What is Limewire?

Series Summary

What better way to buy music than from the comfort and security of your own home? No need to brave the self-righteous stares and condescending comments of a hipster music store clerk just because you decide to purchase an old classic by Men Without Hats or the reunion album by Steely Dan. Download music to your computer and avoid the attitude.

In this series of internet user videos, our computer expert demonstrates how to download songs using Limewire software. He tells you how to get started by downloading the program itself, then walks you through the installation process, adding tips on how to custom configure the program to meet your internet needs. Limewire also allows you to create your own playlists and download podcasts. After watching these clips, you will be master of your music world.

Video Transcript

"Hey everybody! My name is Matt and I'm going to be speaking to you on behalf of Expert Village. Today I'm going to be teaching you about Limewire. For those of you who don't know what Limewire is it is a peer to peer file sharing software, which basically means that you can download music directly from other people with it. They can also download files from you whether the files be music, whether they be movies. They can even be executable files. You can do a lot of different things with Limewire as well. You can also listen to your music. You can also watch movies through Limewire. You can even download torrent, which maybe we'll get into a little later. Limewire comes in 2 versions. You have the basic version, which is free, and you also have the professional version, which costs about 20 dollars and gives you faster downloading speeds and some other things that we'll get into a little bit later. Limewire's a great program. It's available not only for windows, but also for Mac and even Linux if you're interested in that. Let's go ahead and get started using Limewire. "