are any of you people who use lime-wire afraid to se it cuz it is stealing music?
2006-12-01 05:10:07 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
how is it stealing? it is an open share thing. i lend my music and u lend me yours. It's pretty cool!
2006-12-01 05:14:27 · answer #1 · answered by blonde b 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I don't consider it stealing.
In a sense Limewire is legal, but in another sense it's illegal. The fact right now is that Limewire, Kazaa, etc., are legal because it is simply peer to peer file sharing, like taking a cd to a friends house and letting him take the music on to his computer (ripping). This is legal, in a sense so is Limewire then, because the music comes from an original cd that someone paid money to get and they are simply sharing it to selected people. The problem that the recording companies and artists have is the MASS FILE SHARING, meaning the sharing of the song to more than 5 people. In fact it's perfectly legal for anyone to share a file for free to 5 or less people. Basically like burning a game or a cd and giving it to your girlfriend or something. So is Limewire legal? YES. But if they want to take a further step they might want to make a "expiration system". Basically a program that automatically deletes songs off the online list after it's been downloaded 5 times. So there, LimeWire is technically legal.
2006-12-01 05:15:45 · answer #2 · answered by jhollywood 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Limewire and other p2p software packages in of themselves are not illegal (contrary to what the movie/music industry will tell you). It's the use of p2p software that gets into shady ground (just like a minors consumption of alcohol).
It is illegal to download music that you have not paid for (unless it was given away for free). The analogy of sharing a CD with a friend only works if you give the CD back (ie delete the file you downloaded). It is also illegal to copy a CD to cassette (or another CD) and give it to a friend.
Now, do I use Limewire? Yes, but only to download music that I have on cassette or vinyl, and save my self the time coping it into the computer.
2006-12-01 05:42:52 · answer #3 · answered by Justin C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I use limewire and e-mule,and no,im not afraid to say it...and besides, i only download songs that i cant find at the stores.I live in greece, and most of the bands i listen to, like mcfly and son of dork, are really hard to find.
Besides, limewire is also used to download movies, documents, programmes...loads of stuff!
2006-12-01 05:16:29 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no @least i dont think so cause u no it is ilegal but i dont put it on my ipod i just download the songs and listen 2 them on windows media player but i buy the songs 4 my ipod from itunes
2006-12-01 05:46:32 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think it's illegal. I have a friend who uses it and he pays for it.
2006-12-01 05:18:50 · answer #6 · answered by Curious G 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there are literally millions of people using p2p sharing so don't fret
2006-12-01 05:14:51 · answer #7 · answered by NONAME 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
no i use it all the time
2006-12-01 05:12:39 · answer #8 · answered by ollie 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I use Limewire.....
2006-12-01 05:12:11 · answer #9 · answered by bbwandsingle1980 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
no
2006-12-01 05:13:16 · answer #10 · answered by epbr123 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋