I have read through the whole 4-page long thread and I understand and agree with your point on the legalities. It is indeed illegal using your formulaic ideology, it only makes sense. You may have permission from the peer that you directly download from, but not necessarily from the original downloader/manufacturer. Each download depends on the original copyright and its fine print (which are the stipulations and conditions that they have the right to mandate). I understand this fully (and thoroughly from the thread). However, there is a rather popular service, that I'm sure you're familiar with, it's called Limewire. I have read the statistics that show how popular it is and even some of my friends use it (and find it extremely commendable, I've listened to the music from it). I wonder whether this is just another Napster of Kazaa. I am fully willing to admit that I'm wrong, but Limewire, despite its rave reviews and refined conditions (lack of spyware, ads, etc.), seems to use the same process as these other P2P services, therein making it a legally dangerous issue also.

http://www.limewire.com/english/content/home.shtml

This is the link where I tried to find as much information concerning this subject of Limewire. Please answer me this:

- Do you believe Limewire to be a potential Kazaa in terms of lawsuit?
- Do you know whether Limewire is exactly the same as Kazaa?
- Would you use Limewire personally?
- Do you know any way to observe the copyright stipulations of music that one wishes to download, WITHOUT actually buying the CD (over the internet preferably)?
- What do you expect the outcome of this/these cases to be?
- What do wish the outcome of this/these cases to be?
- Are you a lawyer?

I anticipate your answer eagerly because I consider you a valuable, knowledgeable, articulate, and intelligent source. I want to thank you for your patience and dedication to this particular thread.


-S. Priya