Why Limewire? Look at RapidShare, Megaupload, etc.Though they are not exactly P2P Programs, its a source of distibution. Limewire to me is just a ANT compared to others.
@ obsoletepowerTranslation of your post:Artists are awesome. I must have their work. P2P has shaped my life, showing me new artists without whom I cannot live. f**k artists.
if only there was a way around that mgm court ruling. Like if you created an application via wiki or something to the point where the program was created like a p2p network, where there was no "one main programmer" or "creator."
Technically any developer could be found liable for secondary infringement under Grokster, but the test to determine such liability requires affirmative steps to promote or encourage users to infringe. Currently there exists no ruling that says a P2P filesharing program is by it's very existence an encouragement to infringe. Grokster and Morpheus were pretty much a sure bet to loose any subsequent case against them after those incriminating emails about their plan to get more people to use their service by making available music by the big four record companies. Especially since their all their revenue was from ad revenue, which depended on lots of people using their software.The way to do it is develop it under an open source license and not say a word about trading, music, movies, or software. Also no ads lest you be sued for making profit from any infringement through the use of your program.Of course the problem with civil copyright suits (even before the Grokster decision) is they need only allege infringement then they can tie the case up in the discovery phase until you go broke or agree to settlement completely against your interest.
dorepollMay 19, 2007
But how else would I find songs that are "not related to: ?Something will fill it's place for average Joe's downloading needs.
dinhMay 19, 2007
Why Limewire? Look at RapidShare, Megaupload, etc.Though they are not exactly P2P Programs, its a source of distibution. Limewire to me is just a ANT compared to others.
nerfdudeMay 19, 2007
Limewire? what's next, BearShare? iMesh? Morpheus?why do people still use this bulls**t?
actorboyMay 19, 2007
@ obsoletepowerTranslation of your post:Artists are awesome. I must have their work. P2P has shaped my life, showing me new artists without whom I cannot live. f**k artists.
nerfdudeMay 19, 2007
....yeah, like shareaza....seriously, get off my internet.
autoeciousMay 20, 2007
if only there was a way around that mgm court ruling. Like if you created an application via wiki or something to the point where the program was created like a p2p network, where there was no "one main programmer" or "creator."
Closed AccountMay 20, 2007
Technically any developer could be found liable for secondary infringement under Grokster, but the test to determine such liability requires affirmative steps to promote or encourage users to infringe. Currently there exists no ruling that says a P2P filesharing program is by it's very existence an encouragement to infringe. Grokster and Morpheus were pretty much a sure bet to loose any subsequent case against them after those incriminating emails about their plan to get more people to use their service by making available music by the big four record companies. Especially since their all their revenue was from ad revenue, which depended on lots of people using their software.The way to do it is develop it under an open source license and not say a word about trading, music, movies, or software. Also no ads lest you be sued for making profit from any infringement through the use of your program.Of course the problem with civil copyright suits (even before the Grokster decision) is they need only allege infringement then they can tie the case up in the discovery phase until you go broke or agree to settlement completely against your interest.
qiuyjunJun 6, 2008
certainly,limewire hurt the music.But it is a powerful tool for us.