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Is Limewire dangerous?
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Is using Limewire illegal and , if so , what are the risks involved , i.e is there a limit you can download before you get flagged ?
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You have to separate USING Limewire from what files you actually DOWNLOAD.
USING Limewire is NOT illegal.
If I played my guitar and sang and recorded a song and made it available to Limewire then if anyone downloaded it that would NOT be illegal (because I have no recording contract)
But if I made a song by Elton John available and people downloaded it then that WOULD be illegal because he has a recording contract.
USING Limewire is NOT illegal.
If I played my guitar and sang and recorded a song and made it available to Limewire then if anyone downloaded it that would NOT be illegal (because I have no recording contract)
But if I made a song by Elton John available and people downloaded it then that WOULD be illegal because he has a recording contract.
http://www.betanews.com/article/UK_law_firm_lo oks_to_begin_prosecuting_file_sharers/12193471 36
�16000 fine for a British woman:
http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/index.cfm?news id=103218
Over 200 in court:
http://www.ifpi.org/content/section_news/20040 330.html
The threat of prosecution and the risk of downloading virus and other nasties.
Your choice
�16000 fine for a British woman:
http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/index.cfm?news id=103218
Over 200 in court:
http://www.ifpi.org/content/section_news/20040 330.html
The threat of prosecution and the risk of downloading virus and other nasties.
Your choice
I think a degree of common sense needs to be applied here.
If you are downloading occasional tracks or albums, then it is highly unlikely that you will come to the attention of the powers-that-be.
Try downloading all the top fifty albums and avertising them for bulk sale, and they will be on you like a ton of bricks.
It's not the occasional users that are targeted, but the serious profiteers, so just be seinsible.
The point about viruses is valid - you are accessing any number of unknown PC's by downloading, with a proportionate increase in potentail virus infection.
Make sure you have good protection - AVG is excellent, and free from the Internet.
If you are downloading occasional tracks or albums, then it is highly unlikely that you will come to the attention of the powers-that-be.
Try downloading all the top fifty albums and avertising them for bulk sale, and they will be on you like a ton of bricks.
It's not the occasional users that are targeted, but the serious profiteers, so just be seinsible.
The point about viruses is valid - you are accessing any number of unknown PC's by downloading, with a proportionate increase in potentail virus infection.
Make sure you have good protection - AVG is excellent, and free from the Internet.
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