I tried it and it seems too good to be legal.
2006-06-07 00:52:29 · 6 answers · asked by Jammy Dodgers 4 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
Legal to own the program illegal to download music and movies. But, my motto is "It ain't illegal if you don't get caught".
2006-06-07 01:27:12 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Limewire is legal. Filesharing is legal.
Whats not legal is for you to share or download copyrighted or licenced stuff unless you own the copyright or wrote the program. You should only share your own work.
If you are going to use file sharing, beef up your security. Lots of people don't bother and some of the stuff you download is going to be infected.
Only access it from a limited user account, download to the desktop and scan with an anti virus, an anti trojan, an anti adware and an anti spyware.
These are different types of programs and one won't help with the other.
And be fair, scan all your files before you upload them so as not to pass on viruses to anyone else.
Microsoft have two free online scanners that look for malware on your computer.
http://safety.live.com/site/en-US/default.htm
http://www.microsoft.com/security/malwareremove/default.mspx
You can also download Microsofts free Windows Defender from the official Microsoft site.
The Windows firewall doesn't stop malware on your pc from dialling out. Either of these firewalls are free for personal use and stop unwanted incoming and outgoing traffic. You choose which programs are allowed to access the internet. They are both fairly easy to use and updated regularly.
Zone Alarm firewall
www.zonelabs.com
Kerio firewall
http://www.kerio.com
Winpatrol is a handy utility that tracks cookies on your pc and stops unwanted changes to your startup folder.
www.winpatrol.com
Spywareblaster works with Internet Explorer. It won't uninstall spyware that is already on your pc, but it will prevent hijacks and other malicious changes to I.E.
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html
Ewido anti trojan
www.ewido.net
Ad-Aware SE Personal anti adware
http://www.lavasoft.de/software/adaware/
Spybot Search and Destroy anti spyware
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html
AVG Antivirus
http://www.grisoft.com
Remember to update and run all of you anti malware programs at least once a week.
2006-06-07 08:01:18 · answer #2 · answered by sarah c 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Limewire is a program NOT a site... Its existance is Legal as it disclaims itself from YOUR activities on it.....
If you download copywrite material using it and dont pay royalties to the owner of the material YOU are breaking the law....
But they have to catch you first, right? ;o)
2006-06-07 07:58:14 · answer #3 · answered by Mr_Moonlight 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i have downloaded music from limewire its great to listen to the songs, it has a good selection.
2006-06-14 03:54:18 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
its legal to have the program but sadly illegal to download or share any files from it!
2006-06-07 07:56:16 · answer #5 · answered by everybody loves chris! 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nope. its illegal to use. sorry :(
2006-06-07 07:58:26 · answer #6 · answered by newhaven7 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋