illegal and legal downloading... The Difference

When thinking about downloading music or movies one automatically thinks that your download is illegal. But it has come to my attention that there are legal and illegal downloads. It has been noted that if you're downloading music, movies or television programs from a licensed site such as iTunes and Napster, which charges the user a fee based on membership or on a per download basis, then it's legal. Downloading movies, TV programs and music for free and not paying any licensing fee is illegal and an infringement to that company. There are few problems one can encounter when downloading illegally these include; “You may get viruses, pornography, and spy ware … more than you bargained for with an illegal download. People have suffered from identity theft and have had inexplicable withdrawals made from their bank accounts. If you’re using file sharing networks such as peer-to-peer (p2p) this is especially true” (Marc Sandford). By using a legal movie download membership, you protect your PC, your privacy and your bank account. Believe it or not there are alternatives to illegal movie downloading, these include online movie download services offer membership prices similar to video store memberships or rentals and unlimited downloads. Another alternative is done through online DVD rental. With this DVD rental service, you can order movies online and receive them in the mail for a very low monthly price. Most of these services do not charge late fees and offer an extensive collection. There is nothing worse than watching a bootleg movie, with people walking across the screen or people’s heads leaning over. The images are always not clear and worst of all the sound quality is bad, so instead of being annoyed when you should be relaxing, just go rent the movie or even better buy it.