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Downloading music safety

Talking to your children about downloading music – a parent's guide

First, figure out what your kids are doing online

What to expect and how to address the issue

Explaining the underlying reasoning to your kids

Understanding music and the Internet

What should you do if you receive a letter or subpoena from the RIAA?

So, what can you do to stay on the right side of the law and off the RIAA's subpoena list?

And now for the really boring stuff…the law

Criminal copyright infringement and children

A message from Jennifer, age 14, New Jersey

Ask Parry! excerpt

Frequently asked questions

Disabling P2P Software

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Downloading music safety

So, what can you do to stay on the right side of the law and off the RIAA's subpoena list?

Downloading musicDownloading music online is generally illegal. While there may be arguments that owning the CD and downloading a song you already own may not be illegal, or sampling a song before buying a CD may be perfectly legal, these legal issues are still undecided and may be risky. So, the best advice is to buy music you download and don’t share it with others.

Bottom-line, pirating music is illegal.

The only way to stay out of trouble, with certainty, is to never do it. Everything else carries a risk. How much of a risk you are willing to take is up to you. And so is how you explain it to your kids.

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