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Can you still be prosecuted if you

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RichardE

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buy your mp3 files from a certain mp3 site that charges pretty cheaply? Since you are technically buying the mp3, and the company does give a percentage to a Russian organization that supposedly sends some of the funds to the artists.
 
How do they know which files are illegal and which have been legally ripped anyway?
Surely if they find out via a P2P website, they can only charge you for songs they "know" you downloaded, and not for any and all mp3's on your hard drive? So I would assume they can't charge you for those songs purchased from a certain site, because they don't necessarily know where you got them from.
 
Originally posted by: Lonyo
they can only charge you for songs they "know" you downloaded, and not for any and all mp3's on your hard drive? .
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but when they charge you for a song.....they dont charge you 99 cents, they charge you thousands.
 
US law says if you legally obtain a copyrighted work in another country, it can be legally re-imported to the US.

If it's legal in Russia, it should be legal in the US.

As far as I know, the RIAA has never sued anyone for downloading music, only for uploading music.
 
You will not be prosecuted unless there is physical proof (in the case of computer crimes, would most likely be records from your ISP) that you were using an illegal download service. Note that just because you are paying someone for the songs, doesnt make them legal. If you know that the site isn't reputable and you're worried about being prosecuted I would recommend discontinuing the use of the questionable site. It's like buying a pirated DVD on the street, then claiming that you thought you had a legal copy.
 
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