On a summer hiking trip, I lost a couple dozen of my CDs that were in
a carrying case.  Although I do not have the receipts for the CDs, I
still have the complete CD cases.  Is there a way I can contact the
companies that produced the CDs and get replacement copies? or is
there any other solution to my problem that wouldn't involve buying
the songs all over again?  $5.00

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Request for Question Clarification by nenna-ga on 23 Jun 2005 13:13 PDT

While I can think of no free way to replace them, and that think of
some cheaper ones, would that work as an answer?

Nenna-GA

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Request for Question Clarification by nenna-ga on 23 Jun 2005 13:14 PDT

I'm sorry, please excuse my typo, my meds from surgery are making me
slow :)  it should have said "I can think of some cheaper....."

Nenna-GA

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Clarification of Question by tbonepower07-ga on 23 Jun 2005 13:19 PDT

Sure - cheaper solutions would work just fine. Thank you.

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Clarification of Question by tbonepower07-ga on 23 Jun 2005 13:21 PDT

As long as its legal.

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Clarification of Question by tbonepower07-ga on 23 Jun 2005 13:34 PDT

I'm sure it is if you pay money at all.

Hello tbonepower07-ga,

Have you looked into Allofmp3.com?
http://allofmp3.com/index.shtml?r=2133660858

They?re a Russian Site that has many full albums for download, at
about 2.00 an album on average. It would be much cheaper to replace
your CD?s that way. I linked you to the English Version; however, it?s
translated from Russian, so beware of some odd sentences.

Here?s is the FAQ on: ?Is it legal to download music from site allofmp3.com??

?All the materials in the MediaServices projects are available for
distribution through Internet according to license # LS-3?-05-03 of
the Russian Multimedia and Internet Society. Under the license terms,
MediaServices pays license fees for all the materials subject to the
Law of the Russian Federation "On Copyright and Related Rights". All
the materials are available solely for personal use and must not be
used for further distribution, resale or broadcasting.
Users are responsible for any usage and distribution of all materials
received from AllOFMP3.com. This responsibility depends on the local
legislation of each user's country of residence. AllOFMP3.com's
Administration does not keep up with the laws of different countries
and is not responsible the actions of non-Russian users.?

I hope you get your CD?s replaced!

If this answer requires further explanation, please request
clarification before rating it, and I'll be happy to look into this
further.

Nenna-GA
Google Answers Researcher

Thank you very much

In my modest opinion, you already paid for the copyrights of those
CD's and you should simply copy them from someone. It would have been
perfectly legal to copy them - for your own use- before the trip and
carry those copies aroud, keeping the original safe. That's basically
the whole point of having the right to make copies for your own
personnal use.

Although legaly, you might not be able to PROVE your ownership of the
copyrighted material, you are morally right to copy these CD.

I agree with you, but no one I know actually owns these CDs, so its a
bit difficult to get copies.  I was actually able to replace 3 of my
albums (Rubber Soul, Chicago Transit Authority, and  Chicago II) for
only $5.

Thank you for your rating and tip. I'm glad I could be of help.

Nenna-GA

It is illegal for an American to download from allofmp3.com.  You may
as well pirate the material since you're violating trade law by
obeying copyright law.