If i find music online that's free, is it illegal?

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I found this site with free music and, im afriad to download some of it. if i do down load the music (commercial) is it illegal?
 

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illegal? depends if you should. youre not going to get in trouble because you made a few downloads, its more of just is the source safe. think of this from the virus point of view instead of the legal point of view. if you really dont want to download illegally then use playlist sites and just listen to songs online. Imeem.com works great for this (it plays the entire song). You can listin to just about any song you want, you just cant illegally download them from the site.
 

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I found this site with free music and, im afriad to download some of it. if i do down load the music (commercial) is it illegal?

If it is too good to be true it probably is. If the site is allowing free downloads of music that you have to pay for in online stores or at the record stores then you can be sure its probably illegal.
 

Zakyath

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if it's linked by the record company or the artist, you can download it (I believe)
 

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If it is too good to be true it probably is. If the site is allowing free downloads of music that you have to pay for in online stores or at the record stores then you can be sure its probably illegal.

thanks, it looks like a low profile site anyway.
 

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If You have find the music online and download it then it is not illegal because you tube has a largest collection of movies and songs which we listen and download free. That is not illegal.
 

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If You have find the music online and download it then it is not illegal because you tube has a largest collection of movies and songs which we listen and download free. That is not illegal.

This is the most inaccurate statement I have read in like a week.
 

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If You have find the music online and download it then it is not illegal because you tube has a largest collection of movies and songs which we listen and download free. That is not illegal.

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youtubeTOS said:
You may access Content for your information and personal use solely as intended through the provided functionality of the Service and as permitted under these Terms of Service. You shall not download any Content unless you see a “download” or similar link displayed by YouTube on the Service for that Content

actually it just so happens that it is
 

Varine

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The quote didn't say if you find it on YouTube. It said if you find it online it's okay because YouTube does it.
 
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