A few points from the others' answers I need to correct:
Limewire is not illegal. Downloading copyright material (read: music) is illegal.
Getting limewire pro does not make downloading copyright content legal.
Limewire does not give you viruses. Doing stupid things gives you viruses.
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tasuki answered Saturday May 13 2006, 9:19 pm: Limewire is a P2P program used to download music. The program itself is perfectly legal, but downloading copyrighted material from it is not. Unfortunately, pretty much everything is copyrighted. Yes, you can get caught. DO NOT GET LIMEWIRE. It will give you spyware and viruses. I learned this the hard way. You're gonna have to buy your music, and that's just the way it is. [ tasuki's advice column | Ask tasuki A Question ]
xOViLLYxO answered Saturday May 13 2006, 8:40 pm: Limewire is something you can download music on & yes you can get caught and its illegall but honestly I don`t think its possible.Most of my friends have it and had it forever and haven`t got caught or had any problems it`s really good. [ xOViLLYxO's advice column | Ask xOViLLYxO A Question ]
0verMyHead answered Saturday May 13 2006, 8:09 pm: lime wire pro. the one you have to pay for is legal. lime wire. the one you can get for free is illegal. our computer guy made us un-install it bacause he thretened to report us for having it. it is basically stealing songs. best of luck =] [ 0verMyHead's advice column | Ask 0verMyHead A Question ]
alliesadvice answered Saturday May 13 2006, 7:35 pm: i dont think anyone really knows if its illegal or not but i dont think it is unless you download specific things, and yes you can get caught and fined for a lotttt of money but i use it all the time and im never caught so just make sure your safe :)! [ alliesadvice's advice column | Ask alliesadvice A Question ]
KaTiE_LyNn answered Saturday May 13 2006, 7:15 pm: limewire itself isn't illegal. it's supposed to be used for files and such. but in the terms of service, it says specifically to not use it for downloading movies, music, etc. illegally. and if you get caughtit would be very bad. but it's not likely that you will get caught. [ KaTiE_LyNn's advice column | Ask KaTiE_LyNn A Question ]
Alin75 answered Saturday May 13 2006, 7:11 pm: Limewire is not illegal. It is a file sharing program. File sharing is only illegal if you infringe on a copyright law.
Limewire is like a tool. Its only illegal if you use it in an illegal way (such as downloading music or videos that are copyrighted). Its no different than using a power drill to crack open a safe. There is nothing illegal about the power drill, only the way it was used in that instance.
As for getting caught, it is possible but not very likely. The highest risk groups are those that share files. If you download but dont share, it is less likely that you will be caught. [ Alin75's advice column | Ask Alin75 A Question ]
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