Limewire

This is possibley the best and worst thing to happen to music ever! I myself think it is brilliant and would never dream of parting with it ;) I was wondering do many other people feel the same? and do many other people use it? or do you feel it is wrong and should be shut down?

Yeah its great,but for some reason I cant transfer files over to iTunes for my iPod :mad: I used to be able to do it,so don't know what the problem is!Anyone have any ideas?

Never liked Limewire myself, though I was huge into Napster when that first appeared years ago. Now however, torrenting is my saviour.

That said, I do make a point to buy cd's when I can afford to. And if bands REALLY want my money, they can come here on tour where I will pay to see them live and purchase a thirt! ;)

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I have it but i dont use it anymore because I have all the music I could think of therefor it has slowed down my computer loads.

Be careful you dont get viruses from limewire.

Can anyone fill me in on the laws of music downloads?

limewire brilliant for movies

Like enDai, torrenting is the way to go..

and as for the argument "downloading is killing the industry", i downloaded a song by Zero 7 (it was on the garden state soundtrack), and i liked it so much i bought the album yesterday..

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and as for the argument "downloading is killing the industry", i downloaded a song by Zero 7 (it was on the garden state soundtrack), and i liked it so much i bought the album yesterday..

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:D :D :D

Torrenting? what makes it better than P2P?

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Originally Posted by Tony Montana

Yeah its great,but for some reason I cant transfer files over to iTunes for my iPod :mad: I used to be able to do it,so don't know what the problem is!Anyone have any ideas?

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when you download a song,go to the your limewire's library,click on the song and hit explore.your shared file will then pop up and once again click on the song.Then right click and select play in i-tunes.when you conect in your i pod the sons should be added to it.....and roberts your fathers brother.

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Originally Posted by Dyl10

This is possibley the best and worst thing to happen to music ever! I myself think it is brilliant and would never dream of parting with it ;) I was wondering do many other people feel the same? and do many other people use it? or do you feel it is wrong and should be shut down?

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ya it pretty good,although Irish songs can be hard to come by.

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Originally Posted by The Stars

ya it pretty good,although Irish songs can be hard to come by.

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Ye i noticed that myself but dont worry damien dempsey always comes up trumps :cool:

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Originally Posted by The Stars

when you download a song,go to the your limewire's library,click on the song and hit explore.your shared file will then pop up and once again click on the song.Then right click and select play in i-tunes.when you conect in your i pod the sons should be added to it.....and roberts your fathers brother.

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Top man THE STARS,cheers for that! :)

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Originally Posted by Dyl10

This is possibley the best and worst thing to happen to music ever!

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Cant imagine how it's better than the one I use :cool:

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Top man THE STARS,cheers for that! :)

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did that work for you tony???

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Originally Posted by sligoman

Cant imagine how it's better than the one I use :cool:

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And what would that be now?

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Can anyone fill me in on the laws of music downloads?

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Basically Limewire is as illegal as it comes, as with torrenting copyrighted material and any other peer to peer that transfers copyrighted music to your pc for free without consent of the owner of the copyright. People justify this with such claims as "Cd prices are ripoff" and "Its only a few songs now and then". Regardless of these claims, these actions are utterly illegal and you can be prosecuted.

Such websites such as some Russian download sites like allofmp3 or whatever it calls, somewhat confused people by the fact its legal to operate in Russia. This is due to archic copyright laws and media laws but rest assured such sites and downloading from them when in Ireland is still very much illegal as copyright of the music in this country is under different laws to Russia.

So basically if you use Limewire or such apps, you should be prosecuted for illegal music downloads and movie downloads. Its just like saying that I cant afford that pair of trousers, and jeez the trouser company is ripping me off cos its too expensive so you go out and nick them under the guise of , sure they make enough money already.

I do agree with the concept of sampling albums and music first before PURCHASE but downloading music and movies directly for free is utterly wrong. Plus Limewire is very much a trojan horse nirvana...

I may be wrong here, but this is my understanding...

In Ireland, thanks to our extremely old computing laws, downloading material does not violate any Irish laws (it violates American laws, but we are not in America). Making this material available to others, however, does. My understanding is that you may download what you wish, once you do not allow it to be uploaded (by other people) from your own computer.

Endai, most people using peer to peer I have noticed fail to turn off file sharing and as a result contravene the laws you quote....

Aye, tis true. They can disable it easily though, and stay on the right side of our silly laws :)

Pity it doesn't work so well with torrenting! :D

If I download albums and or songs I already own on vinyl, what's wrong with that? Why should I pay to own the same piece of music twice? I don't have the capability to transfer my old albums to cd or mp3 files so I see nothing wrong with using a p2p program to get music I already have, albeit in a different form.