Are you not supposed to download music from limewire?!
Question: Someone answered a question I asked a few minutes ago and then asked me Nicely... to pay for it rather than get it off of limewire. I'm rather new to downloading music.. a friend of mine told me about limewire. If it's not supposed to be used for downloading music, then what exactly is it for? I wasn't aware that it's "not acceptable".
Answers: Someone answered a question I asked a few minutes ago and then asked me Nicely... to pay for it rather than get it off of limewire. I'm rather new to downloading music.. a friend of mine told me about limewire. If it's not supposed to be used for downloading music, then what exactly is it for? I wasn't aware that it's "not acceptable".
This is quite a controversial issue that's a very grey area, and within the next few days (or weeks or months) could change drastically because of the Record Industry vs. Jeffrey Howell case with the RIAA trying to argue that ripping CDs in general is illegal. They are not the only ones who think this. Sony BMG states that ripping is "a nice way of saying 'steals just one copy.'"
What the recording industry wants you to feel is that it's illegal/immoral and that you should only buy CDs and have one copy of an mp3 that you bought from the recording industry. Basically I'm saying you're not really suppose to download things from Limewire, or any peer2peer network - Limewire is one of the many clients that accesses the Gnutella Network. While the act of downloading, itself, is legal, here's how the recording industry nails you:
1. Possession of an illegal item
2. Illegal distribution of a copyrighted material
Here are a few problems that come with this subject:
1. Changing business models with changing technologies
2. Greed of the recording industry
The internet has been in the public eye since the 1990s. To some it may not sound all that impressive now, but when you think about a whole generation off to college has now been exposed to the internet their entire life. The idea behind the internet was to share ideas/concepts and data. So really this generation has had information and data at the click of a button. They no longer feel that downloading mp3's and movies without paying is a crime, or even wrong/immoral.
Studies have shown that pirating has actually boosted the sales for artists. Why is this happening? Because people can listen to the music for free and really get into them when they otherwise wouldn't have. This is what artists really like - exposure - so why don't they support pirating? It's not them who gets to decide actually. It's the recording industry who has a problem with pirating because they don't get their money. Actually when you look at a typical contract an artist has with a recording company, you see that buying a bunch of CDs really supports recording companies more than they support artists.
"A band can expect an average of $1.00 in royalties for each full-priced ($16.98) CD sold through normal retail channels."
Some artists, such as Harvey Danger and Radiohead, have broken away from recording companies and offered the music online for free along with the option of buying the CD in a retail store. What they've found is they're not losing money at all. This is because without the recording company, they get all sales from the CDs sold in stores, and with a free online release they get exposure to more people who otherwise wouldn't listen to their stuff.
Between the recording industry and the fight against piracy, who really gets hurt? The consumer and the artists. Artists simply because with all the restrictions the recording industry is trying to apply, the artists are losing exposure. The consumer because they end up paying more.
So yes, it is considered illegal, is it acceptable and should you do it? That's entirely up to you. If you do it, you're part of a big movement that's quickly gaining speed. You'll be more against the greed of the recording industry rather than against the artists as long as you support the artists by attending concerts and other gigs. If all you do is take the music and don't support the artists in any way, then you're just plain stealing, and that's bad. Most pirates won't even like what you do.
The main purpose of any technology on the internet is the same - distribute ideas/concept, information, and data. Here are the main ways of piracy and what they were suppose to do:
1. Peer2peer networks - distribute your own works
2. Torrents - distribute your own works
3. Usenets - distribute news
its used to download music
its illegal yes. i mean ur suppost to support artist u like and listen to, right? :) that is how they make their money mostly anyways. the thing i hate about limewire though is that its peer-to-peer sharing so it slows down ur internet and stuff too.
ur not suposse 2 its illegal u can even get fined soooo many people do it anywayz
Limewire is for sharing files, like stuff that you have created
You take a chance on downloading music from anywhere that you don't pay for. If you like Wendy's restaurant they are giving free music downloads from Rhapsody when purchase anything and get their plastic drink cups. It has a code on it. That way its FREE and its totally LEGAL! Other than that, I use itunes. It's .99 per song.
you can download it but ur not supposed to burn cd's. the music makers are so money hungry that they want you to go and pay like $17 for their cd instead of using limewire. i say that we all burn cd's off of limewire and never buy 1 cd ever!! watch those fcukers' pockets get empty!! lol!!!
nope...sorry...it's illegal... :(
That doesn't really stop alot of people though.