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Downloading music?
Exactly what part of downloading music is illegal?
Someone told me that what people get arrested for is uploading, not downloading it. (Because when you torrent a file, you upload as you download)
Is that true? Or is actually downloading a song illegal? If so, how do they even catch you? Do you have to be caught in the act or can they look at your iPod with 50000000000 songs on it and find out somehow that you didn't pay for them?
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Strictly speaking, the act is copyright violation. You're obtaining a copy of the song without paying for it. You can be caught if your computer's Internet Protocol (IP) address is identified on a server's logs or torrent stream. Your internet service provider will get a notice that you've violated copyright law (DMCA in the US), and it's up to the provider as to what the next step is. Some will give you a warning, some will charge you a fee. Some will just cut off your service.
A lot of artists recognize that their fans will copy and pass around their music, and don't actively pursue filesharers. Some go a step farther and actually give public permission to freely share their stuff. There's something called a Creative Commons License that specifically covers this kind of permission: you can copy it and share it, but you can't change it or sell it. Check out archive.org's library of live music: there's all sorts of good live shows there, and they're all freeto download, listen to, and share.
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