October 2010

File-sharing program LimeWire has been permanently shut down after a federal judge found it guilty of assisting users in committing copyright infringement "on a massive scale."

The shut-down is the final chapter in a case brought against LimeWire LLC by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) over four years ago.

The suit, filed by the RIAA on behalf of eight major music publishers in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, charged LimeWire with facilitating "pervasive online infringement." It also accused LimeWire of allowing and actively encouraging users to participate in music piracy.

During the court proceedings, the plaintiffs claimed that over 93 percent of the software's traffic was made up of infringing content.

In May 2010, federal Judge Kimba Wood found LimeWire LLC liable for copyright infringement. She also found LimeWire founder Mark Gordon to be personally liable. The RIAA then made two separate motions--one for permanent shut down of the company, and the other for freezing of the company's assets.

At least one of these motions has been upheld, as LimeWire stopped distributing its software on Tuesday. A legal notice on the company's Website reads:

"THIS IS AN OFFICIAL NOTICE THAT LIMEWIRE IS UNDER A COURT-ORDERED INJUNCTION TO STOP DISTRIBUTING AND SUPPORTING ITS FILE-SHARING SOFTWARE. DOWNLOADING OR SHARING COPYRIGHTED CONTENT WITHOUT AUTHORIZATION IS ILLEGAL."

The injunction states that LimeWire's software is used "overwhelmingly for infringement" and allows for infringement on a "massive scale." It also states that LimeWire "intentionally encouraged direct infringement" by users and marketed its software to Napster users, who were "known copyright infringers," by promoting LimeWire's infringement capabilities.

The case resumes in January 2011, when damages will be assessed. The statutory minimum for music copyright infringement is $150,000 per infringement, and the damages assessed may total up to as much as (or possibly more than) $1 billion.

LimeWire CEO George Searle said in a blog post that the company is "naturally disappointed with this turn of events," but is "deeply committed to working with the music industry and making the act of loving music more fulfilling for everyone."

http://www.pcworld.com/ar...ently.html

[Edited 10/29/10 18:32pm]

I'm not surprised

I don't know how I feel about this.

1 down

500 to go.

Hmph ... The house computer has over 12 viruses from that software being on it, that's GREAT. I hear it all the times how that site has so many viruses attatched to the files ...

EmbattledWarrior said:

1 down

500 to go.

that's about the size of the matter.

TD3 said:

EmbattledWarrior said:

1 down

500 to go.

that's about the size of the matter.

Complete was of time, energy and money.

Download sites don't die, they multiply.

Harlepolis said:

TD3 said:

that's about the size of the matter.

Complete was of time, energy and money.

Download sites don't die, they multiply.

They do so much that from a biological standpoint they'll soon become an actual organism.

who the hell still uses limewire anyway? crappy options and loaded up with adware. soulseek baby! if it's the only option and as a last resort. and bittorrents for the win!

So?

Never used it heard it was Virus Central, that and Kazaa. Good riddance.

errant said:

who the hell still uses limewire anyway?

... my stepkids for their iPods (they don't wanna pay iTunes for the crappy music they like) ... LoL

errant said:

who the hell still uses limewire anyway? crappy options and loaded up with adware. soulseek baby! if it's the only option and as a last resort. and bittorrents for the win!

Thanks.

PurpleLove7 said:

Hmph ... The house computer has over 12 viruses from that software being on it, that's GREAT. I hear it all the times how that site has so many viruses attatched to the files ...

I was going to post EXACTLY THAT. LimeWire is evil and has been for years. It's one of the most virus heavy pieces of software I've ever experienced. I've had to help several friends repair their PCs after intalling it, even though I warned them against doing so. Screw LimeWire. Download someplace where they don't include viruses.

errant said:

who the hell still uses limewire anyway? crappy options and loaded up with adware. soulseek baby! if it's the only option and as a last resort. and bittorrents for the win!

Inxay on the oulseeksay. Don't jinx it.

Timmy84 said:

So?

Never used it heard it was Virus Central, that and Kazaa. Good riddance.

yep stop using limewire a long time ago

EmbattledWarrior said:

1 down

500 to go.

Bittorrent will NEVER be defeated!

errant said:

who the hell still uses limewire anyway? crappy options and loaded up with adware. soulseek baby! if it's the only option and as a last resort. and bittorrents for the win!

Soulseek is too underground-ism.

And BTW everyone, what about FrostWire? Can this survive without LimeWire?

TonyVanDam said:

And BTW everyone, what about FrostWire? Can this survive without LimeWire?

Yeah.

The frostwire misfits, basically jumped ship from limewire ages ago, once the spyware started to get added in.

But it manipulates the same Gnutella engine, minus the spyware.

People are switching to Frostwire. It's the same damn thing! Same format as the old school version of Limewire. Get your songs while you still can!!

lol. who the hell still uses limewire? what is this? 2003?

torrents and forums are the way to go, and have been for a loooong time.

Finally The viruses from that site messed up my last computer (my son's friend used that site) I'm glad they shut it down

I never did know how to use limewire anyway...

Deleted Limewire YEARS AGO. Yet I still have all the lastest (CRAPPY) music.

I don't use limewire or frostwire because of the virus risk. I'd rather just use itunes or amazon and just pay the $1 for the song that I want. Isnt mp3 music files suppose to drop anyways?

Is Frostwire any better??

regcart said:

Is Frostwire any better??

shhhhhhh!

regcart said:

Is Frostwire any better??

I haven't used Frostwire OR Limewire in a few years, both might have changed since the last time I seen them, they could have been updated or whatever, so my information might be off. But they are pretty much the same, same set up and everything. The only thing tat was different was that Frostwire has/had a blue tone to it as opposed to Limewire being green.

PurpleLove7 said:

Hmph ... The house computer has over 12 viruses from that software being on it, that's GREAT. I hear it all the times how that site has so many viruses attatched to the files ...

i never got any viruses from it