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Limewire?
Ok well i've heard that Limewire is illegal. Is it?
and if it is... then why doesn't the police do anything about it????
I mean there's like a thousand people who use limewire and if it's illegal, why don't they get caught?
is there like a special program that when you download limewire, the police can find you and track you down and you get arrested for illegally downloading things?
i'm so confused!
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lime wire is so not illegal because i download many songs onto it and if it was illegal my parents banned me from this. so in conclusion, limewire is not illegal.
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Our rules up here in Canada are different... it's not illegal to download things for your own personal use. It is, however, illegal to share what you have! By sharing, you are using your files for non-personal purposes... which is against the law.
Don't worry though... I think the chances of you having to run from the law after downloading a few songs are pretty slim :P
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In theory, Limewire is a place where people can share stuff that they own te copyrights to.
People share things that they do not own the copyrights to. If you download this, then yes, you are breaking the law.
Not only do police generally not have time for this, but there are so many people, as Thew said, that the chances of them catching someone who downloaded one or two things is like .00001.
"There's like a thousand people who use Limewire..."
There are millions of people that use it.
And, spyware is illegal. :)
I'm sure that this was elsewhere on the internet, though, so next time, you could try googling so that you don't have to spend time waiting for your question to be approved!!
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The program itself isn't illegal, but if you download songs, movies, programs, etc. off of there, it's illegal, because you're basically ripping off the artist.
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