How do I know which online music and movie selling/distributing services are legal or legitimate?
When evaluating Internet services to decide if they provide legal music and movie files, look for statements that they have obtained the copyright permission of the artists or company representing the artists. If you don’t see this information, be suspicious; send a message to the providers asking if they have obtained permission from the copyright holder to sell or distribute these files. Note: Some Internet services (such as KaZaA and mp5networks) claim to provide unlimited downloading of files using their legal programs. While this statement is true, it is misleading. Although having a program such as KaZaA is completely legal, if you read carefully you will find that the subscription fee you pay is for program support and ad-free searching only. This does not give you legal permission to download and share any file available, even if the software makes it easy to do so. It is ultimately your responsibility to ensure that the files you are downloading and sharing are legal copies. I
