2007-01-05 10:04:09 · 29 answers · asked by spanky1492 2 in Consumer Electronics ➔ Music & Music Players
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2007-01-05 10:07:35 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
LimeWire is completely legal... downloading copyrighted material from limewire is illegal
2007-01-05 18:05:17 · answer #2 · answered by K-ron 4 · 11⤊ 0⤋
Yes if
You're sharing files that you do not have rights to share
You're downloading files without the rightful owner of that file being aware of it
You're sharing files that the rightful owner is not aware you are sharing
It's legal if
You're sharing a file that you created because it's yours and you want the world to see it
You're downloading a file that someone else has created and uploaded because they want the world to see it
You're downloading freeware (Software that is licensed to be distributed for no price)
If you get the idea of it.
The programme is not illegal, it's how you use it. Same with a kitchen knife.
2007-01-05 18:07:52 · answer #3 · answered by matty_boy1989 2 · 6⤊ 0⤋
It is not illegal to simply have the program. It is illegal to download or share copyrighted material without the proper right to do so, regardless of the methods and programs used. To give an example, it is not illegal to have a gun, it is illegal to use a gun to shoot an innocent person.
2007-01-05 18:07:57 · answer #4 · answered by BR 1 · 3⤊ 0⤋
No Limewire is a website wher people Share music.
2007-01-05 18:44:42 · answer #5 · answered by i wonder... 1 · 1⤊ 2⤋
The program, and all other P2P programs are legal
It is illegal to use it to share copyrighted programs and files without permission
2007-01-05 18:10:25 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No it is not. The server that runs limewire is in Britain, and there it is legal, so the U.S. cannot do anything about it.
2007-01-05 18:06:10 · answer #7 · answered by unrestedmind 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
yes you can be sued by the federal government for sharing and downloading multimedia files from limewire.
2007-01-05 18:06:02 · answer #8 · answered by ThA gUrU 2 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Some people say it is but its actually more of a sharing site because all the music is music put there from other people and its free and people put their music because they want to nobody is obligating them. That's what i think i use lime wire all the time.
2007-01-05 18:08:41 · answer #9 · answered by LIDI 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
no it is not illegal as long as you are sharing files too... if you are making cds and selling them that is illegal if limewire was illegal they would be shut down a.s.a.p.
2007-01-05 18:06:40 · answer #10 · answered by grotty_the_pimp 1 · 1⤊ 3⤋