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Spyware in Limewire

if you are really worried about spyware on the mac you can google around for apps that remove spyware on the mac. considering the money is in putting spyware on windows pc i wouldn't worry about it.

what is a nice feature of both ad-aware and spybot is they review all cookies that spy on you. i haven't find a cookie utility like that on mac. all the others you have to program yourself. spybot and ad-aware know which one are the bad one and toast them.
 
don't use limewire. its total crap. there is an osx app called aquisition that uses the same network as limewire but is a far far better app in every way.
 
1macker1 said:
limewire isn't that bad, plue it's free.
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aquisition is shareware yes, but it never stops working. all you have to put up with is a window every 45min urging you to buy it. I think others will agree with me thats its superior to limewire by far.
 
I'm going to test it out today. I've tried poisioned, and it sucked. No one had any files on it. BTW, i was looking for music videos not MP3's.
blue&whiteman said:
aquisition is shareware yes, but it never stops working. all you have to put up with is a window every 45min urging you to buy it. I think others will agree with me thats its superior to limewire by far.
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Is downloading videos illegal?
 
anyone use XNap? i've been trying that out... looks alright.

1macker1, not if you delete them within 24 hours, or some nonsense like that. :rolleyes: but yes, same as music. if they're not free videos then i guess you're 'stealing' from the artist/stuido.
 
cb911 said:
anyone use XNap? i've been trying that out... looks alright.

1macker1, not if you delete them within 24 hours, or some nonsense like that. :rolleyes: but yes, same as music. if they're not free videos then i guess you're 'stealing' from the artist/stuido.
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I don't know the specific legal issues, but it seems to me that you don't really have to worry about videos, since they are all very compressed and poor quality in general. The whole reason the RIAA is cracking down on music sharing is that the quality of MP3's is close to perfect (depending on the bit rate of course). Plus since the video files are so large, not NEARLY as much swapping it taking place....so I wouldn't worry about it.




EDIT: Also keep in mind that artists make money from having their videos played on MTV or whatever other channels are out there. They don't make money from selling music videos to the consumer (there are few exceptions). So if a person downloads a video, the artist isn't losing any money, whereas if a person downloads an album of MP3's, their not going to go buy the cd as well, so the artist WILL lose moeny.
 
blvdeast said:
I was told that OS X10.3 couldn't get spyware. I just found out that in the window's version, at least, Limewire installs spyware. What about macs? Do we also get the spyware?
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Programmicly and theoretically (spelt that wrong, sorry) it is near impossible to install spyware on os x. The only way would be if limewire tampered and cracked code for certain apps. The os, well, you need a admin password to change any of the os stuff, which the limewire installer asks for when it installs... If limewire did install spyware on my comp, I would personally pay some hackers to hack their server and destroy it.
 
1macker1 said:
I'm going to test it out today. I've tried poisioned, and it sucked. No one had any files on it. BTW, i was looking for music videos not MP3's.

Is downloading videos illegal?
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Your a fool, no offense, downloading copyrighted material, without notice from the copyright owner, is highely illegal, here is an example, when the owner of a program posts the program on lets say..version tracker, they agree to a "contract" type of thing saying, This program is copyrighted, I am posting it up on this site (and maybe a few others) for downloading, any other website/server that is hosting this download is breaking the law, and I withhold the right to sue. The user also agrees, when they download, "I agree to use this program on this computer, and I will not make copies and sell the product without permission from the owner, nor will I post it on server without permission I should not say anything, because some people who write programs or make movies want it to be on p2p networks, a few of my apps i made ive purposely put on p2p networks, it is a great way to get it out, but if i charged for the app, i would not have posted it. here is my quote (trademark office has not responded back yet if they are going to trademark it for me...), "Get a life; Get a job"

Please note, if you download the keynotes from my little site, it is technically illegal, but apple can never find out. Since when you look at the stream, it reads a 4k quicktime file that then tells quicktime to open the REAL movie via rstp protocol. The address that it loads, actually loads the same file that the links on my site go to. So apple can never find out really. Actually I dont really see why it is illegal, I have actually contacted apple customer service or wutever its called and asked for macworld 2003 keynote on tape or dvd, they only charged me 5 dollars to cover the shipping + handling cost. So technically the actuall keynote was a free buy.
 
NusuniAdmin said:
Your a fool, no offense, downloading ANYTHING copyrighted is highely illegal, here is my quote (trademark office has not responded back yet if they are going to trademark it for me...), "Get a life; Get a job"
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he asked a simple question and you call him a fool? you have some issues. work on that..
 
blue&whiteman said:
he asked a simple question and you call him a fool? you have some issues. work on that..
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Dude, my little 5 year old brother knows downloading movies is illegal, so that person has issues. It is absolute common sense nowadays.
 
NusuniAdmin said:
Your a fool, no offense, downloading ANYTHING copyrighted is highely illegal,
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You're saying that downloading anything copyrighted is "highely" illegal, and he's the fool?

I think you're the one that needs to do a little research on copyrighted material, and I don't feel like explaining it to you.
 
NusuniAdmin said:
Dude, my little 5 year old brother knows downloading movies is illegal, so that person has issues. It is absolute common sense nowadays.
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lots of smart people in the world don't know certain commonly known things. some people live life away from media and such.

if you keep coming on here and insulting people like that you will be banned by one of the moderators I can assure you.
 
Peyote said:
You're saying that downloading anything copyrighted is "highely" illegal, and he's the fool?

I think you're the one that needs to do a little research on copyrighted material, and I don't feel like explaining it to you.
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OK then, downloading anything copyrighted, without a notice saying you can dl it from the copyright owner is illegal. And you dont need to explain it,My uncle works at the copyright office, and used to work at the us patent and trademark office
 
music videos and movies are 2 different things. no s*it downloading movies are illegal.
NusuniAdmin said:
Dude, my little 5 year old brother knows downloading movies is illegal, so that person has issues. It is absolute common sense nowadays.
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and where your uncle works at has nothing to do with you.
 
Definitions, off dictionary.com:

Movie: A sequence of photographs projected onto a screen with sufficient rapidity as to create the illusion of motion and continuity.

Video: Of or relating to videotaped productions or videotape equipment and technology.

See the relationship

And a music video is: A filmed or videotaped rendition of a recorded song, often portraying musicians performing the song or including visual images interpreting the lyrics.
 
NusuniAdmin said:
Definitions, off dictionary.com:

Movie: A sequence of photographs projected onto a screen with sufficient rapidity as to create the illusion of motion and continuity.

Video: Of or relating to videotaped productions or videotape equipment and technology.

See the relationship

And a music video is: A filmed or videotaped rendition of a recorded song, often portraying musicians performing the song or including visual images interpreting the lyrics.
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you done now?
 
NusuniAdmin said:
How much did ur viewsonic monitor cost anyways, got my VA520 15" for around 200 (300 before rebate)?
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seems to me that someone so up on rules would not go so off topic since thats a rule here. things like that you send a private msg. anyway I paid 460 canadian with tax. its the P95f+B to be exact. top 19" they make out of 6 models.
 
NusuniAdmin said:
OK then, downloading anything copyrighted, without a notice saying you can dl it from the copyright owner is illegal. And you dont need to explain it,My uncle works at the copyright office, and used to work at the us patent and trademark office
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Wrong. Downloading images from a website that are copyrighted isn't illegal, using those images or publishign them is though. See what I mean? Certain materials have different laws. You can't claim to know them all, jackass, and it doesn't matter where you uncle works. His employment has no bearing on your intelligence.

Bottom line people, don't worry about downloading music videos. It doesn't matter if you own a copy of it....then only time you will get in trouble is if you show that copy to 8 or more unrelated people without requiring them to pay you and the producers of the film.
 
Peyote said:
Wrong. Downloading images from a website that are copyrighted isn't illegal, using those images or publishign them is though. See what I mean? Certain materials have different laws. You can't claim to know them all, jackass, and it doesn't matter where you uncle works. His employment has no bearing on your intelligence.

Bottom line people, don't worry about downloading music videos. It doesn't matter if you own a copy of it....then only time you will get in trouble is if you show that copy to 8 or more unrelated people without requiring them to pay you and the producers of the film.
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OK THEN DOWNLOADING STUFF OFF P2P NETWORKS IS ILLEGAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! notice how i tryed to switch topics, but no, you are an ****** and you keep wanting to bug me.
 
napster and audio galaxy are really the only thing thats ever been shut down. this means plain and simple that they were seen as enough of a threat to be shut down.

kazaa, nutella (or whatever it is), direct connect, hotline etc. etc. are still up and running. some of them for years now. why? because they don't share just music.

all the RIAA stuff going on with kazaa only affects those who share more than 800 songs. this is because those kind of p2p users are mainly the ones who never buy music much if at all. I download music now and then but only for the sole purpose of a preview. a 30 second itunes store sample isn't enough to know for sure.

anything I like I buy. period. whatever I don't like I delete along with the ones I did like after I buy it. I also use this process for movies.

if i'm wrong to do things this way in some peoples minds then let me be wrong. I know for sure though that i'm not doing anything wrong thievery or morally wise.
 
blue&whiteman said:
napster and audio galaxy are really the only thing thats ever been shut down. this means plain and simple that they were seen as enough of a threat to be shut down.

kazaa, nutella (or whatever it is), direct connect, hotline etc. etc. are still up and running. some of them for years now. why? because they don't share just music.

all the RIAA stuff going on with kazaa only affects those who share more than 800 songs. this is because those kind of p2p users are mainly the ones who never buy music much if at all. I download music now and then but only for the sole purpose of a preview. a 30 second itunes store sample isn't enough to know for sure.

anything I like I buy. period. whatever I don't like I delete along with the ones I did like after I buy it. I also use this process for movies.

if i'm wrong to do things this way in some peoples minds then let me be wrong. I know for sure though that i'm not doing anything wrong thievery or morally wise.
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Yes it is incredibly annoying when the itunes sample is 30 seconds when there is no singing, so you have no idea if it is the correct song.
 
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