How can RIAA tell stolen song from purchased song?
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February 27th, 2009
If I illegally download 100 songs and I legally purchase online 200 songs, how can the RIAA or authorities tell what I bought and what I stole? Are you expected to keep receipts for all these purchases or hope that Amazon/iTunes will have your full records.
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They don’t know. Even if they examined your current music files (which, of course they won’t), they would find it very tough to find its source.
What they CAN do is watch your actions on file sharing websites, and most commonly, watch what files you are providing for others to download on those sites. And THAT is how they can nail you for being a stinkin’ thief. ;)
I suppose I should clarify that this is just a hypothetical question, just something I always wonder about when buying music online.
Yeah, they have no idea…unless they catch you in the act.
Remember that you can also create music files on your computer off of CDs – which would have no receipts. Obviously auditing anybody’s MP3 collection would appear pretty condemning. I don’t know a soul who could completely prove the legality of every bit of music they own.
Oh another good point! I did that will all my cds so I could put them on my laptop and Blackberry. So basically as long as I’m not sharing out my music via filesharing sites and programs I don’t have to worry about proving my songs were purchased.
Correct, it is still illegal tho
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