Posted February 23, 2006 Is it legal or not, I want to know cause my mate uses it but he wasn't to upfront to the leagaltiy of it the webby is http://www.limewire.com/english/content/home.shtml thanks for the help Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted February 23, 2006 when you download it , you have to agree that you wont use it for illegal purposes, which makes it legal. Make sure to run Spybot or Adaware as soon as you download it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted February 23, 2006 There are better ways of obtaining stuff. Can't talk about it on here though.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted February 23, 2006 It is legal to have the program. But if you download copyright material. Then that is breaking the law. So as long as you don't download anything copyrighted etc. you'll be ok... Though it's esaier to get viruses with Lime and easier to get tracked if you do download copyright material (i think). Where's Jordan when you need him? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted February 23, 2006 Oh lord, this programme is the reason my college network is so slow. Loads of people use it to download music, programmes ect. and they hog all the bandwidth. Bastards. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted February 23, 2006 It is totaly legal to use, file sharinis legal. It is only illegal once you download copyright material. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted February 23, 2006 Definitly legal to use, but it all depends on what you download, any thing copyrighted that you download will be illegal. Every thing else is legal. Example of legal material: Non-Pirated movies, such as home movies and self made films. Of course the same applies to music. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted February 23, 2006 So how come they can post copywrite metrail for download? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted February 23, 2006 So how come they can post copywrite metrail for download? Who are "they"? People can share whatever they want because it's P2P, and I expect that the software creators have little control over the network. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted February 23, 2006 I find Bearshare better than Limewire Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted February 23, 2006 What about Ares I heard thats pretty good. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted February 24, 2006 It is totaly legal to use, file sharinis legal. It is only illegal once you download copyright material. or you offer files you do not have the rights over. most people so far chased by the record companies have been uploading Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted February 24, 2006 Limewire runs amazingly slow on my PC, I suspect because it is horse shit. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted February 25, 2006 Could have sworn it was legal to download music, just not burn it? Perhaps that's just here...think it's the same in NZ too. Ahwell, I've been using it for years. Before it, WinMX. Don't get that one though. You're right, music copyright laws are different in Canada. Although, I thought it was legal for you to burn it too as you pay an extra tax on burnable media. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted February 25, 2006 You're right, music copyright laws are different in Canada. Although, I thought it was legal for you to burn it too as you pay an extra tax on burnable media. Used to be like that here too.. Now we have to pay the extra tax on all recordable media. And it's illegal to download music here too. There was a new law that was issued and now it's illegal to transfer music from a copy protected cd to your mp3 player... And it somehow makes the use of shift key when you insert an audio cd in windows illegal. As everything that has something to do with going around copy protections is illegal. And if I order a cd for example from the US and the same cd hasn't come out here in europe (or never will) and I'm ordering it to my import store, I'm breaking the law. And no I do not actually have that kind of store but the law sucks. All this comes to the point that I do not know what I'm allowed to do and what is illegal. So I'll stick to my old ways and not buy cd's. EDIT: And the whole copy protection thing has gone too far... I mean the sony's rootkit? I'm never going to buy anything sony again. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
