is it illegal??

Question

is it illegal to download music off limewire? and if it is how will the cops find me?

Answer 1

The cops don't go after you, the RIAA brings civil suits, 26000 and counting so far.

People DO get caught stealing and "sharing" copyrighted "stuff" using P2P filesharing programs such as Limewire, Kazza etc and torrents, and face huge fines. Don't steal stuff if ya can't afford the fine. If you are getting something for free, that you would normally pay for, it is theft, plain and simple.

People as young as 12 years old get busted.

"The music industry has turned its big legal guns on Internet music-swappers — including a 12-year-old New York City girl who thought downloading songs was fun."

"Brianna LaHara said she was frightened to learn she was among the hundreds of people sued yesterday by giant music companies in federal courts around the country."

"I got really scared. My stomach is all turning," Brianna said last night at the city Housing Authority apartment where she lives with her mom and her 9-year-old brother."

More at:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,96797,00.html
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Or this one from just a few weeks ago:

" Jammie Thomas makes $36,000 a year but says she's not looking for a handout to pay a $222,000 judgment after a jury decided she illegally shared music online and did it on purpose...Record labels have sued more than 26,000 people they accuse of sharing music online in violation of copyright laws."
From:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071006/music_nm/musicindustry_lawsuit_dc

Answer 2

IF it is illegal, then the recording industry trade group has programs, which detect transactions. They can run these and find perpetrators.

However, I HAPPEN TO KNOW THE CORPORATIONS STOLE A LOT OF THE 1971+ MUSIC, RIGHT OFF MY FRETS.

So if YOU get busted, for Guns or any AC-ZZ or John somebody, I can introduce my testimony AND that of certain former classmates at CAL, who KNOW I was duped, and Milli-Vanilli was a JOKE, compared to the REAL damage warrantless electronic surveillance did, since the 1960s.

The situation is so BAD, the market so DISTORTED, that I can play what many consider GREAT, without practice. You don't just pick up a guitar and blast, do you?

See COLOR PURPLE? It is REALLY about, DESCRIBE THE PERPETRATOR, WHO STOLE, to pay for purple weed and women who know how to smoke it and what to do to their pants, etc, when it's time.

At CAL, they know of no way to make rock, or extend plays at offensive football, but they sure do know how to be over-rated in all directions, let the books cook with the illegal power deals and interest, then punk around, blasting bogus Halen or whatever, and undermine campus education, while trying to build an illegally costed stadium on an illegal fault line, FOR YEARS, extending their CRIME WAVE, not offensive plays!

So this is Big Game Week, all geeked. The colleges have to go DOWN. Remember SCHOOL'S OUT, by Cooper? It was just another of many ripoffs, but the theme was aimed at what has to happen, to bogus campuses, all set up to ripoff the smart, and to reward the greedy, and overcharge EVERYONE, taxpayers especially. The campuses must close, since they overcharge AND the degrees to mafia-guild jobs, churning crime, are worthless to us.

Answer 3

I agree with you that the need to alter the mind, i.e., to escape from reality, is a basic human need. I think it may be a little lower on the list, though, because humans need love and/or companionship before they need other things. I also agree that the taxation issue, especially when it comes to marijuana, is significant. If everybody could just grow it in their back yard, the government wouldn't get its cut like it does with tobacco and alcohol. The pharmaceutical industry has enough drugs to put the entire nation into la-la land and then some, but they federally regulated, are profitable, and pay taxes. Heroin and cocaine are more problematic because of their addictive properties and potential lethal nature. If anybody could legally buy these drugs, cheaply, there would be a huge spike (no pun intended) in overdoses, so in this regard I believe the government, or at least your average voter, is concerned about the health effects and not so much about the lost taxes.

Answer 4

the idea of file sharing using p2p such as bitcomet or program like limewire is exchanging material between two friend. it will become illegal if limewire charge with a fees to download using their software. if it became like that it is most likely that they track u down by identifying ur IP address and your ISP. but don't worry if u are cought using limewire for illegal reason u will not be alone in prison many will accompany you

Answer 5

Yes it is illegal. It is hard for them to find you, but there is a huge butt fine for it. There was a report on the news (in Chicago) about a kid that was found with 40,000 illegally shared songs(not bought), and was fined for each one, and it was $1 a song. If you have under 400 songs you get a fine of $400(in my area). It is mandatory that if you bring you computer in to be fixed and they find illegal songs that it is reported. Also I have heard, but do not know if it is true that some songs are tracked by the government and a soon as it goes on your computer they can find you that way. but don't know if it true. Viruses can also be put on your computer by downloading from limewire.

Just buy the song and save yourself a possible fine, and support your favorite artists don't steal from them.

Answer 6

Yes, it's illegal. Every time you download music or videos without paying for it, it's illegal. However, its very rare that people are caught doing it. Be careful though, limewire can give your computer viruses.

Answer 7

Yes, it is illegal to download music unless you pay for it or are given permission by the artist/company (ie Radiohead virtually gave away their latest CD for free if that's what you wanted to pay for it)....

You can be caught if Limewire is forced to turn over their users' information.

Answer 8

I think that it's not top on the list of crimes. But people DO get caught. It's up to the creator of the media programme if they want to prosecute you for it.

That being said an officer could just do you for piracy. It happens but they're are so many people doing it the odds it's you being caught are slim. Unless you've peed the government off and they're tracking your PC :-s.

I write songs and compose music myself, and so I'm against pirating. At the same time, i think it's fine for previewing music whether or not to buy an album if i like it.

So if you are pirating and like what you hear, please pay the person who deserves it the money.

Answer 9

It is not illegal to dowload music and keep it on Limewire,
but to download and put on other music devices such as Ipods and others it is illegal.

But I would not worry, most people do and don't get caught but it is Illegal

Answer 10

it is actually illegal to download any sort of music,without paying for it, from anything, unless authorized by that artist. The cops can't really find out unless they searched your computer..but if they do find out, you will get fined, BIG time.