Limewires shutting down

Haven't pirated music for a good while. Especially through some limewire-type deal. Stopped torrenting illegal crap maybe 2 years ago? Limewire must have been 5-6 years ago for me.  
 
Anyway I think it doesn't really matter anymore. There are now many cheap methods of acquiring music that are much more convenient than any piracy method I've ever seen. iTunes and Amazon have made it literally too easy for me to pay for music and movies, to the point where stealing them is more work. Steam has done the game with PC games, and pirating console games have always been too inconvenient to bother with. 
 
Oh and yeah morality bonus I guess too, but I don't care about the artists too much anyway. 

I just hope it doesnt bring those stupid ppl to torrent sits, good thing mine is invite only

Wow. Limewire. Brings back memories. None of them good. :/  What a mess that software was. I can't even remember how many computers I had to fix because of it. I was long done with my pirating phase by then, but I do remember telling people that if they were going to do it, do it some other way. Any other way. Torrents. Even freaking usenet. But not Limewire.

Good.

I'm not sure this is entirely fair on Limewire as it's not as if they did nothing to try and detect pirates but the shutting down of Limewire is no loss to the pirating community. As I remember it Limewire was thin on content, filled with junk files and riddled with viruses and that was a while ago.

" People still use Limewire? "

" People still use Limewire? "

Where are all the stupid people going to get Malware that they can't clean off now? That's like, a quarter of my customer base damnit! 
 
The courts never think of the little people...

For everyone who still uses limewire, use something called torrents. Try bittorrent or vuze out, those work pretty well. 

I still remember when I used to search for songs I used to either get that audio of Bill Clinton telling his fellow Americans how he did not have sexual relations with that women or a file named "Cute Girl has orgasm on webcam".

I will miss Limewire...eh...sort of? :/

I stopped using Limewire like five years ago. It screwed my PC up with all sorts of crazy viruses. 

I always find itunes libraries at my dorm that say "So-and-so's limewire songs," so there were still some people on it.

people dont use napster still? im lost

I've never used Limewire so this will not hazard me a second thought. I can imagine some people will likely be disappointed though, as it always seemed to straddle the line of legality in the past. Apparently it could not continue to do so. Unfortunately for those who shut it down, people will likely seek to find ways to undermine this through new programs, websites and other illegal activities.

I use Soulseek anyways.
 
or used to that is.

I've used Limewire since the 8th grade, and I'm sad to see it go.

I see people use limewire all the time at my school haha

I haven't used it anywhere near as much as I used to.  I pretty much only use it to find an illusive song or two that I can't find anywhere else now.
 
I remember using the free version to get the Pro version once or twice.  Good times.
 
I will not, however, miss the viruses.

I occasionally get called by friends and family to do tech support when their computers are loaded up with spyware, they buy me a case of beer or something and I come look at the computer. I've done this probably ten or so times over the last couple years. There's a Limewire icon on the desktop every single time.
 
So looks like I just lost a good source of free beer. Thanks a lot, courts!

I have always hated Limewire.

" I used to work at a used computer store, and getting a virus-ridden computer with a Limewire install was always fun.   Even better is if the customer returns a week after getting their computer fixed complaining about viruses, and there's that Limewire again, reinstalled after we reinstalled Windows. "

" @NekuSakuraba   "Cute Girl Has Orgasm On Webcam.exe"  This seems legit. "

Limewire was for the people who don't know how to torrent even though torrenting has become easy as fuck

I honestly wasn't aware that it was still in operation.

" @jinxman: Except for the the ones that own their own labels and other few rare exceptions, artists don't make shit off album or song sales. Whether people buy a million copies or 500,000 doesn't affect the artists' bank account. The label gets your money. Artists get all their moneys from concerts/shows and sometimes the merchandise sold in them (but not usually).  Don't go Metallica on us, duder. "

" I still remember when I used to search for songs I used to either get that audio of Bill Clinton telling his fellow Americans how he did not have sexual relations with that women or a file named "Cute Girl has orgasm on webcam". I will miss Limewire...eh...sort of? :/ "

Smart people stopped using limewire a long time ago.

"There's no excuse for not spending 5 to 8 dollars for albums."

*cough* Bittorrent *cough*

" @jinxman said:

"There's no excuse for not spending 5 to 8 dollars for albums."

 Just curious: where are you buying your CDs?  'Cause where I come from, they sell for 10 up to 15 dollars. "

" People still use Limewire? "

For me it was always Napster or bust. 
 
Or Kazaa. 
 
Anyway, torrents. That is all.

" Finally.  The noobs that are still downloading shity ass 128kpbs quality mp3's on Limewire will finally discover the light that is FLAC quality torrents.  "

I forgot that even existed.

ive NEVER, EVER used Limewire 
 
it was Kazaa around 2002-2005, then Ares 2005-2007, and then i jumped onto the torrent wagon 

*chuckles* Limewire. 'Bout time.

" There's still frostwire. "

" Here's a nice idea.  Stop pirating.  Fuckin a.  I'm not gonna pretend I've never pirated before, but I stopped a long time ago.  Music's really not that expensive, especially if you buy from emusic or amazon.  How about we support the artists that work their asses off creating music we like?  Makes sense to me. "

" For me it was always Napster or bust.  Or Kazaa.  Anyway, torrents. That is all. "

" You really need to start making proper threads instead of just posting links to elsewhere. "

" @Djeffers03 said:

" You really need to start making proper threads instead of just posting links to elsewhere. "

You really need to shut the fuck up. I hope somebody pisses in your face :). "

so the fight against pirates finally catches up to where they were 8 years ago