Yes, sharing music files through the internet does in fact violate copyright laws. Copyright gives limited monopolies to holders on the reproduction, display, and distribution of that copyrighted work. When you purchase copyrighted work, or it is given to you, you have limited use of it with no right of distributing it. You have every right to listen to the CD you have purchased and even let your friend borrow the disk, but you cannot give a copy of that CD to your friend without having the permission from the copyright holder first.
Copyright is a legal form of protection automatically provided to the authors of original work of authorship. Original works of authorship include dramatic, literary, musical, and artistic works. The copyright
Copyright is a legal form of protection automatically provided to the authors of original work of authorship. Original works of authorship include dramatic, literary, musical, and artistic works. The copyright