MP3 & CD Burning legal issues


	Legal Issues

	Is it legal to burn a CD? Despite what some would like you to think recently, it is legal to burn CDs. Why else would a computer come with a CD recorder built in? You can make copies of your own audio CDs, mix and match select tracks from your CD collection, or you can download MP3s from services such as Emusic.com or Magnatunes.com. Also many song writers usually give out some MP3s for free download . Check out glenphillips.com, formerly of Toad the Wet Sprocket! More free MP3s . Legal MP3 encoding and decoding technology Thomson, Inc. collects royalties for patents on MP3 technology. In order to legitimately encode and decode MP3s, companies must pay a royalty of about $5 per product! This is a huge chunk for a $20 to $30 product which is why we had to increase the price of MP3 To Wave Converter PLUS from $19.95 to $24.95. Many software programs out on the Internet do not pay this fee and could be subject to legal action from Thomson. Acoustica, Inc is legitimate and pays the MP3 royalties. If you use MP3 software from another company you should check Thomson's approved/licensed company list to make sure it is legally allowed to manipulate MP3s. Try eMusic online MP3 download service!! Learn more now! Free MP3s! Many of these sites contain free and legal MP3s for downloading and your listening pleasure. Once you see the MP3, right click on it and select "Save Target As..." to save it to your computer! Totally Free MP3 sites Download.com MUSIC betterpropaganda.com (Free & Legal MP3s) Publicdomain4u MP3 4U MP3.COM Artist Sites with Free MP3s R.E.M. Glenn Phillips (Formerly of Toad Wet Sprocket) Crosby, Stills & Nash (4WaySite) Grateful Dead, Jerry Garcia Band John Mellencamp Journey Crosby, Garcia, Lesh & Hart: "Bertha" Norah Jones Dreamstate, URBANX Jo Miller and her Burly Roughnecks Centre Ville Other MP3 Sites with free MP3s Magnatunes Artemus Records Telarc Epitonic Matador Records Lookout Records Amazon Free Music area (Some songs are WMA with DRM, though. :( ) Sound Search Engines AltaVista Sound Search Know of an artist or page with a free MP3 and it's not listed? Let us know at webmaster@acoustica.com !