The 1976 Copyright Act generally gives the owner of copyright the exclusive right to reproduce the copyrighted work, to prepare derivative works, to distribute copies or phonorecords of the copyrighted work, to perform the copyrighted work publicly, or to display the copyrighted work publicly. Illegal copying is affecting the entire community of music. ... If you burn CD's from peer-to-peer networks such as Kazaa, or Morpheus, or another free music downloading site, you are breaking the law. ... If you don't own the copyright, you have no right to distribute it. ... Stealing music...

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