Limewire - is the store "legal"?

[clonmult]

A friend has just noticed that a track he's recently released has appeared on the Limewire Store. I had always thought that Limewire was a traditional P2P type file sharing site. Is the LimeWire Store attempting to be legal?

[wizbit]

In short: yes.
A half-arsed attempt, with plenty of notices and pop-ups advising you on the action you're about to take and any possible consequences.

However, one must ask why he's still using limewire?
That has more viruses than a scrote infested wh0rehouse.

if one is to do such a thing, then soulseek is the way forward.

obviously I don't, won't, never have, never will and totally agree that anyone who does ought to be strapped onto a submarine and sent to the artic....