Listening to Music Without Payment
Question
Is it permitted to use music albums without paying for them?
Answer
Shalom and blessings
Albums that are still being sold by the creator may not be listened to without payment.
Albums that the creator distributed for free, or that are no longer sold because a long time has passed since their release, may be copied and used without payment.
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Answers questions at Rav Amram Fried's Beit Horaah
Smicha "Yoreh-Yoreh" (2012), Rav Amram Fried's Beit Horaah
Orach Chaim, Yoreh Deah
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Source
The ruling of our teacher Rabbi Amram Fried shlita
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