Is anyone really going to miss Limewire?

Now that the courts have successfully closed down the downloading capabilities of Limewire, is anyone really going to miss it? I've known a lot of people who have used it, only to find they've ended up with viruses all over the place. I haven't used limewire for years because of this. And it seems that any computer that has it installed is going to have an update for LW to permanently disable the downloading and search features to make it only a Media Player. So to Limewire, Goodbye and Good riddance.

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asked Oct 27 '10 at 18:47

Geenome
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(Oct 27 '10 at 19:16) Madison Tries

Related, but not closable

(Oct 27 '10 at 19:22) kevin ♦♦

Your so kind Kevin.

(Oct 30 '10 at 02:37) Geenome

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4	People are still using Limewire? LOL answered Oct 27 '10 at 19:01 kevin ♦♦ 35.7k●160●316●589

Is Limwire Dead? Great! Where is its grave? Im gonna do a dance on it. Worst software ever.

LONG LIVE TORRENTS

answered Oct 27 '10 at 19:04

Vancar6
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Wasn't Limewire a torrent?

(Oct 27 '10 at 19:06) Yuma

Technically, no it wasn't. It wasn't till later on that it started to support torrents. Even then I still refused to use it.

(Oct 27 '10 at 19:08) Geenome

Geenome is right.
Lime wire was not based on torrenting.
It was P2P.

(Oct 27 '10 at 19:12) Vancar6

I would like to remind users to not talk about torrenting as it violates the TOS of this site....Thanks... Just keep it to a minimum

(Oct 27 '10 at 19:16) kevin ♦♦

Well..
Im talking about it in a legal sence. Actually the post above does make it sound like im a pirate junkie.
I pay for all my software and i respect they work hard to develop and publish software.
I also only use Utorrent for Linux. I am a linux junkie though :P. I LOVE linux

(Oct 27 '10 at 19:21) Vancar6

I don't know why talking about torrenting violates the site TOS, as there is a LOT of things to legally download via torrenting. Linux Distros being one of them.

(Oct 30 '10 at 02:41) Geenome

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Does it really matter?

Shutting down one program is not going to stop piraters from using things such as Frostwire, Ares, Torrents, etc.

But it is a step in the right direction.

answered Oct 27 '10 at 19:10

Justin
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edited Oct 27 '10 at 19:10

Good point.
Anti Piracy should be more serous but it is not.

(Oct 27 '10 at 19:13) Vancar6

1	I used to download Limewire pro, the payed version, with the free version of Limewire... Haven't used it in years, not gonna miss it. answered Oct 27 '10 at 19:08 Hanhart 6.5k●29●55●126 edited Oct 27 '10 at 19:09 Thats one way of doing it Hanhart. lol (Oct 30 '10 at 02:39) Geenome

0	I don't care honestly. It should of been done years ago, the legal system is slow. answered Oct 27 '10 at 19:07 Yuma 2.4k●40●55●85

0	No, I never used Limewire, all I heard about that is people getting viruses from there all the time. answered Oct 27 '10 at 19:23 Xiro 4.4k●37●54●103

0	I know a lot of people whow ill miss it but I think this is due to the fact that most people don't really under stand torrents. Alot of my friends use a conversion and download service called Zamzar answered Oct 28 '10 at 04:10 Tim Fontana 15.3k●135●199●368

0	3, 4 years ago maybe I would have missed it. Not now. answered Oct 28 '10 at 04:28 paddyt007 1.2k●3●10●31

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