Legal Question in Technology Law in Illinois

Are Mp3 downloading websites legal? I used mp3 seachy.com and i feel terrible about it.


Asked on 4/16/11, 5:32 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys

Bruce Burdick Burdick Law Firm

Some are and some aren't and it depends on location. You mean www.mp3searchy.com not mp3.seachy.com. It is illegal to copy copyrighted music via P2P or torrent or otherwise in the US. The copyright infringement enabler site searchy.com is located in Queensland, Australia where, unlike Canada, downloading copyrighted material is generally illegal. If it get popular, you can be sure it will get sued and probably shut down. It is beyond the reach of US law. Guess who that leave on the hook in the USA, for example in Illinois where you posted from? Right, YOU. I am a copyright lawyer. Hope that I don't find out your identity you music thief. You should feel terrible.

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Answered on 4/17/11, 9:53 am


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