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Originally Posted by skeptical  ...they assume (as any sane person would) that Limewire would not make illegal files as equally available as legal ones! Especially when it could possibly land a person in trouble through no fault of their own! I am sure I am not the only one who when using Limewire just assumed it would be ok to queue up all the search results for a general search term! That is what it SHOULD be like! |
Limewire, being a p-p program, does not make any files available. All files and file info comes from other users (peers) on the network. That is why it is never a good idea to download all the search results for any search term. Also, LW advises, "Be careful when downloading files from other users as downloading a file from a user who is in violation of the law could make you in violation of the law as well."
Experienced users of p-p programs recommend using Bitzi and Peer Guardian as a means to protect against unwanted file content.
Others who wish to guarantee that they won't download misnamed or otherwise unwanted content use Netflix or other commercial service.