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How many of you have heard of the sharing program?? And do you know that it is NOT recommended to have on your computer?

I brought my computer into my company to get cleaned of adware and spyware and the tech went bazerrkkkkkkk!! when he saw Limewire on my computer and said its a NO-NO....

who knew?:yh_questn....not I said the chicken :yh_chickn

we have it!

spot crawls to the nearest wainscot and slips through the crack in the floorboard until things quieten

is it really that bad?? :-3

I know its on my laptop at home that the kids use. Spill it Spot, Is it bad? What effects does it cause? etc. etc.

Well, from the few things I just read, I guess so......:-2

it shall be banished tonight!

here's some info: http://www.removeadware.com.au/articles/limewire/

Limewire's adware-free. My reaction was because I'd recommended the package to Wendy.

Most peeps I know shun limewire due to the crap it stores on your pc.

It mainly causes viruses only when you download games and stuff but music for the most part is pretty safe.. If the file ends in .exe that often means its a virus! dont download it!

Music Sharing Software is very dangerous. Not just for the illegality of sharing copyrighted material. Not because of the growing likelihood of downloading a virus or trojan instead of your favorite song.

WFAA TV Dallas reported today a massive security hole in Limewire, one of the file-sharing industry's most popular Spyware-laced programs. Anyone running Limewire software exposes not only the Shared Folder to browsing from all other Limewire users, but the entire hard drive and everything on it is completely accessible to other Limewire subscribers.

If you have any files with banking, credit card, password lists or Social Security information anywhere on your computer -- and you're using Limewire, you are at risk for Identity Theft!

We recommend two immediate courses of action.

First, remove Limewire immediately from any computers under your control.

Second, change all passwords associated with any accounts accessed by your computer. If you find any suspicious activity in any of your banking or credit card accounts, notify your vendor immediately.

http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dws/w ... 5ad3f.html

Thats an old link but limewires still not a good proggrame to have on your pc

You don't think people criticizing it have an agenda perhaps? Like retaining control of copyright management in the face of illegal amateur gifting?

If you have a running up to date resident virus checker, how does the traffic from a file share package constitute any sort of threat to your own files?

it's not something we need anyway...

We?

I do, it's far more useful to me than youtube.

spot;772176 wrote: We?

I do, it's far more useful to me than youtube.


I didn't mean that as a collective "we".....

Spot, we had limeware on my pc for a while now...way before you suggested it...so you can come out from under your rock!:D:wah:

Chezzie's post was great!...and what my techs' at work are sayin' too.

The part about identity theft is what worries me!

Thanks for the responses!:-6

sunny104;772207 wrote: I didn't mean that as a collective "we".....


You have no idea how hard I'm working trying to understand you this last few posts, I really had to check this one...

We: Used to denote himself by a sovereign or ruler. Often defined by the name or title added.

For example, 1642 Charles I. quoted in Clarendon's History of the Rebellion: In plain English, it is to take away the freedom of our vote; which were we but a subject were high injustice; but being your king, we leave all the world to judge what it is.

The only alternative I can see is:

used confidentially or playfully to mean the person addressed, with whose interests the speaker thus identifies himself; especially by a doctor in friendly or cheering address to a patient, as in "Well, Jane, and how are we this morning?".

- and I'm sure you'd not do that to me!

spot;772220 wrote: You have no idea how hard I'm working trying to understand you this last few posts, I really had to check this one...

We: Used to denote himself by a sovereign or ruler. Often defined by the name or title added.

For example, 1642 Charles I. quoted in Clarendon's History of the Rebellion: In plain English, it is to take away the freedom of our vote; which were we but a subject were high injustice; but being your king, we leave all the world to judge what it is.

The only alternative I can see is:

used confidentially or playfully to mean the person addressed, with whose interests the speaker thus identifies himself; especially by a doctor in friendly or cheering address to a patient, as in "Well, Jane, and how are we this morning?".

- and I'm sure you'd not do that to me!


:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

YOU are a :yh_star

spot;772220 wrote: You have no idea how hard I'm working trying to understand you this last few posts, I really had to check this one...

We: Used to denote himself by a sovereign or ruler. Often defined by the name or title added.

For example, 1642 Charles I. quoted in Clarendon's History of the Rebellion: In plain English, it is to take away the freedom of our vote; which were we but a subject were high injustice; but being your king, we leave all the world to judge what it is.

The only alternative I can see is:

used confidentially or playfully to mean the person addressed, with whose interests the speaker thus identifies himself; especially by a doctor in friendly or cheering address to a patient, as in "Well, Jane, and how are we this morning?".

- and I'm sure you'd not do that to me!


I dunno, I'm just being my usual goofy self! :-3

WonderWendy3;772222 wrote: :yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

YOU are a :yh_star


I am a confused poster and long words puzzle me.

some mean and nasty people out there spot. Im on a certain kind of forum thats not the type you can publisize and some guys on there have told me horror stories about how easy it is to gain access to peoples files etc. Alot admittedly was done through irc. But its still going on now and identity fraud is a big big issue these days. They have all kinds of gadgets and gismos to help them with their evil deeds. If someone clever enough wants to hack your pc, they will try to do it. Not everyone runs virus/malware/spyware/trojan catchers often enough.

spot;772226 wrote: I am a confused poster and long words puzzle me.


I know dear....I know!!:-6

















:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

i tried to download jonnie ray singing "cry"and was told it carreid a virus,but i recall when it was out in the 50s my grandparents accused it of much worse than that!!

Ive been using it for at least 2 yrs with no ill effects. Not to mention I almost always get what Im looking for.

spot;772176 wrote: We?

I do, it's far more useful to me than youtube.


My main problem with it is that, even when you think it's finished doing what you've asked of it, it is still rattling away using all the resources it can lay its hands on.

Isn't limewire illegal :yh_whistl

I havent had any problems with Limewire. No its not illegal.

I have it ,no problems here.........................that I know of.:-6

Limewire Legal or Illegal

Limewire and other file sharing software is legal. Using it to upload or download copyright protected media - music, videos, images, software - without the copyright holder's consent is illegal because it is theft.

Here are more opinions and tips:



Limewire says its legal because technically its just a "file sharing" service and it is not held responsible for the files that are downloaded onto the system. Only the users are responsible. That's why when you download songs from Limewire, it's legal for them, but NOT for you.

If you are not paying some sort of fee to download, it is illegal.

Don't be fooled by the fee you pay to use the pro version of Limewire. The artists of the songs you download don't get a penny of that! ("LimeWire offers two versions of the software: LimeWire Basic which is free of charge; the other is LimeWire PRO which costs a small fee, features faster download speeds and better search results, including up to 6 months of free updates and customer support via email.")

Even if you download a copyrighted song for your own personal use, it's still illegal. Perhaps one could skate around the issue if they already own a legal copy on a CD, but then why download it if that's the case. Any fees paid to Limewire are for purchasing the software and that's it.

Lime Wire is not illegal software. All it is is file sharing. However many people abuse this by sharing songs without the copyright. For example if you have produced a song, then share it on Limewire, anyone else can legaly have it for free. But when you haven't made it, but an artist has, who has copyright on that song (which they all do) downloading that song without permission from the producer, it is totaly illegal.

Basically, yes, downloadig music from any free service is probably illegal. You may be paying Limewire for the software, but that's just for the software, so the money goes to Limewire, you are not paying for the song. To be safe, do not download music for free. If it's free, nobody has paid the artist.

Downloading songs and other copyrighted material is illegal, but if you wanted to share a music file of you singing or playing an instrument, then that is perfectly legal.

LIMEWIRE IS ILLEGAL! Although with Limewire you will probably never get caught, if you even bring your computer in for a repair and a worker sees the program or any music you downloaded from Limewire, he is ordered BY LAW to tell his boss, and you will get a fine (I had to pay like 200 dollars.) It's not pretty. Although we all want Limewire to be legal, it isn't.

The Limewire software itself is not illegal - that is why the site is still up and why you can still download it. However - if you donwload a song from the program and you do not pay copyright on it then that is illegal. Songs from the 1950's or before are legal to download because their copyright has expired. Anything from after that is illegal to download. However - you are all going to do it anyway so this just makes you aware!

Downloading songs on limewire is illegal and always has been. However, as for the legality of the program itself, its confusing. The program is legal, but I believe I read somewhere that the supreme court recently ruled that file sharing services can be held accountable for sharing music.

Is Limewire illegal? No It is not. It CAN'T leagally be held accountable for what it's users do. Let's put it like this. A major virus takes out the whole internet. But when they trace the source, it leads to runescape servers for example. Runescape is an online game that gives its users access to its servers, kind of like limewire. Now are the people owning runescape responsible? Nope, but its users ARE. Same thing with limewire. My advice to you, do not use it to access "free" music, or "free" programs...images...and so on and so forth. I have had my fare share of songs i got from limewire and if I could, I would return them to the artists and companies that worked hard to make them.

Here is some info regarding P2P software and filesharing. If people would just take the time to read the fine print. I've visited the websites of a few popular filesharing software distributors and looked for disclaimers, TOS, End User Licenses, etc. I have only quoted bits of relevent information to give you an idea of what to expect. For more detailed info follow the links I've provided or visit the sites yourself for the full text. Continue reading to see what I found.

Congress has not yet passed a law which makes file sharing illegal. File sharing is all Limewire is. You give access to your computer and thousands of other people who in turn give you access to their computer in order to share media files.

Limewire itself is legal. Downloading any copyrighted song that you do not pay a royalty fee on is illegal and is stealing, unless the artist has given his/her permission to do so. The legality of most P2P sites is questionable at best. Will you be prosecuted? More than likely not, but the question of legality is another matter. This entire issue has not been resolved as of yet. Could you be prosecuted? Possibly. It is your choice. Agree or disagree, this is how a friend of mine who is a lawyer explained it to me.

It's been said again and again. Yes, LimeWire is legal. But not everything you choose to do with it is.

Legal if for personal use and it does not require a license to play music.

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Is_downloadin ... l_or_legal

hubby deleted ours yesterday but like I said it's not something we really needed anyway. :-6

You know Chezzie, there's a stack of stuff on peer-to-peer sharing that isn't music, isn't video, isn't copyright anything. There's a lot of public domain material out there. To say downloading with Limewire is illegal is blatantly false.

As for prejudicing your system security, of course you have to have a resident virus checker. Without one of those your browser's a complete risk to start with. Obviously you have to run virus protection. Other than that, yes it's possible to deliberately share more than a single folder on your hard drive. You can deliberately share your personal details, your home documents, your bank account login - but why would you be that daft? The default is to allow your limewire file directory to be shared, I'd not call it a security risk just because someone could change the settings to share their entire C drive.

spot;772672 wrote: You know Chezzie, there's a stack of stuff on peer-to-peer sharing that isn't music, isn't video, isn't copyright anything. There's a lot of public domain material out there. To say downloading with Limewire is illegal is blatantly false.

As for prejudicing your system security, of course you have to have a resident virus checker. Without one of those your browser's a complete risk to start with. Obviously you have to run virus protection. Other than that, yes it's possible to deliberately share more than a single folder on your hard drive. You can deliberately share your personal details, your home documents, your bank account login - but why would you be that daft? The default is to allow your limewire file directory to be shared, I'd not call it a security risk just because someone could change the settings to share their entire C drive.


If its copywrited and you havent got the copyright holder's consent it's illegal to download it, END OF spotty speck blob.

It may seem insane/stupid or whatever to you who is pc savvy not to share files on yer pc but theirs thousands upon thousands who havent a clue what their doing and do just that. Infact the amount of peeps that dont even bother with an anti-virus programme or firewall is staggering. Now we have wireless and networking, theirs alot of peeps out there sharing their internet with neighbours because they havent bothered setting it up password protected etc...

Chezzie;772647 wrote: Limewire Legal or Illegal

Using it to upload or download copyright protected media - music, videos, images, software - without the copyright holder's consent is illegal because it is theft.

Here are more opinions and tips:



Limewire says its legal because technically its just a "file sharing" service and it is not held responsible for the files that are downloaded onto the system. Only the users are responsible. That's why when you download songs from Limewire, it's legal for them, but NOT for you.

If you are not paying some sort of fee to download, it is illegal.

Don't be fooled by the fee you pay to use the pro version of Limewire. The artists of the songs you download don't get a penny of that! ("LimeWire offers two versions of the software: LimeWire Basic which is free of charge; the other is LimeWire PRO which costs a small fee, features faster download speeds and better search results, including up to 6 months of free updates and customer support via email.")

Even if you download a copyrighted song for your own personal use, it's still illegal. Perhaps one could skate around the issue if they already own a legal copy on a CD, but then why download it if that's the case. Any fees paid to Limewire are for purchasing the software and that's it.

Lime Wire is not illegal software. All it is is file sharing. However many people abuse this by sharing songs without the copyright. For example if you have produced a song, then share it on Limewire, anyone else can legaly have it for free. But when you haven't made it, but an artist has, who has copyright on that song (which they all do) downloading that song without permission from the producer, it is totaly illegal.

Basically, yes, downloadig music from any free service is probably illegal. You may be paying Limewire for the software, but that's just for the software, so the money goes to Limewire, you are not paying for the song. To be safe, do not download music for free. If it's free, nobody has paid the artist.

Downloading songs and other copyrighted material is illegal, but if you wanted to share a music file of you singing or playing an instrument, then that is perfectly legal.

LIMEWIRE IS ILLEGAL! Although with Limewire you will probably never get caught, if you even bring your computer in for a repair and a worker sees the program or any music you downloaded from Limewire, he is ordered BY LAW to tell his boss, and you will get a fine (I had to pay like 200 dollars.) It's not pretty. Although we all want Limewire to be legal, it isn't.

The Limewire software itself is not illegal - that is why the site is still up and why you can still download it. However - if you donwload a song from the program and you do not pay copyright on it then that is illegal. Songs from the 1950's or before are legal to download because their copyright has expired. Anything from after that is illegal to download. However - you are all going to do it anyway so this just makes you aware!

Downloading songs on limewire is illegal and always has been. However, as for the legality of the program itself, its confusing. The program is legal, but I believe I read somewhere that the supreme court recently ruled that file sharing services can be held accountable for sharing music.

Is Limewire illegal? No It is not. It CAN'T leagally be held accountable for what it's users do. Let's put it like this. A major virus takes out the whole internet. But when they trace the source, it leads to runescape servers for example. Runescape is an online game that gives its users access to its servers, kind of like limewire. Now are the people owning runescape responsible? Nope, but its users ARE. Same thing with limewire. My advice to you, do not use it to access "free" music, or "free" programs...images...and so on and so forth. I have had my fare share of songs i got from limewire and if I could, I would return them to the artists and companies that worked hard to make them.

Here is some info regarding P2P software and filesharing. If people would just take the time to read the fine print. I've visited the websites of a few popular filesharing software distributors and looked for disclaimers, TOS, End User Licenses, etc. I have only quoted bits of relevent information to give you an idea of what to expect. For more detailed info follow the links I've provided or visit the sites yourself for the full text. Continue reading to see what I found.

Congress has not yet passed a law which makes file sharing illegal. File sharing is all Limewire is. You give access to your computer and thousands of other people who in turn give you access to their computer in order to share media files.

Limewire itself is legal. Downloading any copyrighted song that you do not pay a royalty fee on is illegal and is stealing, unless the artist has given his/her permission to do so. The legality of most P2P sites is questionable at best. Will you be prosecuted? More than likely not, but the question of legality is another matter. This entire issue has not been resolved as of yet. Could you be prosecuted? Possibly. It is your choice. Agree or disagree, this is how a friend of mine who is a lawyer explained it to me.

It's been said again and again. Yes, LimeWire is legal. But not everything you choose to do with it is.

Legal if for personal use and it does not require a license to play music.

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Is_downloadin ... l_or_legal


Also you took my post out of context.

Limewire and other file sharing software is legal.

It's been said again and again. Yes, LimeWire is legal. But not everything you choose to do with it is.

If I typed up a newspaper and wanted to share it with you and a million other people and let people access it via limewire that would be ok, cos im the copywriter.

Some files are legal some arent.........COPYWRITE everytime...

http://www.limewire.com/about/copyright.php

Limewires own copyright info on their site:

LimeWire is legal software, but it is illegal for you to use LimeWire to share copyrighted files without permission. Purchasing LimeWire PRO does not constitute a license for obtaining or distributing unauthorized files. When you download LimeWire software from www.limewire.com, you agree to refrain from using LimeWire for the purpose of copyright infringement.

To use LimeWire legally, you must have the owner's permission to share every file in your Library on the Gnutella network. For example, music and movies from major labels and movie studios are copyrighted, and you do not have permission to share these files (even if you bought them). If you're having trouble determining if a file is OK to share, here are a few ideas that may help:

Look in the "License" column within the LimeWire program to see if a file has a shareable license type.

Files that another user has published as Creative Commons appear as . A file with a verified Creative Commons license is legal to share. You can verify a specific file by right-clicking on the CC icon, selecting "View License" and selecting "Verify". Files with unverified Creative Commons licenses may still be illegal to share.

Weedshare files appear as in the License column, and can be legally shared. These files have DRM (Digital Rights Management) that allows users to play the file three times for free before deciding to buy.

Search for a registration with the US Copyright Office database. A work may still be copyrighted and illegal to share even if it's not registered with the US Copyright Office.

Check out www.magnetmix.com for more songs and videos that are free and legal to share.

Downloading files on the Gnutella network

There are many programs other than LimeWire that connect users to the Gnutella network. Keep in mind that many users disobey copyright law -- downloading copyrighted files from such users means you're both breaking the law!

Chezzie;772834 wrote: downloading copyrighted files from such users means you're both breaking the law!


And so it ought too. If copyright infringement were allowed it would mean the end of civilization as we know it. The change would be almost as extreme as ending legal monopolies was.

spot;772838 wrote: And so it ought too. If copyright infringement were allowed it would mean the end of civilization as we know it. The change would be almost as extreme as ending legal monopolies was.


oh yes of course..couldnt agree more my little spotted dick :D:-4

When were you last held upside down and shaken until your bits wobbled?

spot;772869 wrote: When were you last held upside down and shaken until your bits wobbled?


last time you visited me:D

i have frostwire. which is better than limewire

I use this, it's free and legal..

http://www.we7.com/welcome

spot;772869 wrote: When were you last held upside down and shaken until your bits wobbled?


That could make an interesting FG YouTube - are you game Chezzie? I don't know which would be more amusing, watching Spot do this, or Chezzie's wobbly bits a wobbling :wah::wah::wah:

ThePheasant;792580 wrote: That could make an interesting FG YouTube - are you game Chezzie? I don't know which would be more amusing, watching Spot do this, or Chezzie's wobbly bits a wobbling :wah::wah::wah:


ha...I love the visual!!!

:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

WonderWendy3;792588 wrote: ha...I love the visual!!!

:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl


Yes :wah: It was 7am when I saw Spots post - even at that time of the morning I had a good chuckle.

ThePheasant;793321 wrote: Yes :wah: It was 7am when I saw Spots post - even at that time of the morning I had a good chuckle.


Spot liked it:D:D:D

And who wouldn't, after all.

spot;793523 wrote: And who wouldn't, after all.


lets keep it a secret just between us....

Chezzie;793529 wrote: lets keep it a secret just between us....


Oh no you don't.

I quiet like the idea of being turned upside down and having my wobbly bits wobbled. Do you charge for this service Spot ?

Chezzie;793529 wrote: lets keep it a secret just between us....


Chezzie, there was a film crew from the local BBC news for starters. Two radio interviewers, six photographers from the Sun, the Mirror, the People, the News of the World, Brides and Gowns and the British Medical Journal - which is odd because I only phoned the BBC to tip them off, I've no idea how it spread.

spot;793540 wrote: Chezzie, there was a film crew from the local BBC news for starters. Two radio interviewers, six photographers from the Sun, the Mirror, the People, the News of the World, Brides and Gowns and the British Medical Journal - which is odd because I only phoned the BBC to tip them off, I've no idea how it spread.


I think the same when i look at my ass in the mirror:wah::wah::wah:

Go on, it's what we in this part of the world call cute.

is BearShare dodgey as well?

Aura;868421 wrote: is BearShare dodgey as well?


It has been, there are lots of versions of BearShare some of which carried adware at various times.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bearshare discusses the versions, though it looks inaccurate and skimpy.

Frostwire seems a perfectly good current freeware open source alternative this year, it's a Limewire derivative which is under active development and properly mature and not loaded with unwanted components.