Illegal to Download (CD) mp3s?

[hecklernumber1]

I have quite a few older cassettes which I would like to have on CD. Being not that computer savvy in coversion - plus it would just be a heck of a lot easier - would it be illegal for me to download the CD's via Kazaa or what have you? Ex's include Oasis, Hootie and the Blowfish, and U2....

[tgpo]

Yes, it's illegal

[adam]

Depends on what country you are in. If its the US, then yes its definitely illegal. This was one of the things ruled on in the Napster case.

[Rookie64]

Easiest thing to do is go to Half.com -
http://half.ebay.com/products/music/index.cfm


look up the albums you want to replace or add to your collection.


You can find many under a dollar - quite a few as low as .01


Also compare prices with Ebay for better deals.



It's the best and most affordable way to upgrade or replace your collections...and it's 100% legal!

[Faustus]

I love half.com everyonce in a while I'll just raid it for old CDs I don't have anymore. Then poof them into itunes.

[AlecWest]

I have quite a few older cassettes which I would like to have on CD. Being not that computer savvy in coversion - plus it would just be a heck of a lot easier - would it be illegal for me to download the CD's via Kazaa or what have you? Ex's include Oasis, Hootie and the Blowfish, and U2....

A few years ago, I was trying to find old music to replace albums I owned that were destroyed (long story I'll skip) and preserve them on CD. And, there was one song that was only released on a 45rpm record that I simply couldn't find anywhere ("Sunny Goodge Street," the uncut version by Tom Northcott). But lo and behold, I finally found it on a "new" cassette sold in Canada. So, I bought the whole cassette. And when it arrived, I plugged my cassette stereo output into my computer's sound card and used TotalRecorder to capture the song as a WAV ... which I later burned to a CD with other "one hit wonder" songs.

Your cassettes may be old. But, if they still sound decent when you play them on your cassette stereo (assuming you have one), it's a good bet they won't sound too bad on CD if you capture them this way. If you don't have a cassette stereo, you could probably buy a walkman style unit cheaply ... one with an AC adapter ... and TotalRecorder only costs $12. Analog backup copies don't necessarily sound all that bad ... at least not to me.