LimeWire!!! (http://www.limewire.com/)
Limewire includes lame, lame, and lame in shining green and yellow colors. :)
Ok, in all realness, it includes links including How it works, Product Features, and Customer Support. You can choice from a select variety of languages, such as english, french, and spanish, in which you can browse the site with (The customer support page should include information advice about getting caught in the deviant-ness of the product). The site has random tabs saying "Download Now" or "Download Pro For Free."
So...............some may think this site is all fine and dandy, but in all reality IT’S DEVIANT! Limewire is a site where you can download torrent software that’s connected to a Gnutella network. Yes, Limewire created this software (which is legal), but that doesn’t mean it’s legal to share/download documents where copyrights are attached. Limewire is a tool, but once it gets into the hands of the consumers is when it goes to work and becomes illegal. Lots of people use this software, but they are unaware of the consequences that come with it. What’s also weird about the website is that you can download the basic free version, or you can pay for the PRO version for 34.95, which has LAME additional features. That’s a scam because you are paying for something that is legal at the time, but in all reality you are still getting involved in illegal activity still (so you might as well get the free version).
Back to what I said above about Limewire being a tool, why would people think of such software where it could get people involved troublesome activity? Yes, I would love to get free music from somewhere, but I really do believe that Limewire gobbles you in a world of illegal sharing. It’s better to pay for something now than to possibly get caught breaking copyright laws later.
……..(and I add)…The creators of Limewire should be the one getting the blame for people getting caught by the law and not the people in all reality. What’s sad is that they are creating more deviant behavior than our society needs. Same goes to all other torrents or file sharing networks, correct?
HOW DO YOU GUYS FEEL ABOUT THIS? COMMENT. COMMENT…..COMMENT NOW!!!! :)
If everyone is doing it, is the behavior still deviant? Illegal and deviant are not the same thing.
ReplyDeleteI have a buddy that goes to Brown University who was caught illegally downloading. He had thousands of songs on his computer that he was going to get charged with. I believe it was 100 dollars a song that they fined him with. Instead, he paid 3 thousand dollars to not go to court and settle the altercation.
ReplyDeleteI never thought about this as being deviant, I was surprised when I saw it because you are exactly right. With most people now going back to legal ways of doing this stuff, like itunes, for the most part, I think that this will be clearly deviant in time.
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