LimeWire Closed – Shut Down by Federal Court

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LimeWire Closed – Shut Down by Federal Court
Posted on October 27th, 2010 in Law by lalate

LimeWire Closed - Shut Down by Federal Court

LOS ANGELES (LALATE) – LimeWire has been shut down by a Federal Court; the closing of the LimeWire operated by Lime Group is the result of a Federal injunction against the website. LimeWire executives say they are set to launch a new service in the coming weeks. Details about the new service are still unknown.

Judge Kimba Wood’s ruling was not an overnight decision but the result of a 4-year old case. LimeWire, despite the closure years earlier of Napster, had reportedly generated 50 million users monthly. LimeWire must disable “searching, downloading, uploading, file trading and/or file distribution functionality” said Wood’s ruling.

RIAA said of the decision yesterday “For the better part of the last decade, LimeWire and Gorton have violated the law. 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.”

LimeWire chief executive George Searle said in a news statement the following. “We are extremely proud of our pioneering history and have, for years, worked hard to bridge the gap between technology and content rights holders,” Searle said. “However, at this time, we have no option but to cease further distribution and support of our software.”

Searle thanked users of the service and said “our team of technologists and music enthusiasts are creating a completely new music service that puts you back at the center of your digital music experience. We’ll be sharing more details about our new service and look forward to bringing it to you in the future,” he said.

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[AbbyRoad]

to be honest i have never ever used limewire
so i dun give a fuck

[SpRi7e]

ehhh, limewire was alright.. I only ever used it to download single songs.. and even then I didn't like it because I don't like using anti virus's and it's almost necessary for that

it's all about torrents, pandora, and good ol' google...or if I just want to listen to it, youtube

[cutthecashflow]

Try Frostwire, it works much better.

[Bubbles]

i used to use limewire like years ago but then i found torrents.

and fuckin finally i wont have limewire pissing me off all the time

[(weedguru)scarf]

yeah i only ever download whole albums... so torrents it is for me...

[JokersAce]

I mostly download whole albums but sometimes I'd just get particular songs off limewire if I found the rest of the album to be lacking.

[Gorecore]

I enjoyed Soulseek for grabbing single songs and sometimes full albums. I haven't used it in many moons, so I don't know if it's still around or how reliable it is anymore.

Torrents, for the victory...I-I mean, win!

[(weedguru)scarf]

victory sounds better man