The Consequences Of Limewire

[Malcolm Tucker]

If you get caught with Limewire, what are the legal consequences, Jail, Fine?

[Patchy]

so many people use it u would have to use it ALOT in order to get caught..I've used it for more than 2 years and I've never got caught...I think u only really get caught if ur caught selling stuff on.

[Malcolm Tucker]

Yeah. Well I will ask my Mam later lol. She knows about my YouTube *cough*downloading*coughcough*. So she wouldn't mind lol....

[Patchy]

Cool u manage to get limewire then?

[Malcolm Tucker]

I forgot to ask........

[Patchy]

Lol its really a good program I managed to get the pro version of a not so legal website and tbh it isnt really any better apart from its got better results and a browser built in thats really fast for streaming videos.

[Malcolm Tucker]

Huh, I'll start with Basic :\

[Patchy]

Lol just mentioning if u want better results just download the pro of a torrent site for free.

[Malcolm Tucker]

huh, Ill try tonight, thanks.

[Patchy]

cool happy downloading :)

[Blahages]

I wouldn't use it, but if you do, Be careful. It's VERY easy to get things that aren't what they claim to be. There are viruses everywhere.

Someone on another forum posted about downloading Limewire, then using it to download the pro edition. They then opened the file that claimed to be the pro edition, and it infected his machine with a little over 3000 viruses.

[Patchy]

I wouldn't use it, but if you do, Be careful. It's VERY easy to get things that aren't what they claim to be. There are viruses everywhere.

Someone on another forum posted about downloading Limewire, then using it to download the pro edition. They then opened the file that claimed to be the pro edition, and it infected his machine with a little over 3000 viruses.

Yep one wee tip NEVER use limewire for programs its so risky!

[Aηdy]

As long as you're not downloading thousands of songs all the time and selling them on, you're not going to get caught. Your ISP can detct is there is a surge in your P2P usage though.

[Patchy]

yeh but what they gonna do...report to police...then what they gonna do? :P

[Aηdy]

The police search your computer..

But I mean that's only if you're doing extreme downlaoding.

[Patchy]

yeah just how do you judge what is ok and what is extreme....but yeh I've heard the police are only going for people who are selling it on atm.

[normanford]

but then limewire is considered piracy right?

[Glasgow]

Trust me, you wont get caught. Millions and I mean MILLIONS of people use P2P software and thats the least of the FBI's or whoevers problems.

[Maverick]

but then limewire is considered piracy right?
Yes it is. The choice is yours if you want to break the law. You may get caught, you may not. Its a risk you'd be taking.

[Blahages]

It depends on what you use it for. If you download Free/open source software, or other similar things, then no, it's not illegal. But, if you use it to pirate and download copyrighted software, music, videos, etc, then yes, it is illegal, and although the chances of getting caught are slim, they're not zero. It IS still possible that you could get caught, the chance is just very low. But, don't believe you're immune.

And, it's not just the FBI that goes after people. RIAA is a huge one. There are others too. And, don't think they only go after people who download thousands upon thousands of songs. It's more common, but not always true. They have gone after people that supposedly only downloaded a few.

Do a search on the RIAA. They don't care who you are, what you've done, or even IF you've done it, if they find you, they WILL go after you. They don't have any rhyme or reason to their workings. They've sued people that are dead, children, people who haven't done anything wrong, etc.

Just be warned of the possible ramifications.

[Malcolm Tucker]

Yes it is. The choice is yours if you want to break the law. You may get caught, you may not. Its a risk you'd be taking.

I'll give it a go. I have already havn't been caught for pirating Youtube....... lol

[Patchy]

You seriously have to be a big downloader to get caught Im mean anything under 20 songs a day should keep it low enough for ur isp not to notice heavy p2p download rate.

[Gavin]

Most of them have trojans or something of the sort

[Patchy]

Most of them have trojans or something of the sort

You just need to look at the file size and if you cant preview the song its normally a virus.