Like the stupid newbie goober I am, I forgot the first step to downloading music: do it in a public setting with a public wifi. Ended up downloading it all at home off of our private wifi. Did use a VPN but forgot to switch it from my home country. Kind of wondering how easy it is to trace me and persecute me for this. I am not the one handling the ordeal with the wifi, that would be my lovely mother.

Cheers y’all!

  • averyminya@beehaw.org
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    2 months ago

    No, the friend is saying

    downloading music is legal as long as the artists have authorised use of their work and it is only played privately (not distributed).

    Artists are opting in to allowing their music to be pirated, so it technically would be piracy under that law.

    However if it’s privately played it may not matter