limewire....10 points for evry answer if it not stupid.?

Question

ok i know someone, and they have limewire, i think isnt that illegal? is there like difrent types of it? help, 10 point to whoever answers

Answer 1

Limewire itself isn't illegal, it's sharing music, that wsan't paid for that's illegal. I do it, and all my friends, but i guess that doesn't make it right. I unno i know its wrong but i do it anywasy cus its there. So im gonna say downloading unauthorized music form limewire is illegal, but limewore itself isnt

Answer 2

Well as everyone said it's Legal but Its illegal to download copyrighted music.
There is Limewire basic and Pro.
Pro has these features.

Optimized search results
Turbo-charged downloads
Connections to more sources
More Reliable Downloads
Special PRO only skin
FREE tech support
FREE updates for up to 6 months

Answer 3

Limewire or Bit Torrent are both legal. Where it becomes illegal, is when you download movies, games, software that is copyrighted and is intellectual property with out the owners permission is a crime.

Any P2P, no matter what the name the issue is what you are downloading.

Plus any type of P2P, opens the door of your PC, for loads of infections of all types.

Minddoctor, France

Answer 4

limewire isnt illegal, but when you download music from limewire just make sure it has a license and it should be fine. even if you upgrade from the free limewire to the 'pro' and pay a monthly fee it is still illegal to download unlicensed music.

Answer 5

26,000 people are facing lawsuits for using P2P file-stealing programs such as Limewire.

People DO get caught stealing and "sharing" copyrighted "stuff" using P2P filesharing programs such as Limewire, Bearshare, Kazza etc and torrents, and face huge fines. Don't steal stuff if ya can't afford the fine.

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

More info:
http://timworstall.typepad.com/timworstall/2007/10/jammie-thomas.html

Good luck.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

NET Act
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NET_Act
The United States No Electronic Theft Act (NET Act), a federal law passed in 1997, provides for criminal prosecution of individuals who engage in copyright infringement, even when there is no monetary profit or commercial benefit from the infringement. Maximum penalties can be five years in prison and up to $250,000 in fines. The NET Act also raised statutory damages by 50%.

Prior to the enactment of the NET Act in 1997, copyright infringement for a noncommercial purpose was apparently not punishable by criminal prosecution, although noncommercial infringers could be sued in a civil action by the copyright holder to recover damages. At that time, criminal prosecutions under the copyright act were possible only when the infringer derived a commercial benefit from his or her actions. This state of affairs was underscored by the unsuccessful 1994 prosecution of David LaMacchia, then a student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, for allegedly facilitating massive copyright infringement as a hobby, without any commercial motive. The court's dismissal of United States vs. LaMacchia suggested that then-existing criminal law simply did not apply to noncommercial infringements (a state of affairs which became known as the "LaMacchia Loophole"). The court suggested that Congress could act to make some noncommercial infringements a crime, and Congress acted on that suggestion in the NET Act.

The NET Act amends the definition of "commercial advantage or private financial gain" to include the exchange of copies of copyrighted works even if no money changes hands and specifies penalties of up to five years in prison and up to $250,000 in fines. It also creates a threshold for criminal liability even where the infringer neither obtained nor expected to obtain anything of value for the infringement.

The act raised the levels of statutory damages in civil cases to $750 - $30,000 per work (and up to $150,000 per work in case of willful infringement).


free music is NOT LEGAL !!!!!!!!!! Colleges are shutting the thieves down !!!!! Napster - was it?- has been sued, shut down several times

Answer 8

no limewire is not illegal only using it to download restricted material is :)

Answer 9

limewire is a people to people program, for example u save a song on ur flash drive, and give to ur neighbor and thy copy it to there computer, tht is legal, people to people programs are basically that, but on a larger scale, so no its not illegal

Answer 10

having limelire is not illegal but the dat you are downloaded probably is.

It is also full of spyware so personally I don't use it.