Is Limewire really legal?
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The product: illegal\nTo own/use the product: legal
705886
They are legal as long as you trade files you\nown copyrights and distribution rights.\nDistributing "commercial" music and videos is\nillegal.\nDistributing music you have composed yourself\nor your own interpretation of music that is in the\npublic domain (i.e., classical music) is legal.\n\nEven if Limewire or Bearshare are found to be\n"illegal" in the sense to been found cooperating\nwith people distributing illegally "commercial"\nmusic or videos, that wouldn't affect you if you\nwere not part of that infringement.\n\nDisclaimer: IANAL (I am not a lawyer).
1046992
Limewire the program is not illegal, "Can you do illegal things with it?" is another question.\n\nYou can do illegal things like downloading music, movies, and games with it.\n\nOnce again, the program is not illegal, but downloading copywriting music, games, software, and cinema is.
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Bit torrrent or Limewire all are same. They allow people to share files among them. As such there use is not illegal but if using them to copy a movie or song from other's person pc, then it is piracy which is illegal. (When u download through a torrent then u actually download from other people's PC)
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Well duh. Using BitTorrent isnt illegal, its what you use it for. If you download software that normally is sold in stores or online, its illegal. If its a demo product that is freely given out, then its not illegal.
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It's possible, but unlikely you would get into trouble from downloading some music from limewire.  It's true you can easily compromise security if you're not careful.  BUT, if you are good with how to control your firewall, spyware programs, and virus programs, you should be ok.  I mean life's too short to be worrying about "big brother" watching all the time.  Thanks for the good question.  Peace....
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LimeWire IS NOT spyware.  However, LimeWire is also not exactly legal.  If you are looking for a truely legal AND free service, I'm afraid you are not going to find it.  As someone said iTunes is free but the songs are not.  Legal and free does not exist.
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yahoo 360 or limewire - (I dont know if limewire is legal though.)
993543
Before I start, all file sharing programs themselves are legal. It's how you use them that make your activities legal or illegal. If you download copyrighted works then what you are doing is illegal. However there are many good uses of file-sharing. Some programs other than Limewire are Frostwire, Shareaza, and any BitTorrent clients (Azureus).
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Well hypothetically, I would try any P2P file sharing program, like Lime Wire or Direct Connect (DC++);  but that would be illegal.
580100
limewire........it isn't illegal unless you makes cd's!! if it's totally illegal why is it there?\n              \nif you want it free go to BASIC NOT PRO!
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No Limewire is NOT safe! It will slow down your computer a lot and chances are you might download a virus when you download something from Limewire. I used Limewire for a short time and it made my computer really slow and gave it a few viruses. I don't recommend using Limewire at all!
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I like Lime wire more.....I may be mistaken, but..\n\nIt is illegal to use Limewire to download copyrighted material from someone other than the owner of that material.\n\nIt is legal if they are the owners of that material, to, download to your hearts content.\n\nI think it might be against the law in Australia, could be wrong, depends were you are.\n\nWhat is VERY ILLEGAL about Limewire that people don't realize is that if you don't read, pay attention or whatever and get fooled into sharing everything on your computer, and, some of that everything includes other peoples private information and you let everyone have it, that is not just illegal, it is wrong.\n\nIf you don't believe me, using limewire, search for images called dscn or hpim , feel free to add a four digit number after it to mix things up. These are digi cam pictures, mostly from people who don't know they are sharing everything. Searching for text documents is an awesome power when trying to find business people who are sharing everthing. I am not saying to look into or do this.\n\nSee for yourself, one in 7 should be sharing well over 5000 files, easy. This is a serious problem. I am not joking. I have been trying to stop this for months.
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The website itself is not illegal, but some of the downloads are illegal. Such as Copywritten Movies, Music, and Software. Just stay wary of what your downloading, and be smart. :-D
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The stirctest answer is no, it is not legal because you are downloading music or files from other people's hard drive who have purchased it and are sharing it.  That's the problem while you CAN get in legal trouble by downloading stuff this way, chances are the person sharing the files is going to get in trouble, if they are ever caught.\n\nIf you want to stay safe, you can download files relatively safely without getting caught, it's the sharing that gets you in the most trouble.\n\nI would say it lies in a grey area and there is no definitive answer.  If you want my opinion, no it is not really legal but there is nothing in place to really stop it.
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the above answer is not completely true\n\notherwise, why would there be p2p programs at all?\n\n\nIf you want to share something you created completely on your own, you are free to do so.  But yes, sharing music and video files that you bought is illegal.  If caught, there can be some very stiff fines if not prosecutions & jail time.
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Just because it's free doesn't mean it's illegal.  Free, legal downloads with permission from the bands, no BS, no credit card or subscription required:\nhttp://www.archive.org/details/etree\nhttp://stash.nugs.net/stash.asp\nhttp://bt.etree.org\n\nCheck this out too (streaming media only, but tons of great stuff):\nhttp://sugarmegs.org