There are huge amounts of confusion relating to MP3 today, particularly in relation to playing, creating, and distributing MP3 files. It is important for individuals to understand the legal specification of MP3s.
Here is a brief summary of what's legal and what's not.
You can listen to streaming audio from a web site or online radio station.
You can download digital audio file from any web sites or FTP site provided that the copyright holder has the granted the distributor permission to distribute the audio file.
You can download digital audio file from via file sharing provided that the copyright holder has the granted the distributor permission to distribute the audio file.
You can create digital-audio files for personal use only.
You can create and distribute digital-audio files, which you are the copyright holder of. .
Burn CDs containing legal digital-audio files that you've recorded, either in their compressed format or expanded to CD-audio format.
You can upload MP3 files to portable devices. .
You cannot legally do the following;
Lend a CD to a friend so he/she can create digital-audio files from.
Borrow a CD from a friend and make digital-audio files from it.
Distribute digital-audio files created from CDs, unless you are the copyright holder or the copyright holder has granted you permission to do so.
Post any digital-audio files to the Web unless you are the copyright holder or have permission to do so from the copyright holder.
Share digital-audio files through file-sharing programs unless you holder the copyright or have permission from the copyright holder.
Sell digital-audio files unless you holder the copyright or have permission from the copyright holder.
Upload digital-audio files to another computer from a portable audio player.
There is nothing inherently legal or illegal in MP3. It is ISO (International Standards Organization) and is not controlled by any one company. The legal issue arises not with the MP3 file but the content of the file. An MP3 file can contain content that infringes the copyright law.
MP3 files can be created for personal use whose copyright is held by another person, but can't be distributed, sold or posted on the web without the permission of the copyright holder.
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