Is Limewire illegal? Then why is it so easy to sign up for the free player and so easy to download songs? all these other places require a credit card and all . So how is it illegal if it is free?????
2007-04-10 05:55:55 · 13 answers · asked by lee 3 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
is limewire illegal
2007-04-10 14:38:25 · update #1
Yes it is illegal, but don't worry almost everybody uses it.
2007-04-10 06:50:47 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Free does NOT mean legal! If I walked up to you and handed you a suitcase full of drugs, it would still be illegal even if it was "free," right?
It is not illegal to download or use Limewire to share files - AS LONG AS the files are not copyrighted. Which means that it's illegal to download music, books, etc. from Limewire.
2007-04-10 13:15:53 · answer #2 · answered by Heidi 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Sites like Kaaza, Limewire and others that you dont pay for, are illegal once you download a song. In my area recently, a man was charged over 9,000 dollars because his son had been downloading music from one of those sites and in my local newspaper they were talking about how they are crackin down on illegal downloaders and taking them to court and the fines are enormous. I'm just not gonna take the chance. Who can afford thousands of dollars if you get caught?Its definitely a gamble and sometime or another your luck will run out.
2007-04-10 14:04:18 · answer #3 · answered by BoosGrammy 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋
It really is illegal because people say that lime wire is only illegal when someone shares songs but Limwire is already shared somgs from another person that might of bought there songs from Itunes. People should have to buy there own music.
I hope I helped out
:)
2007-04-10 20:09:56 · answer #4 · answered by Stinky Pete 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
P2P technology and the P2P clients such as limewire, bearshare, and many bittorrent apps are not illegal in and of themselves. Downloading or uploading (some say just uploading) copyrighted material is illegal however.
2007-04-10 13:04:00 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Limewire in itself is perfectly legal....
Downloading files without consent or ownership is illegal, though...
2007-04-10 14:47:51 · answer #6 · answered by Nick P 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Me and my husband just had this exact conversation. I think that it is illegal. I dont know why it hasnt been pulled from the internet yet. But just to be safe, we are not using it anymore. They are really cracking down on people who download free music. plus I havent had any viruses from it yet, but I hear that alot of other people have had problems with it. I wouldnt use it.
2007-04-10 13:05:03 · answer #7 · answered by sea_sher 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
thats a good question someone said it all depends on what you download and upload.. but i wouldnt use limewire though kuz its been known to give viruses.. and also if your download and upload Non-copyrighted content then its legal but if its copyrighted then its illegal
2007-04-10 13:01:23 · answer #8 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If you do it for FREE, then you are stealing - would you walk out of the local CD store withOUT paying for your CD? If you download from any place that allows FREE downloads you are doing the same thing. Here are a couple articles on it.
http://www.mpaa.org/piracy_internet.asp
http://www.riaa.com/issues/piracy/online.asp
2007-04-10 14:20:46 · answer #9 · answered by Richard H 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋
IT'S ONLY ILLEGAL IF YOU SHARE WHAT YOU DOWNLOAD WITH SOMEONE ELSE
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Is_Limewire_illegal
READ THE FIRST PART OF THAT ARTICLE
2007-04-10 13:02:41 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋