Is Limewire..

[cocaine]

Illegal?

[:Firefox]

No .

[uh huh her]

think so.

[dirrty]

Yes it is.
I am 10000% sure.

[immature]

Yeah it is lol

[:Firefox]

Limewire isn't illegal, downloading music that is copyright protected using Limewire is illegal but the actual program is NOT illegal.

[cocaine]

No .

Isnt itt :(

[Uwe]

Nope.
But if you broadcast the music it is :)I think...

[Liberation]

I thought it was. I heard the wrre getting sued Millions from somewhere. Maybe im wrong.

[:Firefox]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LimeWire

Read the legal issues;

" On September 25, 2006 Limewire countersued the RIAA for Antitrust Violations " < I think this is because they accused Limewire of being illegal or something like that, im not entireley sure.

[dirrty]

I thought it was. I heard the wrre getting sued Millions from somewhere. Maybe im wrong.

Your right.
It was on the BBC website. Im looking for it now.
Heres link http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4541788.stm scroll down for do CTRL then F, type in limewire and it will find it for you.

If you cba it says;
The survey by IpsosMORI found 77% of people who download music had used an illegal website at least once. And 51% said they used only illegal download services.

It also revealed that illegal file-sharing networks such as Limewire and Kazaa were still more popular than legal download sites.


Thats part of the whole thing.

[Bear-Max]

The program is perfectly legal if you don't share copyrighted material.

[immature]

Well I thought it was illegal, lmao.

[:Firefox]

My guess is that they are being sued because they were using Limewire to download copyrighted music, I am sure it's legal to have Limewire...

[cocaine]

So does that mean its ok to have the program but not ok to download the songs ?

So whats the point of having it if you cant download songs? Lmao

[:Firefox]

You can download songs, but not copyrighted ones, there are many songs that are legal to download.

[GoldenMerc]

Limewire isn't illegal, downloading music that is copyright protected using Limewire is illegal but the actual program is NOT illegal.


Thats true,BUT They know whats happning.

[cocaine]

You can download songs, but not copyrighted ones, there are many songs that are legal to download.

Are they marked as copyrighted ?

[dirrty]

Ok,
read this thread. Limewire is included in it.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/4640415.stm

My mum saw it and made me uninstall limewire.

There is a new LEGAL FREE downloading thing like limewire which is coming out in december. If you want the link, ill post it.

[:Firefox]

The free ones, no. Weird Al Yankovic released a song that is legal to download

[cocaine]

Ok,
read this thread. Limewire is included in it.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/4640415.stm

My mum saw it and made me uninstall limewire.

There is a new LEGAL FREE downloading thing like limewire which is coming out in december. If you want the link, ill post it.

Link please.

[dirrty]

http://spiralfrog.com/

This was posted on the BBC.
Here is the link
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/5318938.stm

:)

[RedStratocas]

No. Limewire itself is not illegal. Using it to steal music is.

[^.^]

Limewire is 100% ilegal, the only reason they havn't been shut-down is because they have great loop holes.

[RedStratocas]

;2332437']Limewire is 100% ilegal, the only reason they havn't been shut-down is because they have great loop holes.

Nope. Its legal. Its a file-sharing program, which is completely legal. But people use it to steal music, which is illegal.

[:Firefox]

I used to use Limewire to download songs illegally but since I got an iPod I have noticed that illegally downloaded music doesnt have very high bitrate which means the sound quality isnt as good as the ones that you can buy for like 79p. So I now use iTunes to legally buy music

[cocaine]

Ok, thanks.

[samsaBEAR]

So does that mean its ok to have the program but not ok to download the songs ?

So whats the point of having it if you cant download songs? Lmao

You can download other stuff off it, not just music.

But yeah, like other people have said, it's legal to have it, but illegal to download any copyrighted material

[clarissa !!]

its legal to have the program aslong as you don't download copyrighted material.

[Bear-Max]

So does that mean its ok to have the program but not ok to download the songs ?

So whats the point of having it if you cant download songs? Lmao
You can also download all sorts of abandonware, like really old games and such.

[alexxxxx]

You can also download all sorts of abandonware, like really old games and such.

I do that. =]

[Wayne]

I'm not sure but my mate's sister's boyfriend got a bill from Limewire Pro for downloading all of the so called 'free' songs. The list was apparently long and expensive. (I don't believe this though) I used to use Limewire but now I use mp3rocket just incase which is exactly the same as Limewire.

[ReviewDude]

I'm not sure but my mate's sister's boyfriend got a bill from Limewire Pro for downloading all of the so called 'free' songs. The list was apparently long and expensive. (I don't believe this though) I used to use Limewire but now I use mp3rocket just incase which is exactly the same as Limewire.

Very unlikely, as being a filesharer all content stems from members, so they can't bill you for it. If they did, where would the money go? :P

[samsaBEAR]

Very unlikely, as being a filesharer all content stems from members, so they can't bill you for it. If they did, where would the money go? :P
Yeah, my dad's really picky now, coz he heard LimeWire is being looked into my copyright people. So now I use Morpheus in secret :p

[Wayne]

Very unlikely, as being a filesharer all content stems from members, so they can't bill you for it. If they did, where would the money go? :P

Yeah, exactly. If he did receive a bill, Limewire would probably get prosecuted for false advertising on their homepage where it states 'free downloads'.

[Lubricant]

You can download anything that can be on a computer. If it's in the Limewire shared folder, it will be shared to everyone.

[Kpod]

Negative, i repeat, Negative.

The software "LimeWire" is 101% legal, and the songs copyrighted from using limewire is illegal.

other than that no, the program itself is not illega.

[:Hazel]

I was always confused about this. I did think it was illegal but then it is sharing files which surely isn't illegal? :s

[YellowParasol]

I don't think it is Illegal, i still use it anyway