subject: How To Stay Legal With File-sharing Services? [print this page] How to stay Legal with File Sharing Services?
Share responsibly. File sharing is not illegal so long as you abide by all relevant copyright laws.
Sharing copyrighted material without the permission to do so is illegal. Click here for important information from the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) about the risk and use of P2P software.
We do not condone piracy or breaking copyright laws. The file sharing tools available through our members area are powerful search tools and we recommend that you use your discretion when downloading music and movie files.
See News.com Article: Federal Judge Rules: File-swapping tools are legal.
Original works of authorship, including literary, dramatic, musical, artistic, and certain intellectual compositions are protected by copyright law. If a person publicly performs, reproduces, distributes copies, or displays works without consent of the copyright owner could be in violation of the law. Go to http://www.copyright.gov/ and learn more about U.S. copyright law.
How can I stay Legal?
Stay legal and avoid breaking the law.
Easy steps to stay legal:
Make sure there are no potentially infringing files in your shared folders - meaning only files that are in the public domain, for which you have permission to share or are available under pro-sharing licenses.
Remove potentially misleading files names that might be confused with the name of an RIAA artist or song (e.g. "Usher" or "Madonna") from your shared folder.
Disable the "sharing" or "uploading" features on your search program to prevent other users on the network from getting copies of files on your computer. Music companies are focused on finding people who share thousands of files on their computers with the rest of the community. If you don't share - you reduce the risk.
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