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Is using Limewire to download music illegal?

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by Gregory Hamel on October 26th, 2009

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It is illegal to use Limewire to download free music that is under copyright which has not been rights-cleared by the copyright holder. If the copyright holder has given permission for free sharing of a certain song, then it is legal to download it.
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