The limewire company no longer distributes the program.

Get this free version http://www.gnutellaforums.com/gettin...e-edition.html It's just as good as LW Pro.
You should not 'need' to pay for any gnutella file sharing program. Keep in mind, all files on the network are 'shared' between users like yourself. It's a file sharing network so people are expected to share also. If nobody shared, there would be no files to download.