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it's very obvious that limewire the software itself and the makers of such software is violating rules and the law when it comes to music piracy. it simply corrupts income of music stores and artists' income.
but for me yeah, i'd been using limewire pro for years now but yet is fast and reliable one. but i dont know if im violating rules or not.
In Australia anyway, if you are caught using it then they disconnect your phone line.
You're expected to pay for music and movies, no one is going to make money if everyone downloads it off Limewire.
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As far as I know it's illegal.In Australia anyway, if you are caught using it then they disconnect your phone line.
You're expected to pay for music and movies, no one is going to make money if everyone downloads it off Limewire.
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if so.. what about broadband subscribers, satellite, or wireless subscribers, are they'll be disconnected?
You do however make the valid point, if everybody gets the files for free, how is the industry going to last? At the moment, I am studying software engineering and when I get a job and start working for a company, I would want the company's softwares to be purchased and not pirated by using cracks or serials. How am I going to get my paycheck otherwise? But, you can't expect everyone to buy originals. Many people justify their doings by saying that the costs of the softwares are way too exorbitant for them to afford and to quite an extent its true as well. Having said that, this is no excuse to go ahead with piracy. The sheer number of people involved in any form of piracy is un-settling and I can't say that I am perfectly clean either. I do have a resolution to abstain from all forms of it when I start earning cash by myself.
Its a tricky situation really. Who do you blame, the hackers who are hell bent on cracking the shareware softwares, or the ellusive user who wants every software for free? Probably both, but you should certainly not blame the likes of Ares or Limewire.
So Limewire as been said is not an illegal program, it is a program which can connect to a p2p network and people who share files are responsible for what they share and what they download.. In fact, by having those kind of programs, at least the http, irc and ftp protocols are a bit cleaner, because when you store something on a server, it is your responsibility for a lawsuit..
If looking at it, if the laws really would be so strict about mp3 and so on, what would most people listen too? what films would they be watching? what software would they use? In my opinion, home users shouldn't be watched so strict, I rather see strict rules for companies, firms, universities, schools, libraries and etc. that they wouldn't use anything illegal, but for example, for most schools it is expensive to do that, even for a lot of universities.. They could start using free and/or open-source everything though
I use both, guess what for. It shouldn't be this easy.
(For those doubting: http://armory.worldofwarcraft.com search for Marillian on Tanaris server, that's me)
But it's normally the uploaders who get in trouble because there are normally thousands of clients to a download. ;p
Why dont people just pay by iTunes!
Yes, downloading music not from iPod and Apple is illegal, but isn't it the same that if you didn't buy the cassette tapes and recorded it from the radio, and made a copy for your pals to jam to... Isn't that the same idea, but with different media!!??
... think real hard about that one...
Maybe it is just easy to be very critical about it, now that it can be traced...
(This is an opinion... it obviously does not change the rules any!) If people want to pirate music over the net, they are going to... the smart thing to do is not be one of these people, and you will not be in trouble!
However. if the company is somehow encouraging the use their software for questionable activities then they may be deemed liable. I believe this was the issue with Napster.
I like the cassette argument as I have heard and made it myself before. I actually remember reading somewhere that there was resistance to cassettes being able to record from the radio by record companies at one point as well. I believe there was a similair argument for VCR tapes as well. I will see if I can find a cite for that.
While I do not support copyright infringement at all I do believe that the record industry seems to trying to run on an outdated model for the most part. I also have to laugh when I hear record companies complain about declining sales and instantly blame the internet with out ever wondering if maybe their product just happens to suck. I think much of the sales loss can be attributed to the latter.
To some extent it can be considered as sharing like freeware(legal) but other that that, by downloading music, programs, which you have to pay
is very much illegal. Be careful, cause u might get busted if ure caught. If do download illegal stuff, u can denfinity be put on for the blame, and agreeing
with there agreements, ure making it a whole lot more illegal.
How can 'Limewire' be illegal..
I mean it can but alot of people use it and some people probaly don't even know that its illegal..
and someone is paying for it - the people that put it on most probaly - so if everyone use's it, how can only 1 or 2 people be charged etc..
please give me some feedback :)
thankyou.
-question by someone.
Limewire is file-sharing software. It is tangible. It is a thing, or a tool. People use it to transfer files on a P2P network. Limewire is not illegal, because it is merely a tool. Not everyone who owns it is going to use it for illegal intent.
An Automatic AK-47 is a gun. It is tangible. It is a thing, or a tool. People use it to send balls of lead forward. Automatic AK-47s are illegal. They shouldn't be, because they are merely a tool. Not everyone who owns one is going to use it for illegal intent.
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-reply by THRASH
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