Limewire was recently sued for music piracy. Should I worry?

Question

I have only had Limewire for a month and downloaded about 50 songs. Should I delete them all to avoid the possibility of litigation?
This website has the list of acceptable websites: http://www.riaa.com/issues/music/legalsites.asp

Answer 1

Yeah, you should be worried. I had wondered the same question of legality a few months ago. Eventually I decided that, even though it was easier and quicker to find music there, especially without paying for it, it was also filled with viruses and illegal content. It causes problems with ipods. it crashed my computer, and when I tried to get the songs back to sync status, I made one minor mistake and lost all the songs, especially the songs from Limewire. Even though many people say that the chances of getting caught using it are slim, you are better off not risking it. Write down the music you got from Limewire and delete the songs and the program. Then, locate those songs on one of the sites listed in your website. Trust me, it causes a lot less stress and problems. Thanks for the website man, I've been looking for something like this. Good luck finding your music again!

Answer 2

There were very few cases of prosecution against downloaders.
Limewire has alot of users, no company would ever go after every single one,
I've been using a sharing program for 6 years and learned that they cannot do anything because the piracy industry is just too big to control

Nothing to worry about. Keep on downloading, and if u want a real good p2p program then use eMule.

have a good day bro

Answer 3

It is near impossible to totally stop music piracy- unless all the authorities come down real hard on people who download stuffs onto their PCs and stuff. but then again, you stop one site, another one pops up. It will turn into a round-the-bush chase. The only reason it seems that musicians can be really upset by the whole piracy thing is that they wont get as much royalty as they would if everyone who listened to their song bought their original cds. but if you are talking about music appreciation- i dont think support for the musician is compromised at all. even without piracy, i dont really see musicians suffering because of it. in fact, they still are very much better off than us. they live in luxury, etc. i bet that half of the audience in a rock concert download music illegally- not because they dont like the singer or show no support (why else would they spend hundreds for the concert?). and so if i like 100 artistes, do i have to buy 100 cds? sometimes listeners like only particular songs from an artiste, so they dont see the point of buying the entire album. plus at 20 dollars, i would rather get myself a shirt, which i can wear more often than i tune in to that particular artiste's album. it is really near impossible. i cant say i really support the stop piracy thing at times. people do have priorities. why cant musicians and the music companies themselves come up with a different approach to the whole matter? perhaps 20 dollars a month subscription to a website to access to millions of songs out there? that wont be too bad, aint it? I am very sure that musicians want to be supported for their music.

Answer 4

no. I heard about them getting sued like almost a year ago. It's obviously a slow process. Besides, I don't think you'll be held liable. That's why Limewire is being sued and not the individual. Could you imagine if EVERYONE who uses Limewire was sued. That would take forever. Anywho, if you're worried about them being shut down then my only suggestion is to download as much as you can while it's still around.

Answer 5

My Dear Friend,

First of all, Limewire is Hard Spyware. It will demolish your entire computer system and throw all your personal information on share...I request you NOT TO USE LIMEWIRE AT ALL.

Better to use Bit-torrent software or more better buy a affordable CD/DVD.

Take care of your computer more...It will take care of you in coming days.

Expecting Success...Always.
Ali
Rx- Ideas.

Answer 6

yes, you should, delete your limewire and all of your history, because for one stinking song, you would have to pay a fine of $1,000 dollars!!! trust me, i would know, i used to have 800 songs, and when i found out my friends cousin was sued for it, i deleted it, and i just go on www.muvids.com or www.youtube.com, that was the solution to my problem. delete them before its too late!
oh and by the way, this limewire thing, i had it for like, 7 months, and i rebuted my computer like, 1000 times, and it still goes slow! delete it, the websites i gave you work even better, and they are for free. trust me!!!

Answer 7

i would delete limewire b4 u get a virus. I got limewire and my computer crashed. then i had to re-synk all my music files onto my new computer and all my songs on my mp3 player dissapeared and all the songs that i get from limewire dissapeared.

Answer 8

Nope, the chnace of getting sued is a million to one. Limwire isn't as good as frostwire or Kceasy so maybe you should switch to those instead. It's only illegal to upload stuff, not to download it.

http://frostwire.com
http://kceasy.com

Answer 9

Nah ur fine because so many people use limewire that its IMPOSSIBLE to track everyone who uses it.

Answer 10

yea delete it if they find it on your computer its a 25,000 dollar fine and thats alot of money i know someone in flordia that go caught i had it and it gave my computer a virus and i dont want it anymore cuz it is badly illegal so i would delete it