Has anyone ever been sued by the RIAA for downloading Vocaloid albums?

I doubt it. The great majority of Vocaloid music is individually produced and not under any big record label. However, there ARE some Vocaloid artists and albums licensed by larger companies (for instance, Sony) but the only ones I can think of off the top of my head like this are by ryo/supercell, wowaka and DECO*27... maybe Hachi. Not sure.

Besides, since many Vocaloid producers are doujin artists or hobbyists, they upload their works for people to download for free anyway. Try getting an account on Piapro.jp, it's a creative community where musicians post their music, karaoke files, art, 3D models, and so on for free download. If you can search using the Japanese name of the song, you can search the music files and probably find a lot to download perfectly legally.

The RIAA is going after every physique they have even a passable quantity of information approximately. it is not real that they only go after great distributors... they try to scare all and sundry. They go after extremely small downloaders in the event that they might get sufficient tips. the component is, there are 1000's of people in the US on my own to head after. Your probabilities of having an RIAA letter are extremely small, however the probabilities do go up the extra you acquire. regardless of in case you do get an RIAA lawsuit letter, there is likewise a extremely small risk they're going to persist with-up on your case. yet, those probability is not lottery small. there is real looking chane which you or somebody you be attentive to ought to get a lawsuit letter in case you have been a huge downloader at any think approximately time. the component with limewire is that being a huge downloader = being a huge distributor, on account that others on Limewire are downloading out of your great series on the comparable time you're downloading from theirs. the suited component you're able to do for your self is to uninstall Limewire and acquire not extra. do not basically not use Limewire... uninstall it. human beings ought to nonetheless be pulling out of your laptop as long because it rather is put in. by utilising the way, your "if I had the money i might have offered the CDs" argument is exceedingly pathetic. What makes you think of you have a precise to the resourceful property of others? you do not. If somebody became into stealing from you on a every day foundation you may % some legal experts to head after the thieves for you too. in case you think of that the record companies value too lots for their products, do not purchase them. you will get all the music you % legally, for unfastened, on the radio (real radio or cyber web radio) 24-7-365 besides.

I was searching for a good answer on this too

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