now, Fair use doesn't really exist anymore, if you buy it its still theirs.

acording to the RIAA your a grease spot, i heard they sued a dude for 150,000 an mp3, i also heard they lost.

google search turned up:

http://www.gnutellanews.com/article/6403

you got to decide what to do, if i was you and i would get only what you need to survie and kill or backup the rest elsewhere before you get there.

priating mp3's aint worth college.

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That brings up another point, is it illegal for me to possess mixed cd's that i created from my mp3's, even if i no longer posess those original mp3 files?
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if you originally owned the CD's that the music was ripped from, AND you ripped it your self then yes and no, you MAY have protection under fair use, if the RIAA finds out they will have you killed and strung up by your feet in time square as an example to others.

I'm guessing it all depends on your school. I haven't had any problems here yet downloading stuff. A couple of kids I met have *a lot* of stuff shared over the network using Windows shares. I would say just don't share and it shouldn't be too big of an issue.

that is if the net admins are idiots, or are doing it to.

i love how the RIAA would "string you up" yet they still charget $14bucks for a $$$$in cd that literally costs 2.50 TOTAL to make, it depends what school and where you do it.....DO NOT download stuff on school computers, thats how a lot of these idiots get caught, they do it on the colleges network......hypothetically if i were in college, i would say i havent had a problem downloading stuff from home on my own connection, but thats hypothetical

hypothetically, i would be in the same boat you are, and im not in prison....it shouldnt be a problem

serioulsy, as long as you dont use the schools network you should be alright, colleges always monitor their stuff and what better way to make a quick buck than to get some kid busted becuase he was downloading 1 song off of the album instead of paying the full $14 and waste the cd, for one damn song, now somehow, you owe them 150,000?

how does that work, since 1985 cd's have been more expensive than tapes....how is it right for them to screw you for almost 20 years, and YOURE the bad guy for only downloading the songs you like ......DAMN

who knows the record industry is retarded.......if you get it off of an artist site, they probably wont try to bring you to jail.....

...stay the hell away from metallica

If you follow the news, you will notice that no one has gotten busted for downloading, but for sharing. So as long as you dont share any files, your okay (for now)

Perhaps you could use a proxy... check astalavista.com for more info.