limewire. Is it illegal or legal

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#1 GZag23
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just wwondering bcuz my friend got fined 200$$ but others friends of myne dont think its illegal
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#2 Canuck3000
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Legal here
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#4 SpaceDragonMan
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just wwondering bcuz my friend got fined 200$$ but others friends of myne dont think its illegalGZag23

He got fined? How the hell did he get caught with something like this:lol:

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#5 Ranger_x8b
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The program itself is perfectly legal... how you intend to use it maybe illegal.
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#6 03bscott
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i think u only get busted if u dwnload tunes and burn them to cd's n sell them, apparently
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#7 YoungGun13
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if it was illegal then there wouldnt be no susbcripition for it
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#8 Hewkii
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it's like a gun: owning it is legal, using it to break the law is illegal.
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#9 SpaceDragonMan
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i think u only get busted if u dwnload tunes and burn them to cd's n sell them, apparently03bscott

There is no way you can get busted, trust me

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#10 mgreener_34
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who cares if its illiagal or not, the chances of you getting fined is basicly 0%
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#11 Ranger_x8b
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it's like a gun: owning it is legal, using it to break the law is illegal.Hewkii

Ooh... that's a good analogy. I'm gonna steal it.

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#12 Younggun135
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I think its legal, as long as its for you and not for sell.
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#13 frizzyman0292
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The program is legal but to actaully download anything is illegal...
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There is no way you can get busted, trust me

SpaceDragonMan

Tell that to the over 1,000 students that got sued for using it to dl music a few months ago.

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#15 SaintBlaze
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Illegal.
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#16 nintendo_fan675
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Program is legal downloading, burning music on that is illegal but tell me how did your friend get caught did the police come and check his compurter or something :?
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#17 SpaceDragonMan
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[QUOTE="SpaceDragonMan"]

There is no way you can get busted, trust me

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Tell that to the over 1,000 students that got sued for using it to dl music a few months ago.

Please tell me, how did they get caught? I bet it was out of pure incompetence...

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#18 GZag23
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i told him i got limewire and hes all like Dont i got fined 200$$ and i asked him how and he said the cops checked his computer

but it sounds like bs but i just wanted to know if it was legal so yeah

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#19 deactivated-583e5f64e0a7e
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Please tell me, how did they get caught? I bet it was out of pure incompetence...

SpaceDragonMan

The college monitored their bandwith usage, and turned them in to the authorities.

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#20 Decko5
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depends what you do with it
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#21 SpaceDragonMan
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[QUOTE="SpaceDragonMan"]

Please tell me, how did they get caught? I bet it was out of pure incompetence...

LukeAF24

The college monitored their bandwith usage, and turned them in to the authorities.

:lol: bunch of morons, who does Illegal stuff in College or School:lol:

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#22 bloodcow666
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limewire is an illegal program, but noone really cares
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#23 deadmeat59
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the story sounds fake to me.
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#24 iam2green
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did u know some smart ass school like yale, hardverd, has the most illegal music download...i forgot what school it was. another thing, the government knows what programs u have even though u deleteed it, even a few years later they can find things.

its illegal to download music...

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#25 paranoiasurviva
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lol, owned.
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#26 Timesplitter14
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I think it's only legal if you already have the music on a purchased disc
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#27 Sora529
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Using it to download copyrighted (or trademarked or whatever music is) material is illegal.

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#28 SoulSlayer_
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Pirates, all of you!
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#29 deactivated-5f9e3c6a83e51
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Someone define limewire for me. I'm in the dark.
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#30 Ngamer05
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Legal to have, but illegal to use...
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#31 mattyftm
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The program is legal,but using it to download copyrighted songs, games, movies is illegal - and while not many people get cought, there is still a chance.

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#33 diablo_human
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It's legal, but the stuf you can use it for can be illegal.
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#34 omegavamp
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Someone define limewire for me. I'm in the dark.sonicare

Lime Wire is another p2p file sharing softwares like Ares and torrents

and i think downloading copyrighted stuff from it is illeagal

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#35 Bulldog19892
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You can use it in illegal ways, but the program is legal.
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#36 solidgamer
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its legal but it can be used to be illegal
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#37 Samwel_X
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The programme is legal. And using it is legal. However, if you are using it to download copyrighted material it isn't legal.
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#38 AliasUK
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The program is legal, and you can download stuff legally, but you need to own the copyright to the material you wish to download. Which you don't. Therefore it is illegal to download the material. But the disclaimer will disappear into glorious obscurity at the click of a mouse. Odds are you won't get caught. Millions of people use it, 99% of those illegally. The authorities can't keep track of people using Limewire. There is a chance you will be caught, but it's negligable. People use it at their own risk.
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#39 yagr_zero
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The program I believe is legal as you're sharing files, but a couple of those files that are being "shared" have a copyright law that makes it illegal to share them that way (think movies and music). So in a way it's legal and illegal.
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#40 SpaceDragonMan
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OMFG, There are lik 12 post which literally say"the program is legal, but you can use it to download illigal stuff" ffs we know that after the firts guy said it, GOD!
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#41 rohver
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just wwondering bcuz my friend got fined 200$$ but others friends of myne dont think its illegalGZag23

How ? :shock: Where ? When ? Why ?

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#42 GZag23
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How: I guess cops checked his computer or something prob BS

Why: I dont know

where: somewhere in oregon

when: around spring break

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#43 The_Ish
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just wwondering bcuz my friend got fined 200$$ but others friends of myne dont think its illegalGZag23

Using Limewire to download things is ok. But download things you are not supposed to get for free and then it becomes a problem.

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#45 solidscryer
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It's legal in Canada :)
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#46 rhcp_Nirvana
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i made a topic on lime wire and i got a message from gamespot saying that i broke the rules and they are locking my topic.
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#47 Gallion-Beast
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i made a topic on lime wire and i got a message from gamespot saying that i broke the rules and they are locking my topic.rhcp_Nirvana
Gamespot tends to not like us to talk about things that can be potentially abused illegally. Such as back ups of games you own or limewire.
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#48 bigster72
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Downloading isnt so much the problem,its uploading which if you dont turn it of in limewire goes automaticly,there after the people who share loads of things.
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#49 muppet1010
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The program itself is legal.

To use the program on the other hand, is illegal.

hummer700

the program is legal... and as far as I know its only 'illegal' if you download something protected by copyright laws... so you areallowed to share say for example songs made by yourself and stuff just not other peoples work(which is bascily all limewire is used for though).

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#50 bluezy
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It's legal in Canada :)solidscryer
Yay for us:)

OMFG, There are lik 12 post which literally say"the program is legal, but you can use it to download illigal stuff" ffs we know that after the firts guy said it, GOD!SpaceDragonMan
No kidding, it's really annoying.