Limewire: Legal or Illegal? What's Your Take?

Pfkninenines · Global Moderator 12/4/08

Dan wrote:

Haha, who still uses Limewire... it's the day of torrents baby.

Marco995 wrote:

There is a $200 fine if you have it on your computer

Um, no.

Torrents are great

Just Googled "fine for having Limewire on a computer" which would have produced results that showed a fine..Heck this topic is the #3 thing shows up.

AKA : No fine. At least nothing that's a real law. Might be something that companies / schools have in place to conserve bandwidth, however.

Adbot · **Posted:** May 20th, 2008, 7:11 pm

Marking22 · **Posted:** May 20th, 2008, 9:39 pm

its illegal
and i cant say nothing more lol

murdererdood · **Posted:** May 21st, 2008, 12:21 am

I havn't used it since i was about 13. It's made of viruses and **** porn. And illegal porn, too.

Torrents are far, far superior.

ryan1 · **Posted:** May 21st, 2008, 9:54 am

I wouldn't use it if buying a song legally wasn't $.99. Who the hell came up with that? Make it $.25 at the most.

Yazackie90 · **Posted:** May 25th, 2008, 8:20 am

Its illegal. You're depriving the Band or Composer their money that they should get. If everyone used Limewire, they would get no profit. Its illegal, because its unfair.

The Xbox Legacy · **Posted:** May 25th, 2008, 8:50 am

Meh, I said illegal, but there are so many people using it (if not torrents) that there's no way the law could catch everyone. Having it on your computer shouldn't be illegal though.

Adbot · **Posted:** May 25th, 2008, 8:50 am

CreepyPirate · **Posted:** May 25th, 2008, 11:16 am

Yazackie90 wrote:

Its illegal. You're depriving the record company of their money that they should'nt get. If everyone used Limewire, they would get no profit. Its illegal, because they should be allowed to rip you off with outrageous prices for music.

Fixed that for you. ;D

Limewire is perfectly legal, or the people that created it and run it would of been arrested by now. What the mass majority use it for however isn't legal.

Yazackie90 · **Posted:** May 25th, 2008, 12:33 pm

CreepyPirate wrote:

Yazackie90 wrote:

Its illegal. You're depriving the record company of their money that they should'nt get. If everyone used Limewire, they would get no profit. Its illegal, because they should be allowed to rip you off with outrageous prices for music.

Fixed that for you. ;D

Limewire is perfectly legal, or the people that created it and run it would of been arrested by now. What the mass majority use it for however isn't legal.

Don't mess up my post. Why shouldn't record companys get money they deserve?

Mushroom Queen · **Posted:** May 25th, 2008, 7:16 pm

Yazackie90 wrote:

CreepyPirate wrote:

Yazackie90 wrote:

Its illegal. You're depriving the record company of their money that they should'nt get. If everyone used Limewire, they would get no profit. Its illegal, because they should be allowed to rip you off with outrageous prices for music.

Fixed that for you. ;D

Limewire is perfectly legal, or the people that created it and run it would of been arrested by now. What the mass majority use it for however isn't legal.

Don't mess up my post. Why shouldn't record companys get money they deserve?

The artists deserve the money, the record companies lock these artists into contracts that force them to almost entirely give up their rights. I could care less about what happens to the record companies. If you want to support an artist, buy their merchandise and go see their tours. I refuse to fuel the greed of the music industry.

EnglishPenguin · **Posted:** May 26th, 2008, 6:47 am

Well, I guess technically it's illegal, but the thing is, I know that at the moment, I can get away with it. Until I go back to the UK, where it's more of a problem. I've torrented around 50 movies, and I've downloaded program upon program, Almost a hundred GBs of stuff, and that's not including the music I've downloaded. I guess is just comes down to whether you can get away with it or not.

Yazackie90 · **Posted:** May 26th, 2008, 6:54 am

Mushroom Queen wrote:

Yazackie90 wrote:

CreepyPirate wrote:

Fixed that for you. ;D

Limewire is perfectly legal, or the people that created it and run it would of been arrested by now. What the mass majority use it for however isn't legal.

Don't mess up my post. Why shouldn't record companys get money they deserve?

The artists deserve the money, the record companies lock these artists into contracts that force them to almost entirely give up their rights. I could care less about what happens to the record companies. If you want to support an artist, buy their merchandise and go see their tours. I refuse to fuel the greed of the music industry.

Oh, wow, never knew that. :shock:

Marco · **Posted:** May 27th, 2008, 3:01 pm

Dan wrote:

Haha, who still uses Limewire... it's the day of torrents baby.

Marco995 wrote:

There is a $200 fine if you have it on your computer

Um, no.

Yes there is a fine on Limewire if you get caught with it on your computer, the person who fixes the computer is by-law supposed to tell his/her boss. My friend's laptop got fixed at Best-Buy, and he got fined by the court.

EnglishPenguin · **Posted:** May 31st, 2008, 10:14 am

Marco995 wrote:

Dan wrote:

Haha, who still uses Limewire... it's the day of torrents baby.

Marco995 wrote:

There is a $200 fine if you have it on your computer

Um, no.

Yes there is a fine on Limewire if you get caught with it on your computer, the person who fixes the computer is by-law supposed to tell his/her boss. My friend's laptop got fixed at Best-Buy, and he got fined by the court.

That I think is wrong. There shouldn't be a fine for having a program on your computer. You may not even use it, yet your getting fined for it being installed.