Is it illegal to talk about bootlegs in a website?
97665
No -- in general there is a First Amendment right to free speech even about illegal activities.  You should not cross the line into conspiracing to break the law -- which just talking about it or reviewing wouldn't do -- nor should you encourage nor induce people to break the law.  That is a fine line, and some such activity will be protected as free speech.\n\nIn general it is not illegal to possess or buy a cd or dvd made in violation of copyright -- but it is to make another copy or distribute it.  You should know, though, that when you download you are making a copy, and so downloading a cd you do not have the rights to is a copyright violation in a way that simply purchasing a hard copy would not be.
432657
First, you have to own the rights to the show. If you don't you're breaking the law and could be prosecuted. No video site that I know of will allow content that you don't own, both moving images and music. If you do and can prove it, upload it to www.muzility.com.\n\nGood luck.
385831
No, not always.\n\nIt depends upon the country you are in, and more improtantly exactly what you are downloading.\n\nA lot of upcoming bands provide free downloads of their music to get their name circulating.\n\nWhat is almost certainly illegal is providing the music so that people can download it from you, when you do not own the copyright to the music.
640561
I don't think you can edit it yourself.  However, you could buy edited versions of music containing profanity.
346725
no necessarily, people on yahoo copy info from other websites all the time, sometims it's direct copy and paste, other times it's reworded, certain text ( like the content of the church of scientology are copyrighted and are not allowed to be posted period , even though if you really hunt it down you can find it ) are prohibited if it's copyrighted text, but genrally posted messages can be copied from one forum to another, rules against spamming , mlm, chain letter are common to all websites that have forums, all of them prohibit that, the discalimer ofr copyrighted text is to protect the website owner more than anyone else
475240
Yes, it is,. It is the way that it is used by the users that makes it potentially an illegal site.\n\nI guess it depends on how you use it.
384746
NO! Unless they have specific permission from the source website this is considered stealing and is a breach of the copyright that is more then likely on this media. Getting media from anywhere and calling it your own no matter where or from who without permission is wrong and unethical. Not only that but it is an illegal activity.
572259
Actually it is NOT illegal, as long as you do not sell or broadcast the copied material.  You can make as many copies as you want as long as it is for YOUR use.  Once that copy leaves your hands it becomes illegal.
1081241
If you can't find it on the internet, it is best not to think about it.  What you are asking about is actually illegal in some jurisdictions.
603346
You need permission from the copyright holder.  Even if you are not selling the DVDs, you are using the music for business purposes, to make money, so it is illegal to use it without permission.
1167863
No you cannot get in trouble for talking about anything.  Freedom of Speech includes the internet.  Unless you are a huge drug dealer, then I wouldn't talk about it on here because they might use it to find you.  They are not worried about users, just big time dealers.
496042
What, did you just wake up this morning and say to yourself  "Self, I want to do something illegal today"? Illegal how? Not that a website can really even be illegal... one could teach you to do illegal things, however, or perhaps distribute illegal software or other such things. What sort of illegal are we talking, here?
679024
Yes, both are true, it is legal as well as illegal, legal on the sense that, it is filesharing and filesharing is not a crime, illegal on the sense that, you are sharing the stuff which are you not supposed to share.\nThe best way is to keep all the downloaded stuff to another destination other than your shared folder, cuz when YOU give some content, then YOU are violating the law, but when you are downloading it, you are not violating the law, cuz stuffs like music can be given but not shared. Confused right???\nDont worry, just remember that keep all your downloaded stuff away from the shared folder, so that others canot take it.\nCHEERS!!!
155697
No, in hte USA there is freedom of speech, even if that speech is hateful, explicit, or foul, it still exists.  Retailers have the right themselves to exclude or include cd's with explicit lyrics as do the consumer in purchasing their cds.
213086
No it isn't. However it IS illegal to display them for public viewing, or to charge $$ to view.
377186
No...it is copyright infringement....I would seek permission first....and then you can acually sell the permission...lol...and make a profit.\n\nCopyrights are very easy to obtain...and there is not always a record of it. BE CAREFUL.
299445
IF there is NO illegal content why not