While he was in high school, Joel Gibb downloaded numerous songs to his smartphone from anunlicensed file-sharing service.

He used portions of the copyrighted songs when he recorded his own band and posted videos onYou Tube and Facebook.

Gibb also used Bit Torrent to download several movies from the Internet.

Now he has applied to Boston University.

The admissions office has requested access to his Facebook password, and he has complied.

Was Gibb's use of portions of copyrighted songs in his own music illegal? Explain.