MikesVikes Posted October 26, 2010 Share Posted October 26, 2010 The end of Lime Wire the company as it has existed for years appears to be at hand. LimeWire gets hammered by injunction and now music labels will seek damages from the company and founder Mark Gorton (shown here). (Credit: Screenshot Greg Sandoval/CNET) U.S. District Judge Kimba Wood issued an injunction today against the company that operates the long popular file-sharing software, LimeWire, and requires managers there to disable "the searching, downloading, uploading, file trading and/or file distribution functionality, and/or all functionality" of the LimeWire software, Lime Wire announced. In May, Wood, who serves the Southern District of New York, granted summary judgment in favor of the music industry's claims that Lime Group, parent of LimeWire software maker Lime Wire, and founder Mark Gorton committed copyright infringement, engaged in unfair competition, and induced copyright infringement. LimeWire, the software, was released 10 years ago and quickly emerged as one of the favorite ways to pass pirated music across the Web. Gorton and his company have acknowledged making millions from offering the software. "While this is not our ideal path, we hope to work with the music industry in moving forward," said a Lime Wire spokesperson in a statement. "We look forward to embracing necessary changes and collaborating with the entire music industry in the future." link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursa Majoris Posted October 27, 2010 Share Posted October 27, 2010 I'm no fan of record labels but Limewire and all the rest are theft devices, pure and simple. All the pathetic justifications like "music is too expensive" are a crock of poo. Can't afford it, don't buy it. That's how it works for everything else. Just because an artefact is digital doesn't provide the right to obtain it for free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
untateve Posted October 27, 2010 Share Posted October 27, 2010 I thought Limewire's primary function was to help one download viruses onto one's computer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocknrobn26 Posted October 27, 2010 Share Posted October 27, 2010 I thought Limewire's primary function was to help one download viruses onto one's computer. Bingo! Not for awhile, but several years ago I was inundated by calls from friends who had teenage kids and a screwed up puter. I was able to fix most of them, but the common thread was they ALL used Limewire. Good riddance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puddy Posted October 27, 2010 Share Posted October 27, 2010 Somewhere skins is celebrating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeeR Posted October 31, 2010 Share Posted October 31, 2010 I didn't even know this still existed. And honestly, who cares? Bit torrent baby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WaterMan Posted October 31, 2010 Share Posted October 31, 2010 Don't be dumb and download 500kb sized files from anywhere. That's a trojan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v0dka Posted October 31, 2010 Share Posted October 31, 2010 Don't be dumb and download 500kb sized files from anywhere. That's a trojan. or just stay away from downloading .exe files all together Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budlitebrad Posted October 31, 2010 Share Posted October 31, 2010 I didn't even know this still existed. And honestly, who cares? Bit torrent baby +1 People still use that thing? Torrents and newsgroups are the way to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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