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Originally Posted by Raven_Writer
At one time she had around 500 megs of MP3's on the computer, so I think that'd be some heavy duty downloading 
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The only way around the lawsuits and stuff is to prove that you actually bought the CD from what I've gathered from a bunch of sites. |
I've over 20gb of mp3 on my computer. 18 gigs of them are ripped cds that I bought and own. Most of the remaining 2 gigs has been downloaded legally from sites such as
http://www.archive.org/audio/.
Last time I checked, the burden of proof is on the plaintiff, not the defendant. I have the vast majority of the cds I riped, but some have been lost/stolen/eaten. The burden of proof is on the RIAA to prove, beyond a reasonable doubt, that the music was not paid for. When I can produce 95% of my cds, and place a stack of a few hundred on a table in front of a jury, it is reasonable that I've misplaced a few cds. There would exist reasonable doubt that I had to steal the music to place it on my computer.
Listen, buy and support local artists.
Wetzel