Is Winamp Legal??

Izzi27 · 4th March 2005, 21:52

Just wondering because surely having Video and Music avalible is a bit dodgy?

Can anyone set me straight plz

Mr Jones · 4th March 2005, 22:22

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Originally posted by Izzi27
Just wondering because surely having Video and Music avalible is a bit dodgy?

Why? it's not like you are file sharing any of the music that is available in winamp, it's streaming only.

Course it's legal, you don't think one of the biggest compaines in the world, AOL Time Warner, are pushing illegal products on people do you?

electricmime · 5th March 2005, 02:02

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Originally posted by Mr Jones
Why? it's not like you are file sharing any of the music that is available in winamp, it's streaming only.

Course it's legal, you don't think one of the biggest compaines in the world, AOL Time Warner, are pushing illegal products on people do you?

maybe its a trick

mikm · 5th March 2005, 03:36

Winamp is actually a tool used by the RIAA to find filesharers. Anybody caught using illegal music, listening to radio/watching movies that are copyrighted have their IP addresses forwarded to the government.

papadoc · 5th March 2005, 15:48

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Originally posted by mikm
Winamp is actually a tool used by the RIAA to find filesharers. Anybody caught using illegal music, listening to radio/watching movies that are copyrighted have their IP addresses forwarded to the government.

And you'll go to jail and sit beside all those criminals
that got caught using VCR's to copy movies.

Izzi27 · 5th March 2005, 21:47

umm so is that a yes or no?

drewbar · 5th March 2005, 21:54

It's a professional product made by one of the largest media corporations in the world. If you really need to ask....

Wolfgang · 8th March 2005, 10:09

No winamp is not legal. In fact, it's those bloody americans shafting us all again. South Americans are the best.

petitechloe664y · 8th March 2005, 10:53

I think it's legal already.

Wolfgang · 8th March 2005, 11:21

I didn't write that. It was my flatmate. The fucker has a cookie on his college account that enables him to post under my username. I think I must have used his computer once. He's refusing to delete the cookie, so I'm going to have to find revenge somehow. For now though I'm off to find out what other crap he's posted.

CraigF · 8th March 2005, 11:26

change your password, and log out and back in again.

Wolfgang · 8th March 2005, 11:38

cheers

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Izzi27 Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 2	umm so is that a yes or no?

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Wolfgang Forum King Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 3,069	I didn't write that. It was my flatmate. The fucker has a cookie on his college account that enables him to post under my username. I think I must have used his computer once. He's refusing to delete the cookie, so I'm going to have to find revenge somehow. For now though I'm off to find out what other crap he's posted.

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