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Looks Like the End of the Line For LimeWire
tekgoblin writes with news that a federal judge has issued a permanent injunction against LimeWire for copyright infringement and unfair competition. A notice on the LimeWire home page says "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." An anonymous reader points to coverage at CNET, too.
.. but where am I going to get my Anna Kournikova XXX Screensavers?!
If only there were some way for people who had Limewire to share the executable.
I don't believe in time. It's a grand conspiracy designed to sell watches.
Piracy is solved forever.
Can someone tell the judge to not use so many caps? It's like YELLING!
I thought you guys were talking about a frat party.
With AOL, you can get the internet in your living room!
So I hope you have a really, really big living room.
There's no -1 for "I don't get it."
The media companies have stood up against rampant piracy to protect artistic expression and innovation! This is truly a victory for The American People.
"Sorrow is better than laughter, for by sadness of face the heart is made glad." [Ecclesiastes 7:3]
It's the end of the lime for them alright, and it's sad to see such a historic piece of software going out on a such a sour note.
It in fact HAS to be about distribution.
Imagine the scenario where they try to jack you up for downloading crappy_commercial_music.mp3.
Defense: "How do you know I downloaded it?"
Plaintiff: "Its in our logs"
Defense: "How do you have logs of this event?"
Plaintiff: "We were offering crappy_commercial_music.mp3 for download"
Judge: "Case dismissed"
"His name was James Damore."