P2P Music Downloads and Legal Music File Sharing Sites:Legitimate online music stores are legal and, therefore, free from copyright issues. P2P music downloads are indeed legal, eventhough music file sharing sites are not without controversy. What is P2P File Sharing?File sharing is used to access and share digiatal files such as audio, video and images. P2P file sharing is a form of file sharing which allows users to download almost all types of files such as music, movies, TV channels, radio stations, and games using a file sharing software. P2P music file sharing sites allow users to share files with each other over a big, decentralized network. There is no central server but rather every user's computer system is like a mini server in the network. You can allow other users to download any of your files like music, movies, and programs and they can share any files they want with you. When does it Become Illegal?Using P2P programs to download and distribute copyrighted music, movies and games without permission is illegal. Purchasing membership with music file sharing sites does not give you license to download or distribute copyrighted p2p music files. Normally, music file sharing sites are known to be copyright infringers as users can access and share even copyrighted materials. You may think it's great that you can get free p2p music downloads, but you can be caught and fined for downloading illegally. What Are Legal P2P Music File Sharing Websites?I've found 2 legal P2P music file sharing websites which even RIAA recommends. One is Bearshare and the second is iMesh. Please check the below RIAA website and confirm this:
How do These Websites Become Legal?These sites are operating based on the "fair use" provisions under the copyright law. Unlike, other P2P sites, these two websites will not allow copyrighted files to download to the user PC and so you can download all their p2p music files without any fear of RIAA lawsuit. Music file sharing is not illegal as long as you obey all relevant copyright laws.
1. BearShare - Legal P2P Music Downloads:MusicLab's BearShare v6 and later offer free p2p music files in the MP3 format and paid music downloads in the WMA format. It also includes some social networking features similar to MySpace. It has around 20 million music files in its store. The free p2p music download content is shared by users and is automatically verified by BearShare not to infringe copyrights. This verification is done by acoustic fingerprinting. Also, BearShare allows only music and video files to be shared.
2. iMesh - Legal P2P Music Downloads:iMesh operates the first RIAA approved P2P music file sharing site, allowing users residing in United States and Canada to download music files of their choice. They have a monthly premium subscription and a "To Go" subscription. Music files under "To Go" subscription can be copied to all portable MP3 players without restrictions. Also, they have a pay per song model to purchase tracks for $0.99 each. It has around 11 million tracks in its store and you can use ther 14 days free Trial to check the site's features. In addition to paid music, iMesh allows all users to access non-copyrighted music and video files for free.
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