limewire

[IbnAbdulHakim]

my simple reasoning.


Stealing is knowingly taking something that does not belong to you.
If you accept a gift you know does not belong to the giver, that is stealing by proxy.
Stealing is Haram

mashAllah, now why couldnt i say it like this

 

[Djinn]

Greetings,


That's different. In the case of limewire, you pay an upfront fee, but how much of that money goes to the artist? It's less than they would get if you bought their recorded work legally in the first place. If you share copyrighted material that you haven't paid the artist for, then they or the record company would be perfectly within their rights to take you to court. It has happened.

Peace

I remember that recording a song over the radio was illegal, recording a TV show on VHS was illegal. It is not anymore, downloading is a fairly new concept and in several years from now it will become legal, as long as you don't make a profit from it.