University of Michigan - Flint

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University of Michigan - Flint's Anti-Piracy 101 Quiz Tutorial

Try Before you Buy?

If you download a song, movie or software application to try out before you decide to buy it, is that illegal?  The answer is yes.  Even if you download something with the intention of deleting it you have committed copyright infringement. 

Instead of illegally downloading items to try before you buy them consider these alternatives to "try" music: 

Streaming Music/Video:

Yahoo! Music
Pandora
Omniglot
Radio Paradise

 

Question 8.  If I download a song from an illegal source just to see if I like it, it's not illegal as long as I delete it after determining whether I like it or not.  True or False?

 A True 
 BCorrect False 

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