I need help with limewire

[Cali*Fornia]

hey i dont know how to use limewire.. when i type in a song at the top it says... "only search results with a (picture of a lock) are official limewire connections... yeah so i dont know what to do because no songs pop up... please helpp!!

thanks

[patchesmommy]

what is limewie??

I go onto music.aol.com

[The_Ryno]

Just dont use limewire is a better solution then learning how to use it

[Cali*Fornia]

limewire is free and it can sync with my ipod!! does that aol music go with ipods and is it free?

[The_Ryno]

limewire is free and it can sync with my ipod!! does that aol music go with ipods and is it free?

Free, until you get caught by the Feds

[Cali*Fornia]

well its ok b/c mii dad is a cop.... but i nneed to no if that aol is free

[Cali*Fornia]

what is limewie??

I go onto music.aol.com

is it free??

[patchesmommy]

yeah its free and legal!

you don't need to register or anything, but I don't know about the ipod thing?

[Cali*Fornia]

ok well do you know if you can make like a playlist and burn cds?

[patchesmommy]

no I don't think you can?

[Cali*Fornia]

oh well thanks anyway but i need it for my ipod...

[DizParks]

well its ok b/c mii dad is a cop.... but i nneed to no if that aol is free

I hope your dad enjoys paying hefty fines, if you do get caught.

[The_Ryno]

I hope your dad enjoys paying hefty fines, if you do get caught.

isnt it something like $10,000 a song?

[TheBellhop]

Free, until you get caught by the Feds

Do you know how many people illegally download? It'd be impossible to hold the amount of people in jail.

ETA: To the OP, if it's just a few songs, download them from iTunes. It's cheap and it goes to the musician. I only use Limewire/Soulseek if there's something really rare that I can't find.

[DizParks]

isnt it something like $10,000 a song?

I think it's just a $10,000 flat fee or something like that. Unless you go to court.

[The_Ryno]

I think it's just a $10,000 flat fee or something like that. Unless you go to court.

Still, better download a TON of music then. That is 667 albums at $15 each.

[Cali*Fornia]

well i got it to work... lol but idc how much u have to pay!! there are millions of people who do things like that and they dont get caught.... i delete them off of limewire after i get the song tho :thumbsup2

[crazy2beautiful]

Limewire never works for me. I just gave up on it.

[tinkerbell12]

My cousin uses Limewire, she got a bunch of viruses after that.
I dunno about you but I'd be awful careful using it.

[Cali*Fornia]

My cousin uses Limewire, she got a bunch of viruses after that.
I dunno about you but I'd be awful careful using it.


yeah i have like really good spysweeper and norton anti virus so i wont get viruses

[AngienLuLu]

isnt it something like $10,000 a song?
That sounds like a little much, per song.

[Raichu]

well i got it to work... lol but idc how much u have to pay!! there are millions of people who do things like that and they dont get caught.... i delete them off of limewire after i get the song tho :thumbsup2

deleting them off of limewire does nothing.
You'd have to delete the file, but then they would serve no purpose of downloading the song in the begining.

[The_Ryno]

That sounds like a little much, per song.

Its a mininum of $750 per file(movie, music, ect) but can reach as high as $150,000 per file. Most of what I have heard about was $10,000 a file though.

[The_Ryno]

yeah i have like really good spysweeper and norton anti virus so i wont get viruses

People like you are virus makers best friends, you think you are safe from ALL spyware, viruses, ect, then BAM you have a nasty trojan.

[Babyjustrun]

yeah i have like really good spysweeper and norton anti virus so i wont get viruses

Norton is one of the most common and basic anti-viruses you can get.
And it sucks.
If you get a virus that kills Norton, it's near impossible to uninstall Norton, and you have nothing protecting your computer.
It's happened 3 times to me, everytime I've lost everything on my PC except for what we saved to discs.

[Cali*Fornia]

yeah i dont really care because my family is getting a new computer soon... yeah and u think that u wont get viruses? just because u dont use limewire u can get viruses.. :lmao:

[The_Ryno]

yeah i dont really care because my family is getting a new computer soon... yeah and u think that u wont get viruses? just because u dont use limewire u can get viruses.. :lmao:

no duh you can get viruses anywhere on the web, if you are stupid. But limewire is a guaranteed virus unless you have VERY good anti virus software.

[Cali*Fornia]

no duh you can get viruses anywhere on the web, if you are stupid. But limewire is a guaranteed virus unless you have VERY good anti virus software.

what do you mean if you are stupid.. anyone can get viruses.. no matter what they doo my uncle works with computer and said that there are people that can hack past firewalls and anything in 2 minutes...

[The_Ryno]

what do you mean if you are stupid.. anyone can get viruses.. no matter what they doo my uncle works with computer and said that there are people that can hack past firewalls and anything in 2 minutes...

My dad works with the Anti-Virus people in a major company. Some firewalls are better then others, and hacking isnt a virus.... Viruses are sometimes manually downloaded onto computers, such as installing something like Limewire, getting a popup saying you won something and you then clicking yes. That is what I mean by if you are stupid.

[tigger/winnie/tink]

my mom used it(limewire) untill she found out they could fine her and you have to convet the files it is hard and can caise virisos

[Cali*Fornia]

ok well not many people get caught anyway and since im young they wont fine me for much if i do get caught

[The_Ryno]

ok well not many people get caught anyway and since im young they wont fine me for much if i do get caught

Age doesnt matter, you did something illegal and will be punished like everyother person. There was a 80yr old grandmother whose granddaughter used limewire on her computer and she still got hit with huge fines.

[schmitty]

You wont get caught if you download songs. Your age has nothing to do with you getting fined or not. Its not downloading that is illegal, its sharing it with others that is. So download all you want just dont let other download from you.

[Cali*Fornia]

thanks for the info.. lol i dont think i would have shared with other people anyways... do u have limewire

[schmitty]

No I use torrents and soulseek.

[Cali*Fornia]

No I use torrents and soulseek.


oh ive never heard of them

[schmitty]

If I were you I would use soulseek instead of limewire. It doesnt come bundled with spyware. Generally anything that has you download an installer before downloading the actual product is a sign it might come with spyware.

[VMK_MagicalLadee]

My teacher did research. limewire is actually filesharing. You cant get in trouble.

Unless he lied rofl.

[Cali*Fornia]

haha yeah have you guys heard of bearshare?? that is actually leagle!! (ha i cant spell)

[schmitty]

Use Soulseek. Its the best p2p program out.

[Cali*Fornia]

whats p2p i have heard of it.. and are the songs free and copatable with itunes or an ipod??

[Raichu]

My teacher did research. limewire is actually filesharing. You cant get in trouble.

Unless he lied rofl.

It is file sharing.
It's illegal though because it is taking files without the owners permission which is stealing...
Then the artist doesn't get payed for their porduct.

[Cali*Fornia]

yea thats what i figured.. but they get so much money anyways i think its stupid

[swimer3]

You wont get caught if you download songs. Your age has nothing to do with you getting fined or not. Its not downloading that is illegal, its sharing it with others that is. So download all you want just dont let other download from you.

yup.
downloading isn't illegal.
It is the sharing and putting it out there that is.

[Cali*Fornia]

yea

[schmitty]

whats p2p i have heard of it.. and are the songs free and copatable with itunes or an ipod??
Id assume so. I dont use itunes nor do I have an ipod so I dont know everything about how to get songs on it but with my mp3 player. I just find the songs I want on my harddrive then have them be imported onto my mp3 player.

[Cali*Fornia]

ok ill look into it

[Babyjustrun]

You do realize, that if you were to get fined, you wouldn't be paying for it, your parents would (unless you were extremely unlucky) and then you'd probably feel guilty, for a long, long time.

[schmitty]

You do realize, that if you were to get fined, you wouldn't be paying for it, your parents would (unless you were extremely unlucky) and then you'd probably feel guilty, for a long, long time.
She isnt going to get fined. Its like going into a gocery store and trying a grape in the bag. People do it and the likely hood of having to pay for it is extremely small.

[chexie]

so many people use limewire its not even funny i mean you go into my school and you ask people what do you use to get songs on your ipod and everyone i have asked uses limewire. i have never heard anyone getting caught by using limewire the government is to busy with the other worldy problems to give a care. i only use limewire when i have to like when i have no more money on my itunes card but thats the only reason.

[VolleyballQt07]

well its ok b/c mii dad is a cop.... but i nneed to no if that aol is free

Just because your dad is a cop you think you get special privliges(sp?)? Niiiiiice. :smokin:

I use Walmart.com for my music. Its only .88¢ per song. I think I can manage .88¢.

[::Snow_White::]

I used to have limewire until my mom convinced me not to use it. I never got songs from it, and my computer like got whacked up after I installed it. I fixed it, but now If i don't have money, I don't get songs and I'd rather do that then run into the law, even if you don't get caught.

[tinkerbell12]

yea thats what i figured.. but they get so much money anyways i think its stupid


The only reason they have money is because of truthful and trustworthy people who pay them. Without people that actually do what they're supposed to do like download them LEGALLY our pop stars and singers would be broke. Just like if you charged people to, I dunno, tour your house and someone illegally video taped your house and showed it to everyone for free, you wouldn't be making any money and you wouldn't like it at all.

I don't think you should think that being legal is stupid.
I don't think you should use Limewire, especially if you don't know how to use it. It's a waste of time and, if you're caught, money.
iTunes is good. Buy from them.

[tinkerbell12]

She isnt going to get fined. Its like going into a gocery store and trying a grape in the bag. People do it and the likely hood of having to pay for it is extremely small.

But if you took more than one grape, like downloading more than one song, it'd add up... All those grapes would be like a CD and then, well, my point-- It adds up. Really, 88 cents or 99 cents isn't that much for a song. Really you should go with the law, laws are good. Laws were made for good. It's best if you follow them.

[schmitty]

But if you took more than one grape, like downloading more than one song, it'd add up... All those grapes would be like a CD and then, well, my point-- It adds up. Really, 88 cents or 99 cents isn't that much for a song. Really you should go with the law, laws are good. Laws were made for good. It's best if you follow them.Really 88 cents or 99 cents is alot. A full CD is 13 bucks and thats alot. I suppose you favor the segregation of Black people because segregation was the law and laws are made for good. And iTunes is a horrible program. Id never install that crap on my computer.

[tinkerbell12]

Really 88 cents or 99 cents is alot. A full CD is 13 bucks and thats alot. I suppose you favor the segregation of Black people because segregation was the law and laws are made for good. And iTunes is a horrible program. Id never install that crap on my computer.

The laws were made for good. Laws are made to protect people. The government did what they thought was right. No I don't favor the segregation of African American.

It's not a lot for music.
Music is worth a lot.

[CheezDoodle]

My friend uses limewire... I use something else, sorry :(

[TheBellhop]

No I use torrents and soulseek.

slsk = <3

though i hate torrents, they never ever work right on my computer, due to the firewall crap.

[BabyPiglet]

Okay people. This is about limewire. Not the segregation of black people.

Calm down guys. :]

[TheBellhop]

Really 88 cents or 99 cents is alot. A full CD is 13 bucks and thats alot. I suppose you favor the segregation of Black people because segregation was the law and laws are made for good. And iTunes is a horrible program. Id never install that crap on my computer.

I only use p2p when I can't find the track anywhere elsewhere, and these would include b-sides and rarities. Sometimes I'll download a song by an artist to try them out and see if I like them. Also, 13 bucks for a CD? If so, where? CD's are base-priced at 18.99 now, which is ludicrous. I would hate to see the day, however, when all music goes digital. Really, there is nothing better than waiting for an album, and then getting your hands on the PHYSICAL release. You know, listening to the songs while you look at the artwork and read over the lyrics? Nothing better, really. iTunes isn't a horrible program, it's wonderful for sorting out music files. While I may not download much from their store, it really is a good file sorter.

However, in the long run, who really loses when you don't pay for the music you download? I'm not talking about laws, I'm talking about your opinion. It's not the big companies, or the big artists/bands. No, honestly it's the little bands that lose the most money. And as these bands get sifted out because they don't make money, honestly, what will we have left? The same over-produced crap they play on the radio.

ETA: Also, I cannot believe you compared RIAA laws to black & white segregation. That was really stupid.

[TheBellhop]

whats p2p i have heard of it.. and are the songs free and copatable with itunes or an ipod??

P2P is short for "peer to peer". It's basically like...one person has one song, and another wants to download it, so the person who has the song shares it with the one who wants it. It's free, the best example I can think of is Soulseek. It's like limewire in a way. Yeah, the songs are compatible with iTunes as long as the filename ends in .mp3.

[Cali*Fornia]

lol you people are crazy!! its just songs! its not like i am doing anything bad to anyone.. i am just downloading songs and u guys are making a huge deal out of it!! geeze

[schmitty]

I only use p2p when I can't find the track anywhere elsewhere, and these would include b-sides and rarities. Sometimes I'll download a song by an artist to try them out and see if I like them. Also, 13 bucks for a CD? If so, where? CD's are base-priced at 18.99 now, which is ludicrous. I would hate to see the day, however, when all music goes digital. Really, there is nothing better than waiting for an album, and then getting your hands on the PHYSICAL release. You know, listening to the songs while you look at the artwork and read over the lyrics? Nothing better, really. iTunes isn't a horrible program, it's wonderful for sorting out music files. While I may not download much from their store, it really is a good file sorter.

However, in the long run, who really loses when you don't pay for the music you download? I'm not talking about laws, I'm talking about your opinion. It's not the big companies, or the big artists/bands. No, honestly it's the little bands that lose the most money. And as these bands get sifted out because they don't make money, honestly, what will we have left? The same over-produced crap they play on the radio.

ETA: Also, I cannot believe you compared RIAA laws to black & white segregation. That was really stupid.Shows how long its been sense Ive boughten a CD. I dont care about some stupid cover art or lyrics I just want music I can listen to. Foobar is the best program out for anything related to music on computers.

Who loses in the long run? Stupid bands who only care about money. If they really liked the music they would play it without caring about selling CDs. Bands make more money from touring and merch anyways. If all a band cares about is making money then they dont really care about the music.


I wasnt comapring the actual laws to each other. I was just saying that saying all the laws in place are good for everyone then you really need to think more.

[TheBellhop]

Shows how long its been sense Ive boughten a CD. I dont care about some stupid cover art or lyrics I just want music I can listen to. Foobar is the best program out for anything related to music on computers.

Who loses in the long run? Stupid bands who only care about money. If they really liked the music they would play it without caring about selling CDs. Bands make more money from touring and merch anyways. If all a band cares about is making money then they dont really care about the music.


I wasnt comapring the actual laws to each other. I was just saying that saying all the laws in place are good for everyone then you really need to think more.

Bwahah. Telling me to think more. Chriiist.

So a band that doesn't make money off their music is going to be able to create music regardless? Doesn't work that way, they need money to be able to record for studio time, or to buy a studio, or to get some new instruments, or to be able to tour, or to be able to put out their CD's, or to be able to create the merchandise, etc. The list goes on and on.

Sorry, I enjoy supporting a band by buying the physical release, it's probably different for you. Also, low-quality mp3's are annoying, CD quality is better. In all honesty, if you can pay for the CD, buy it. If you want one or two songs, then go ahead. You're not getting the full experience though.

I am kind of glad that the law is in place though, it serves as a standard to protect the no name artists who NEED that money to be able to live.

[schmitty]

Bwahah. Telling me to think more. Chriiist.

So a band that doesn't make money off their music is going to be able to create music regardless? Doesn't work that way, they need money to be able to record for studio time, or to buy a studio, or to get some new instruments, or to be able to tour, or to be able to put out their CD's, or to be able to create the merchandise, etc. The list goes on and on.

Sorry, I enjoy supporting a band by buying the physical release, it's probably different for you. Also, low-quality mp3's are annoying, CD quality is better. In all honesty, if you can pay for the CD, buy it. If you want one or two songs, then go ahead. You're not getting the full experience though.

I am kind of glad that the law is in place though, it serves as a standard to protect the no name artists who NEED that money to be able to live.I wasnt telling you to think more I was refering to the person, but you do too.:thumbsup2
How could the band be able to release the CD in the first place unless they had enough money to get the studio. Most musicians only jobs arent just the there band. The only ones that have that privalege are the extremely rich ones.

If you know what youre doing you can get sound quality vey close to CD quality, so close you cant tell the difference. If you put an entire CD on 1 disk and put no space inbetween songs most people wont notice the difference if its at the standard 128.

Like I said prevously, band members only jobs arent just the band.

[TheBellhop]

I wasnt telling you to think more I was refering to the person, but you do too.:thumbsup2
How could the band be able to release the CD in the first place unless they had enough money to get the studio. Most musicians only jobs arent just the there band. The only ones that have that privalege are the extremely rich ones.

If you know what youre doing you can get sound quality vey close to CD quality, so close you cant tell the difference. If you put an entire CD on 1 disk and put no space inbetween songs most people wont notice the difference if its at the standard 128.

Like I said prevously, band members only jobs arent just the band.

Or you could just learn how to spell and phrase things right...:thumbsup2

Uh...the band would send the CD in to a label as a demo, get picked up by the label, and get studio time. It's not that hard to figure out. You don't feel like you should support an artist you like, eh?

I can definitely tell the difference between 128kbps and FLAC. How can one not? Though, if you rip the CD to the computer at 192, then it's pretty hard to tell.

Look, all I'm saying is that you should pay for what you consume. If you don't have the money, fine. But if you do have the money, support them.

[Cali*Fornia]

how come oxygen should be regarded as a drug?? i dont get it.. it say it on ur avitar thing bellhop

[eeyore.luver<3]

limewire ruined my laptop...mybrand new laptop, we had to get it fixed and now it still barely works...plus, its illegal

[Cali*Fornia]

that stinks but mine isnt ruined