All right, I recently (as in about an hour ago) downloaded Limewire after experiencing some problems with Shareaza and it not wanting to connect. So, finally my conscience has gotten the best of me with this whole peer-to-peer file sharing idea.

My question, quick and simple, is it legal? I live in Canada, and I've heard that it's legal to download files in peer-to-peer networks, just aslong as you're not sharing the files. This sounds like a hunk of junk lie that someone made up though, because it defeats the purpose of record companies wanting to shut down p2p sharing.

Also, if I were to upgrade to Limewire PRO, and pay money for the program, would that make it legal? I'm a tad clueless.

Thanks for any and all help!

- Merry

If you are going to download copyrighted files LW Pro will not make it a legal activity...

I'd suggest you google for you Laws regarding p2p as every country is different....

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A large part of the purpose of the laws we have is to prevent precisely what
we are seeing in the US right now, the blatant abuse of civil law and courts to
put on a media circus for the public.

This is why they cannot try their shenanigans up here.

We have paid our copyright levy on tapes, CDs and those little pocket players
and we reserve for our citizens the right to access and copy anything they
want for their own personal use. That the labels can't handle the idea of mere
humans in other countries having rights that override their newly bought
corporate "intellectual property" rights in america is beside the point.