do you guys use Limewire? does anyone use any alternatives to it?

I've used Kazaa, Kazaa lite, eMule and now I'm using LimeWire. For music and Videos it's pretty good. downloads much faster than eMule.

i use both limewire and emule...limewire's a lot faster in finding and downloading stuff, while emule's got more rare files you can find but it may take longer to download 'em.


fuck the RIAA edit!
[Edited 9/5/05 10:02am]

Any viruses to watch out for??

k++ baby.

luv4u said:

Always watch out for viruses, yes.

jerseykrs said:

You are so 90s

Milty said:

Avoid crap like KaZaA, Limewire is pretty good for music files (mp3's etc.) if you want Movies, Appz, Warez, DVDR's, Bootlegs etc. then go for Bittorrent, eMule is useless nowadays for new stuff...

Neversin.

Neversin said:

i second the "avoid kazaa"...if you want spyware and malware up the wazoo along with your downloads, then by all means go with kazaa...

k++ eliminates ALL viruses and spyware with kazaa. believe that!

Here's something I found online


Court rules file-swapping giant Kazaa breaches copyright in Australia
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at 6:13 on September 5, 2005, EST.
By MIKE CORDER

SYDNEY, Australia (AP) - A court ruled Monday that popular file-swapping network Kazaa breaches copyright in Australia and gave the service's owners two months to modify their website to prevent further piracy by its millions of users.

Although the ruling is only enforceable in Australia, the record industry hailed it as a victory that would resonate around the world.

"The court has ruled the current Kazaa system illegal. If they want to continue, they are going to have to stop the trade in illegal music on that system," record industry spokesman Michael Speck said outside the court.

"It's a great day for artists. It's a great day for anyone who wants to make a living from music."

The Federal Court ruling culminated a long-running court battle between Australia's record industry and Kazaa.

The 10 defendants in the case include Kazaa's owners, Sharman Networks Ltd. and Sharman's Sydney-based chief executive officer, Nikki Hemming, as well as Altnet, a company that provided some of the software for the Kazaa website.

Federal Court Judge Murray Wilcox found six of them, including Hemming, Sharman Networks Ltd. and Altnet, infringed copyright and ordered them to pay 90 per cent of the record industry's costs in the case. A hearing will be held at a later date to establish damages.

"These people have crowed for years about the downloads - 270 million downloads of somebody else's work each month," said Speck. "We will ask the court when it comes to damages to reflect the value of the music these people ripped off."

Lawyers for Kazaa said they would appeal but made no immediate detailed response to the ruling.

They had argued that the software is no different from a tape recorder or photocopier - and that Kazaa could not control copyright infringement by users of the network.

But Wilcox said that they actively encouraged users to share files, the vast majority of which were copyrighted material.

"Far from taking steps that are likely effectively to curtail copyright file-sharing, Sharman Networks and Altnet have included on the Kazaa website exhortations to users to increase their file-sharing," he told a packed courtroom in Sydney.

Wilcox said that Sharman and Altnet should stop authorizing Kazaa users swap copyright material.

If it wants to continue its operations, Wilcox said Kazaa's owners have to ensure that new versions of the software filters unlicensed copyright material and he ordered them to press existing users to upgrade their software to a new version that filters unlicensed material.

"The court has made orders that will see the system either legitimized or disappear," Speck said.

The case is the latest in a long line of courtroom showdowns between so-called peer-to-peer (P2P) networks and copyright holders, such as record companies.

Speck said the ruling would have global effects.

"This court order ... will have a worldwide impact not only on Kazaa but on every other illegal peer-to-peer business," he said.

"If you're out there and you're ripping off music without permission and without payment, you should sit up and take notice. Now's the time to go legal or get out of the business before another court does what's happened to Kazaa today."


©The Canadian Press, 2005

jerseykrs said:

Not all. I used K++ and managed to download plenty of viruses.

I'll make this short and simple. Kazaa Lite K++ is a hacked version of Kazaa. It removes ALL spyware, adware, cookies, etc. from the original Kazaa. Also, of most importance, it blocks your IP address to the RIAA (the people that want to stop you from downloading music.)

Once again, K++ rocks!!!!

EvilGreenAlien said:

Not if you have the correct version. After it got shut down, plenty idiots starting touting their version as K++, even though all they did was rename the program. The original K++ is bulletproof, that's why you can't find it for download anymore. They shut that bitch down QUICKLY.

jerseykrs said:

i still wouldn't trust kazaa, man.

jerseykrs said:

You do know there's a difference between viruses and spyware/adware/cookies, right?

You can still get viruses through Kazaa, as you can get with any program. But yes, it does block adware and spyware.

EvilGreenAlien said:

Yes i do know that , I have never got a virus from it. I'll shut up now, just my opinion.

jerseykrs said:

That only means you don't use it as much as I do. and probably not for the same purposes.
I usually download programs. to try them out, learn them, or just use them. I rarely download music.

EvilGreenAlien said:

that's probably why. I'm not trying to be confrontational, just giving my opinion. I only use it to download music and music videos, daily. It's worked like a charm for me for years.

I don't like the new limewire.

i like soulseek..

Milty said:

I like Limewire. There's been worms in my computer since I installed it, but nothing that would make me give it up. The only downside is that my AOL seems to go nuts eveytime I run limewire. I just restart the computer and start again. But overall, I'd go for limewire.

I Limewire, it is my "download program" of choice. I've been able to find MANY songs on there that I couldn't find using Kazaa. Limewire rawks my sox!

luv4u said:

As I told you before, as long as you have a good virus blocker on your computer, then viruses should not be an issue.

psychodelicide said:

What kind of problems are people having with it?

yes by all means limewire is wayyyy better than KAZAA...

KaZaa is buggy, and I always end up with oodles of spyware.


LimeWire is faster, a bit nicer interface, and seems less buggy.

Milty said:

Hey bitch, you gonna revisit your own thread?

2the9s said:

I use Limewire Pro. I think it's pretty good. I used to use Shareaza but I prefer Limewire.