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LimeWire shut down axes music-sharing service - CSMonitor.com


Lol, anyone know any other good file-sharing programs?


Lime Group, whose LimeWire software has allowed people to share songs and other files over the Internet, received a federal injunction Tuesday to disable key parts of its service.

The privately owned company and its founder, Mark Gorton, have been wrestling in court with the Recording Industry Association of America, the body representing the U.S. recording industry, for four years. The RIAA contends that LimeWire's software encourages illegal sharing of copyright-protected music. In May, Lime Group was found liable of copyright infringement; a trial to determine damages is expected in January.

The injunction, issued by U.S. District Court in New York, compels Lime Group to disable LimeWire's searching, downloading, uploading, file trading and distribution features, effective immediately.

"The court has now signed an injunction that will start to unwind the massive piracy machine that LimeWire and Gorton used to enrich themselves immensely," said RIAA spokesman Jonathan Lamy.

Lime Group spokeswoman Tiffany Guarnaccia said LimeWire's digital music store will still be available.

"We are out of the file-sharing business, but you can make it known that other aspects of our business remain ongoing," Guarnaccia said.

Lime Group is also working on a new piece of software that the company promises will adhere to copyright laws. The new service will include a desktop media player, mobile apps and a catalog of music from which people can stream and download songs.

Guarnaccia said the company is far along in developing the software but declined to say when this service might launch.

Making the new service a success will require negotiating deals with the record companies to stock LimeWire's music. It is not clear what, if any, deals Lime Group has struck so far.
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Can't say I didn't expect it. Used it once or twice before, but it really sucks.
 
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This should have happened about five years ago. Towards the end of its lifespan, Limewire was the internet's number one venue for illegal child porn trafficking. Good riddance.
 
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Bangkok Superpussy said:
This should have happened about five years ago. Towards the end of its lifespan, Limewire was the internet's number one venue for illegal child porn trafficking. Good riddance.
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Seriously. There was a thread in this section about some poor guy who tried to download a movie and ended up downloading child porn on his computer by accident, for which he was later arrested, charged as a sex offender, and given jail-time.

Thank goodness I stopped using Limewire like back in 2005.

That place is full of viruses and shit anyway.

I don't think I can torrent much in my new place right now anyway....my new ISP is a bitch when it comes to torrenting. They made my neighbor go to their offices and basically sign a "cease and desist" letter issued by HBO for torrenting TrueBlood. >_>
 
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good riddance. Limewire gave viruses to my computer and we had to eventually get it fixed for a lot of money, i don't remember how much it was but it was over 200. That site was shit anyway.
 
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Lrn2use video2mp3 off of youtube.

Herp derp.
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are you being serious?
Wehrmacht said:
More like learn how to torrent and use google to find rar's.
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I don't think I can torrent much in my new place right now anyway....my new ISP is a bitch when it comes to torrenting. They made my neighbor go to their offices and basically sign a "cease and desist" letter issued by HBO for torrenting TrueBlood. >_>
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dogen, if you're not already, use peerblock. I know a lot of my friends have gotten notices, but then they started using peerblock, and they don't get those notices anymore :D
 
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where am i gonna get my child porn now
 
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