Limewire to be Shut Down

[Golden Taters]

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303341904575577192244735152.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

NEW YORK—Popular file-sharing website LimeWire has been ordered to permanently shut down six months after a federal judge found it liable for copyright infringement on a "massive scale."
In an order Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Kimba Wood in Manhattan entered a permanent injunction, ordering the service to disable the searching, downloading, uploading or file trading of its software and to block the sharing of unauthorized music files.
The lawsuit was brought in 2006 on behalf of the major record labels by the Recording Industry Association of America.
In May, the judge found that LimeWire had violated copyright laws and induced users to infringe on copyrights. She also found Mark Gorton, LimeWire's founder, personally liable.
"Plaintiffs have suffered—and will continue to suffer—irreparable harm from LimeWire's inducement of widespread infringement of their wires," the judge wrote in her order.
In a statement Tuesday, the RIAA said the court will conduct a trial in January to determine damages.
"For the better part of the last decade, LimeWire and Gorton have violated the law," the RIAA said. "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."
On its website, LimeWire posted a notice that said it was under court order to stop distributing and supporting its software. "Downloading or sharing copyrighted content without authorization is illegal," the notice said.
On its corporate parent's Web site, LimeWire Chief Executive George Searle said the company was "disappointed" with the turn of the events and notes the injunction only applies to the LimeWire.
"We are extremely proud of our pioneering history and have, for years, worked hard to bridge the gap between technology and content rights holders," Mr. Searle said in the statement. "However, at this time, we have no option but to cease further distribution and support of our software."

 

[Woy]

lol limewire

 

[Fappin Raptor]

I don't download directly from there but it's how I download torrents. Oh well.

 

[Tailback U]

Yeah I had no idea people still used limewire.

 

[Archbomber]

good get rid of half the child porn in the world

 

[Woy]

Yeah I had no idea people still used limewire.

My roommate and ex-girlfriend were two of the pirating uneducated ones out there. :smh:

 

[citizenerased]

I didn't even know people still actually used P2P programs like Limewire and Kaaza anymore. Torrent's are obviously king, and direct download site's like Rapidshare and Megaupload are (a distant) second.

I don't download directly from there but it's how I download torrents. Oh well.

torrentz.com + uTorrent is your friend.

 

[Diivox]

and people who get paid to remove viruses from retarded peoples computers let out a million screams at once.

limewire was garbage, but it kept alot of "im not a really tech, but, i am not as retarded as half the people on the internet" fed.

 

[Nukleopatra]

I feel bad for all the black people who can't afford to buy their CDs.

I'll get over it.

 

[citizenerased]

Waffles + uTorrent

I don't think my e-penis is good enough for waffles, used to be a member of oink, but have never been able to score myself an invite for it's replacement *nudge* *nudge* *wink* *wink*

Although I tended (and still do) to use Dimeadozen more often since I'm a big fan of live music.

 

[BigHouseUSA]

Waffles has everything.

Although, I use Transmission, not uTorrent.

 

[Pitty]

Yeah I had no idea people still used limewire.

I had no idea anyone still used it by 2006, let alone 2010.

 

[Bmore]

well guess i can uninstall this one... >_>

 

[Blade]

People still use this shit?

 

[DJ Rhude]

Didn't even know it was still around

 

[jms493]

I used to use Frostwire back in the day.....that still exist?

 

[Woy]

well guess i can uninstall this one... >_>

LOL...you would be one of the few that still uses Limewire.

 

[DJ Fog]

LOLimewire

 

[Golden Taters]

I have Limewire and last used it Monday. I don't know what to do now...

 

[leaffan]

LOL @ you people saying "do people still use this".

75% of the machines I have to clean up viruses on are using it.