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Limewire
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Eagles 4 | Report | 19 Feb 2006 15:26 |
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Does anyone on here know anything about Limewire. My 10 year old keeps telling me its fine to download stuff using it but I'm not so sure. |
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Unknown | Report | 19 Feb 2006 15:28 |
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i'me using it now as i type,i've found it excellent. bryan. |
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Eagles 4 | Report | 19 Feb 2006 15:29 |
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but is it legal? |
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.•:*:•. Devishly Angelic Juliecat & Panda..•:*:•. | Report | 19 Feb 2006 15:31 |
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Technically no but a lot of people use it and if you don't download loads all in one go you should be okay. |
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Ann-Marie | Report | 19 Feb 2006 15:33 |
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It's kinda legal, if you're downloading games it's not really, but say someone wrote a book and wanted to share it with loadsa people but wasn't charging for it then that's ok. Well that's how I understand it. |
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Unknown | Report | 19 Feb 2006 15:38 |
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it's just like your next door neighbour,lending you their cd,so you can copy it....it's very well done! bryan. |
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Eagles 4 | Report | 19 Feb 2006 15:44 |
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Ok next thicko question. How do I do it? |
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Unknown | Report | 19 Feb 2006 15:57 |
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go to their website,and download the free edition,if your happy with it,you can get the 'pro version' for a one off payment of £15,and it's supposed to be much quicker to download. bryan. |
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Paul | Report | 20 Feb 2006 12:00 |
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Limewire itself is perfectly legal (as is the technology that it uses). The catch comes when you use it. How do you know that what you download is legal ? It's like a car boot sale. It's perfectly legal to hold one, legal to go to one. But you have to judge whether what you buy there is stolen/pirated or not. Unfortunately most stuff on Limewire (and other similar programs) are pirated. The legal stuff seems to be either things that you wouldn't want or porn. If it seems to good to be true, then it's usually pirated. Paul |
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Ron | Report | 20 Feb 2006 12:38 |
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If you use Limewire to download music then it's certainly illegal as the music is copyright. There have been instances where people have been prosecuted for this even when the parents had no idea what their kids were up to on the PC. Ron www.genealogyprinters(.)com |
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Little Lost | Report | 20 Feb 2006 12:42 |
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what website are in us to download DVD's? |
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wendy Dee | Report | 20 Feb 2006 12:49 |
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I have started to use limewire, and yes it's great for downloads, but a word of advice, it also downloads movies etc.. Im a fan of Barbara Streisand and tried to get a film she was in with Kris Kristofferson called ' A star is born' it sent through a great long list of PORN!!! Obviously if your son is under 18, it's not what you'd want to happen.. Wendy. |
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