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Limewire arrests
Can you ger arrested by using Limewire. Are there any examples?
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The consequences of downloading depend on where you live.
If the file you download is not copyrighted, then you're off the hook.
I'm not sure about in the United States, but in Canada I know that the laws state that you can download for your own personal use, and that's legal. It becomes illegal when you share files that you have.
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hey, downloading limewire and songs from limewire that DONT HAVE A COPYRIGHT is LEGAL. but downloading songs that DO HAVE COPYRIGHTS is ILLEGAL.
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Limewire in and of itself is legal, downloading music that you do not own a license to download (such as iTunes does) is illegal.
You could, in theory, get arrested for it. Will stealing one or two songs get you arrested? Probably not. I think it's immoral to steal from musical artists or whomever else because you're too cheap and lazy to get the real music, video, software, whatever.
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I really don't know any particular people that got arrested from using LimeWire, however I did hear that the Government is tracking those who are sharing the files rather than downloading them. Every LimeWire user has the risk of getting into trouble but you want to make sure you are not sharing illegally-made music, videos, or pictures (hence Piracy).
Hope I helped =]
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I've tried looking for some information about it but this is the only link I found:
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I'm hoping that might answer your question. I haven't read it all but most of it was basically what you're question is asking for.
Hope I helped. :)
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