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Looks Like the End of the Line For LimeWire

Posted by timothy on from the all-squeezed-out dept.

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.

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  1. Let me fix that message... by countSudoku() · · Score: 0, Troll

    [sorry, the /. filter nazi made me go LC]

    this is an official notice that sneakernet is under a court-ordered injunction to keep distributing and supporting its file-sharing software. downloading or sharing copyrighted content without authorization is awesome!

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    This is the NSA, we're gonna geet U h@x0r5! Also, what is a h@x0r5?
  2. Dang, there goes my anti-virus business by flyingfsck · · Score: 0, Troll

    I made thousands of dollars from removing crapware on Limewire infested machines. Now what am I gonna do? Sniff...

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    Excuse me, but please get off my Pennisetum Clandestinum, eh!
  3. One down... by Neko-nyan+Ayakitty · · Score: 0, Troll

    Only, what, 300 Limewire clones left to go? lulz xP And then you haz torrents as everyone's mentioned. And Usenet. And half the things relevant to mai interests are mass-uploaded/mirrored to MegaUpload + Mediafire + Hotfile + Rapidshyte.. etc.. I hope that Federal Judge feels proud of himself, he might as well have killed his first mob in an mmo. Congrats d00d, you only have about 999,999,999 left to go before you accomplish anything :3

  4. Re:There are still non-torrent filesharing network by blueg3 · · Score: 0, Troll

    It's also very popular among people downloading child pornography.