Gnutella Forums  

Go Back   Gnutella Forums > Current Gnutella Client Forums > LimeWire+WireShare (Cross-platform) > Open Discussion topics
Register FAQ The Twelve Commandments Members List Calendar Arcade Find the Best VPN Today's Posts

Open Discussion topics Discuss the time of day, whatever you want to. This is the hangout area. If you have LimeWire problems, post them here too.


Reply
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1 (permalink)  
Old October 18th, 2008
Novicius
 
Join Date: October 18th, 2008
Posts: 1
Magicalkilik is flying high
Default Question about ppl dling Free Pro

Cant the people who created Limewire sue the people who downloaded it for free?
Reply With Quote
  #2 (permalink)  
Old October 18th, 2008
Blackhorse 70V's Avatar
Valued Member
 
Join Date: January 31st, 2008
Location: San Francisco
Posts: 763
Blackhorse 70V is a great assister to others; your light through the dark tunnel
Default

I don't know of any way they can find us.
More likely, they'd go after the people who are providing the downloads of LW Pro. After all, if I could find the site, so can they. And so far they haven't.

Winning a lawsuit against me for civil damages would cost them money that they would never be able to recover. I can't even afford to pay for Pro!
Reply With Quote
  #3 (permalink)  
Old October 18th, 2008
Lord of the Rings's Avatar
ContraBanned
 
Join Date: June 30th, 2004
Location: Middle of the ocean apparently (middle earth)
Posts: 665
Lord of the Rings has a distinguished reputationLord of the Rings has a distinguished reputationLord of the Rings has a distinguished reputation
Default

Most such sites are in breach of copyright. And yes, when LW.org do find them out they put the information into the hands of their legal people.

As for people who share pro across the gnutella network, well I discussed this with one of the LW developers some years ago. He agreed it is possible to stop this happening with coding within LW, however they didn't think it was worth implementing.
Reply With Quote
  #4 (permalink)  
Old October 18th, 2008
Remoc's Avatar
TexAz
 
Join Date: July 4th, 2006
Location: Sweating in Az.
Posts: 2,906
Remoc has a spectacular aura about
Default

Well if the Good ol' Boys from Limewire had kept the Members in mind instead of trying to figure out the quickest way to make Millions, I might be a little more sympathetic. Whats the old adage "You Reap what You Sow".
I for one know that I will NEVER Pay for another Pro Version again.

Whats the Difference between downloading a Pirated version of LW Pro and Illegal Copyrighted Material. Nothing, so why do you really care ??
__________________
I Don't Suffer From Insanity, I Enjoy Every Minute of it





Reply With Quote
  #5 (permalink)  
Old October 18th, 2008
Lord of the Rings's Avatar
ContraBanned
 
Join Date: June 30th, 2004
Location: Middle of the ocean apparently (middle earth)
Posts: 665
Lord of the Rings has a distinguished reputationLord of the Rings has a distinguished reputationLord of the Rings has a distinguished reputation
Default

Well for a start, piracy talk is against the forum rules. Secondly, whilst LW is now bigger than it used to be, it was not a big company some years ago. Keep in mind they are paying huge amounts in legal fees nowadays with on going legal cases.

My Pro is not pirated. And besides, there's been reports over the years of so called sharing of pro versions that have been either virus infected or spyware adapted.
Reply With Quote
Reply


Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On



All times are GMT -7. The time now is 12:43 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.7
Copyright ©2000 - 2025, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.
SEO by vBSEO 3.6.0 ©2011, Crawlability, Inc.

Copyright © 2020 Gnutella Forums.
All Rights Reserved.