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Originally posted by Terrorsmurf couple conclusions I'm making: 1. Live Sets and EM's aren't copyrighted and they don't ever go on sale, therefore there is no such thing as an "illegal" copy since there are no "legal" copies?? 2. Recording music off the radio is "illegal" in the U.S. but if its a foreign radio station like the BBC the rules don't apply?? 3. Now assuming 1 & 2 are legal in itself, it is legal to own a copy of an EM or Live Set, however sharing it over a medium (Kazaa, DC) is illegal because you are redistributing it?? I have another interesting question. How legal is it to even use a file sharing client like DC or Kazaa to obtain possibly "legal" copies of EM's?? Isn't that "illegal" in itself??

this is the only conlusion you should come to...

no one is gonna care if you download a liveset. they will care if you download singles of tunes.

those file sharing clients are illegal, hence the crackdown by the RIAA, but people always find away...

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Originally posted by Floorfiller this is how it breaks down... can you own them? yes. if you download them for your own personal use that's great. i consider it similar to recording a movie off of tv. and if anyone posts that you can't blah blah blah...well...the reality of things is different that the legal end. downloading live sets is supported by djs...if they don't want you to have the set, then they won't let the radio stations broadcast them. can you sell them? no. you can share them all you want, but you can't sell them on like Ebay or something (i know that you'll see people doing that, but they aren't supposed to). the broadcast is property of the radio station and you can't sell that or rebroadcast it on your station without their permission. that might sound a little contadictory to what i said in the first paragraph, but trust me...you can download them and no one is gonna care...most major djs encourage it. as far as the money to djs for livesets. No. if a dj does say an EM, they are getting paid by the club. people like armin that do the show for free...they really just want to get publicity and enjoy doing it so don't worry about paying djs...if you want to pay them...go see them when they come to a club near you and buy their albums...i'm sure they would appreciate it.

I'm sorry but you're wrong.

In the U.S. you are NOT legally allowed to record the radio or TV even for personal use.

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