is limewire piracy?

Question

can i get caught if i used it????

Answer 1

Found a good answer here!

Answer 2

Limewire has a pop up that appears when you first use it. It asks you if you want to be warned if the song you try to download is "protected". You can choose not to download protected music and not be, Arrrr, a pirate.

However, that leaves you with very little music. Just don;t mass produce any mixed cds and if you find something you love do two things; buy the album and tell a friend. Even just the tell a friend part is good promotion and that equals a record sale.

With labels turning toward MP3 formats and companies like Apple pushing for unprotected files, individual lawsuits are a thing of the past. Besides, labels are too busy being sued for Payola scandals with radio stations.

Answer 3

by all means yes. and yes you can get caught. it is piracy because it is called file sharing. file sharing is when one person purchases something. then lends it to someone else without the moneygrubbing artist getting their cut of what would have been a sale if someone would buy the cd. whether it is loaned, burned, shared on the internet, this is all piracy. and the likes of metallica all cry when this happens. as a result, the RIAA got their mitts on some good lawyers and found a way to make it quite costly for those who partake in this activity. the problem i have is they go after the poor shmoes who have no idea their children are doing this.

Answer 4

What is LimeWire?
The Fastest File Sharing Program on the Planet
LimeWire is a file sharing program running on the Gnutella Network. It is open standard software running on an open protocol, free for the public to use. LimeWire allows you to share any file such as .mp3s, .avis, .jpgs, .tiffs, etc. Limewire is written in Java, and will run on Windows, Macintosh, Linux, Sun, and other computing platforms. Publish your original content to the world without setting up a website!

Answer 5

Limewire isn't necessarily piracy... you must check the copyrights. You will potentially get caught, the more you use it the more likely. (If you stop sharing the music on the internet you are less likely).

Answer 6

To download Limewire isn't technically piracy. But as soon as you actually save a song from it, it becomes "illegal".

If you take your computer to a shop, and they find it, they're required by law to report it, and you'll just get a fine.

Technically, if the music you're downloading was copyrighted before 1957, it's legal, anyway. Music copyrights expire every 50 years.

You won't get caught.

Answer 7

It is piracy. I know a person that received a letter telling them to get rid of Limewire or they will be sued or fined or whatever it is that happens. I'm not sure if he ever got rid of it...

Answer 8

How cares I'm sick of paying 15 buck for a whole album when i only want one song cause the rest of the album sucks. Its the music industries fault for getting rid of singles. And for the most part i only use it to get remixes and songs that you cant find anywhere. Another thing It seems like it would be easier to go after the websites themselves then to hand pick a bunch of kids from all across the country and threaten them with a lawsuit.

Answer 9

P2P networking is piracy if you're trading copy-written material over it. If you're not on a school network, and you're not downloading 100000 songs at once, don't worry. Just remember, you're making musicians poor :-(
Everyone needs that 2nd BMW in Hollywood.

Answer 10

I don't consider piracy if it is used for your own and not to make money on it.

Answer 11

I've literally saved all of my receipts from buying music over twenty years, so if they ever ask me I can prove that I bought the music, I can.

I'll just tell them that I'm replacing their worn out LP's and CD's made of substandard materials that scratched too easily.....