Illegal Software/Downloads

[macdad-]

im suprised Limewire isnt out of the loop, for all the illegal stuff that is downloaded through it.

[Dias de verano]

isnt Limewire illegal in the first place?

How could it be?

[macdad-]

since its a tool to get download Illegal material, should they have be taken outta the loop from all these copyright claims?

[Dias de verano]

im suprised Limewire isnt out of the loop, for all the illegal stuff that is downloaded through it.

You might as well make phones "illegal" because of all the crimes that are planned using them. Or letters. Or automobiles.

[Dias de verano]

since its a tool to get download Illegal material, should they have be taken outta the loop from all these copyright claims?

Peer to peer software has legal uses, so it would be unfair to target the users just because some other people use it for reasons you don't approve of. Anyway, how would you stop people getting Limewire?

[Google]

Yea, I agree with that. You can't target the users of the program because there are so many. You need to target the owners/creators of the program...

[macdad-]

thats what i ment, if so many people are using it and downloading illegal material with it, should the creators stop letting people download it.

EDIT:wait, nvm: someone could just post the setup of it on FileFront or something like that....

[Dias de verano]

Yea, I agree with that. You can't target the users of the program because there are so many. You need to target the owners/creators of the program...

And if one goes down, two more spring up in its place. Look what happened after they went after Napster. Emule, Bit Torrent, etc. Plus there's always Usenet which is impossible to police. I think the copyright cops are just hoping that not too many people get to hear about the latter. Only dorks use Limewire.

[Dias de verano]

should the creators stop letting people download it.

Oh right. Like they are really going to do that.

[Google]

Yea, Non-dorks use (censored) you know what I mean.

[Google]

So whats usenet? Looks like a hosting site to me??

[macdad-]

yea, but oh well.....
anywho: i dont think i have any apps i downloaded illegally, its all freeware or trialware

Usenet, was a kind of News BBS, if memory serves.

[Dias de verano]

So whats usenet? Looks like a hosting site to me??

It pre-dates the world wide web.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USENET

Many ISPs operate news servers, and if yours does not there are commercial ones like Giganews. My own ISP, Virginmedia, has very good newsgroup coverage, over 32,000 groups, and a lot of those are binary groups (shhhh). I can max out my 20 megabit connection easily.

[Dias de verano]

yea, but oh well.....
anywho: i dont think i have any apps i downloaded illegally, its all freeware or trialware

Usenet, was a kind of News BBS, if memory serves.

It has evolved... big time.

[macdad-]

video confrencing, file sharing.....overwhelming.