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• Ok, I have this to say:
  
  I completely agree with what the Government of Canada has decided: file-sharing is LEGAL.
  File sharing has always been my way of getting the music I want. My main use for free music is LimeWire. I am a sole user of this community and always will be. I haven't read on anything negatively about LimeWire or its producers... I see how the CRIA and RIAA are wanting people to fork over thousands (or hundreds of thousands) of dollars for illegal file-sharing. But they are proving that people are ILLEGALLY file-sharing music is over the Internet and is completely ILLEGAL. I think LimeWire cannot be used in a BAD WAY. I mean, the music on their is legal, people have already bought the CD and uploaded the music to the database of LimeWire, thus giving the users complete accessibility: 24/7. The reason that still puzzles me is why are the Americans making such a BIG DEAL about this? You SHARE the music you have, and I guess the RIAA wants EVERYONE to pay for the music they listen to... For "select" content, like EXACT videos searches may come up dry, which is probably one of the "down sides" of LimeWire. But overall, it gives you the best possible music searches! Videos, music, w.e.
  Also, I like getting music for free, and who wouldn't?
  I just don't understand why producers are wanting to get money out of people who just want to use the music for their personal use? Seriously, what is the harm in that?! You are not maiking hundreds of thousands of copies of rare Ray Charles songs and shipping them to China... Or selling them without written consent. I don't see the harm in downloading music that is available and is legal. Canada is a country which strives to give the people a great place to live. Whoever that "judge" who ruled the case DENIED is an awesome person! (In my books) I think seeing that people who do not mass-distribute the music is not a criminal or committing a crime whatsoever.
  1) If you download music for a CD for your car (which is what my friends do) THAT IS LEGAL!
  2) If you want to send your friend some music on a CD, THAT IS LEGAL!
  3) If your iPod needs some new rap music or country music, and you use LimeWire for your personal use, THAT IS LEGAL!
  4) If your friend needs a song for a wedding and you can download it from LimeWire, THAT IS LEGAL!
  
  You see, every situation here is LEGAL. But it just seems the RIAA is always cracking down on some people that are doing it legally, but they "assume" they have done it illegally. They need to see the real problem and track people that ACTUALLY share music, videos, w.e. and never pay for it and share it with people who never have to pay for it. It just doesn't get the producers the money they want to be compensated for for they lost...
  I LOVE LIMEWIRE AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN CONTINUE TO SHARE THE MUSIC THAT WE LOVE (DOESN'T MATTER WHAT GENRE) AND STILL HAVE IT FOR YOUR PERSONAL USE. AFTERALL, SHARING IS NOT STEALING!
  Keeping it real in Victoria, BC, Canada...
  Nebster66

  June 14, 2008

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