P2P and how and what

[billthomas501]

If i have a network at my house. And i purchase all the music cd's can iupload them to a shared Drive on my netwrok so my wife and son can listen to the mp3's while they surf the net or do homework. Also can i put them on an ftp so i can downlaod them to my laptop while im travelin in my car on vacation. Example: If i forget my cd book at home and im traveling to TX from Newyork can I dial into my ftp from my laptop via satelite connection to retrieve musice to play for my family. I used the ftp for that purpose only also i buy all my music cd's and digitize them just incase the orginals get scrated up. PLS HELP I DONT WANT TO BE SUED FOR MY HARD ON MONEY

[Neo Neko]

Yes you can do that with verry little problem. I have done it already with Vorbis. I have 72 hours worth of music on a samba share that is accessible across the network to those with proper credentials. And I could easily make them avalible via ftpd if I just turned it on.

If people live in the same house and could just as easily wander over and grab the CD to listen to then you have absolutely nothing to worry about from the RIAA. The only remotely questionable issue in the scenario assuming you might be in the US is if you happened to have one of those defective CDs with some sort of DRM crap on them. If you had to circumven the DRM to rip it then you would be technically liable under the DMCA. I say technically because those CD copy protections IMHO don't quallify as reasonable protection. And even if it did, if you only sharred it with your immediate familly then how would the RIAA learn of it to care in the first place.

Now as always putting said files out on freely avalible unrestricted P2P networks could make you liable for massive copyright infringement. And ultimatly a target for the RIAA. But that is not what I gather that you are suggesting.

[billthomas501]

Wow ty my man ty naw dude i sotn shae with any one dude no kazza no nothing man so i assume i cool huh?

[Mug Funky]

PLS HELP I DONT WANT TO BE SUED FOR MY HARD ON MONEY

lol! hard-on money!

(sorry, in a really immature mood at the moment. i'm sure it'll pass)

all that stuff counts as "fair use". meaning it's just stuff you do to make things convenient, but don't make a difference as far as intellectual property goes.

but as soon as you share files to the general public, you're a dirty pirate and should be locked away where you can't harm the children (won't somebody PLEASE think of the children??).

you can read about the DMCA on doom9's main page - there's a link called "DMCA analysis".