What are your opinions on limewire?

Question

it seems like every question involving limewire is extremely biased either for or against limewire..

convince me?

;)

Answer 1

hello i used to be a limewire user untill i heard that my friend got caught and fined 5000$ or up. so it is a great software to use and free.  But there are consequenses.  so if you do have it put all the songs on a cd right after you download it and then deleat the songs and put the songs back on the computer with the cd and you should be safe.  ussually you only get caught if you have more than about 2000 or up songs so its pretty hard.  Another tip do not leave it running all night long it spammed my computer big time and it took me a while to get it off so just be careful.

Answer 2

its 'illegal' boo-hoo

so is speeding

i know thats not a good comparison but idc

ive never gotten any viruses or anything

also use utorrent :p

Answer 3

It's a no no! Lol completely illegal my friend got caught and fined. Stick to itunes =)

Answer 4

I LOVE IT ... IT WELL BE THE BEST DECISION EVER :D SERIOSLY

GET IT NOW HOPE YOU ENJOY

Answer 5

limewire is one of the easiest ways for the gov. to track you DLing illegal stuff. It's full of hidden p**n and viruses. It's a BAD IDEA

Answer 6

i love it!

free music......................who wouldnt love that?

Answer 7

i use bearshare, but anyways, limewire is illegal and you will be in trouble like arrested if you are caught with using it :]]

Answer 8

i didn't like limewire. it was too slow for me and didn't give me enough good information. i prefer ares. it's much faster.

Answer 9

hey evry1 chek out frostwire. its just like limewire pro (the 1 tht costs mony) but its less known (won't easily get caught) and FREE so chek out FROSTWIRE!!!

limewire is okay but nothing compared 2 FROSTWIRE so use FROSTWIRE...and giv me 10 points plz..cmon hook it up...

Answer 10

So, basically Limewire is just a program to download illegal stuff. There is a lot of controversy on weither it's legal or not because people say, "Well if burning stuff is legal, then technically taking stuff from other people just EXACTLY like ripping it off of someones CD, which I agree. While burning is legal, burning licensed DVD's is not legal, and that's what the majority of Limewire is in file size is movies.  All together, it's illegal because of that one DVD problem. It's like you don't want to drive drunk, so you have your under aged kid do it. It's still illegal, so matter what the cause. I have to say No.

Answer 11

ive been using computers for a few years now. up until a year ago i admit that i didn't have a clue about them. i used limewire all the time, thinking it was 'cool'. cool it was, untill i realized there were 41,000 viruses on my computer!! Not all were from limewire but a good deal of them were. so anyway, i have to get a new computer, havnt used limewire since, and havnt had any problems with viruses in 6 months.

DONT USE IT

Answer 12

everyone uses limewire, or something like it. its no biggie. go for it.

Answer 13

its your decision.

lets say you bought an ipod with 160 gigs of memory..

thats i think 40,000 songs. apple expects people to fill that up BUYING their songs, which is going to cost someone 40,000 dollars... last time i checked thats about a year for like the average salary

or get 40,000 free songs on limewire..

Answer 14

aside from the fines

your computer is way too vulnerable to viruses

i use it but VERY carefully i mostly use torrents

Answer 15

the network is OK, but the system not at all..it is even dangerous for spyware etc..so i advise using Cabos, a free filesharing application that uses the Limewire networks, usually around 4 or 5 differents, and starts immediatly with downloading quick when clicked on a file..i believe that this is the ideal solution..maybe for you to?

Answer 16

well it's not a good idea to use it, because you'll find yourself using it more and more often, and if you get caught you'll be fined a lot of money

Answer 17

limewire is not safe and u can get caught easier and it will give u viruses, if u want to download free stuff like games movies and music download utorrent its free and safe its a P2P network so its safe  

Answer 18

It's a pretty nifty program. There are some problems with pornographic material popping up occasionally, but the names give the contents away usually- so you know not to download it if you don't want it. I find it pretty good for music though. And as long as you download the ones with "DVDrip" in their file name, full length films are great to get to. However, if at any point it messes up and asks if you want to send an error report- Choose NO! If you send one then they'll know you are using an illegal program. You get a fine. Otherwise they can't find out. You should try it though. I find, despite the problems mentioned above, that it is a very useful program for sharing music, videos, pictures, programs and documents.

Answer 19

you wont get caught, its practically impossible

if you have good virus protection, you're fine

i have literally saved hundreds of dollars

its DEFINATLY worth it

Answer 20

Limewire is full of ad ware & spy ware!

Answer 21

its ok but if you get caught using it you will get fined.

Answer 22

omg limewire is just one big virus, it closes you firewall, and gives hackers easy accesses. I buy my music off of itunes

For the people that thinks it is dumb to buy songs from itunes well wut about buyIing your nasty a** CIGARETTES ypu waste your money on that c**p! I think buyin music is a lil more safe, than dying from cancer and paying a hefty fine!

Answer 23

I love it but it's not working for me anymore...

Answer 24

my opinion is I L L E G A L. No offense to anyone who uses it, just saying.....

Answer 25

For me, I've been using limewire for years, and its perfectly fine to me. I have never known anybody to get caught, although it is illegal, because you download songs for free. It all really depends on if you want free for songs, or pay for them ( like iTunes ) and lose a lot of money (in the long run, and it depends on how many songs you want ) As with the Viruses, I personally have never gotten any, and I have left it open for a few days. A problem would most likely be that you can't find some songs, and here and there there are a few pornographic downloads, but its usually pretty easy to stay away from them,as the files are really small, or the title suggests it. But, as long as you just download the songs, movies etc etc you want , you should be ok, because its a great program, and pretty easy to use.I myself have saved a few hundred $ because of using it.Otherwise, try it for a week or so, and if you don't like it, just delete it.

Answer 26

Well, LimeWire does indeed have many viruses, and is not Legal to download any copyrigted materials...

BUT if you have a good anti-virus and you are careful you can get free stuff such as songs and movies, series etc etc

so depending on how good you are on a computer you will either benefit from it or you will lose from it.

Hope This Helps.