I use Limewire Pro...That is a paid version...I was looking around online and saw something that I wanted to look at...so I did...Well as soon as I did that, a message popped up on the screen saying that it is illegal to download music (WHICH I WASNT) and that my IP addy was recorded..And it showed me my IP addy. Said something about being prosecuted...How can they do that if I just wanted to read the article??
2007-07-24 17:20:00 · 10 answers · asked by mememe 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Sounds like low quality software that Limewire is running. Tell them to correct their application and "return all your information to you".
2007-07-24 17:26:51 · answer #1 · answered by bobanalyst 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's probably a scare tactic, but FYI downloading from Limewire is illegal. Sure the Limewire people are getting money from you using the software, but the artists and record companies are not getting their dues for the music and stuff you download. If you want to do things the legal way, use iTunes or Rhapsody or Musicmatch Jukebox or one of the pay sites that gives you legally licensed or free music. http://www.jamendo.com/ has free bittorrent downloads of free music. The pay sites all charge about $1 per song.
Also, you should know that basically every site you visit records your IP address somewhere on their server, and your ISP records some other stuff too. But having your IP address when you read a web page is far from proving that you downloaded music illegally. I wouldn't think much more of it, but I wouldn't download more music illegally either. Some of those MP3s can have hidden data in them that can incriminate you and the person they originated from. Good night!
OK, I think I thought of an analogy for this situation. If I sold you a pair of bolt cutters, and you go steal a parked bike by cutting off its lock, you can't say that you bought the bike. Cool, huh?
2007-07-25 00:31:38 · answer #2 · answered by anonymous 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is what people get for not reading the license aggreeent when they purchase software. You have to read what limewire pro does and doesn't provide to you when it comes to legal right of using the software. It will probaby tell you whether such a license comes with the ability to download songs and at what frequency you can do so. Since it is limewire you are probably just paying for the fire sharing service but you are probably not getting permission from the artists who create the music to listen to their music.
That is another thing that many people do not realize. When you "buy" a CD you are really just buying the license to listen to an artists music for your own personal use. If you own a business and purchase a CD to play to your customers, you are probably violating the copyright on that CD and will likely owe the musician royalties if caught. '
The same thing applies to anything with a copyright.
2007-07-25 00:26:24 · answer #3 · answered by Dan 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is illegal to download copyrighted works without complying with the license requirements for those works.
If you are using a service that is authorized by the copyright holder (the recording company for most music), and you pay whatever licensing fee is required under that license, then your actions are legal.
Without reviewing the licensing agreement, and the specifics of your transaction, it's impossible to tell if you were actually in compliance or whether the site you were downloading from was facilitating copyright violation.
But the pop-up may have just been a threat/warning -- again without reviewing it, it's impossible to analyze thoroughly.
2007-07-25 00:27:54 · answer #4 · answered by coragryph 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Unless you pay the copyright holder (RIAA) through a licensed dealer (iTunes, Rhapsody, etc), technically no.
However, if you aren't allowing people to upload music from your computer, you can't be accused of "distributing" which are all the lawsuits you see in the news. People who were sharing 2000 albums with complete strangers all day and night.
Rule of thumb - make sure you have NOTHING in your shared folder.
But downloading FROM someone else? You can't be prosecuted for that.
2007-07-25 00:23:48 · answer #5 · answered by asshat.mcpoop 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Still illegal to use limewire pro to download copyrighted materials if you don't pay for the actual music.
The article and website was probably playing a joke on you.
2007-07-25 00:24:44 · answer #6 · answered by Kenneth C 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As a musician I can play anywhere I want if I play MY OWN original music. I know hundreds of songs I did not write and I only play them in clubs and venues that are licensed to allow it. If you are a bar owner and not licensed you can not play the radio or CDs or even watch football on the bar TV for your customers, or you can and may be prosecuted. That's the law.
2007-07-25 00:38:31 · answer #7 · answered by RT 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's illegal to have it uploaded. Turn off the upload version. The RIAA is being a power hungry fool of an agency these days. Use I-tunes.
2007-07-25 00:24:03 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They can't. You paid Limewire's fee to download it through Limewire. Their action would only be against Limewire. Sounds to me like a scare tactic. You might want to run a Virus Scan though!
2007-07-25 00:38:52 · answer #9 · answered by cyanne2ak 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
well maybe the one that you saw wwas just an ad!! sometimes when you go to some websites your gonna see a pop up, telling you buy their prgoram so you can erase history and pages you looked at!!! they can record you ip ad too!!
2007-07-25 00:25:31 · answer #10 · answered by joshua2149 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋