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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. Re:Easy fix... by PCM2 · · Score: 5, Informative

    The base LimeWire client is also open source, released under the GPL.

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  2. Yay! by Rix · · Score: 5, Funny

    Piracy is solved forever.

  3. Re:CAN SOMEONE TELL THE JUDGE? by tehniobium · · Score: 5, Funny

    Lawyers understand it better that way ;-)

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  4. Re:There are still non-torrent filesharing network by hairyfeet · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Actually I've found it was up to this day VERY popular with the clueless. As a PC repairman I ask my fellow repairmen to bow their heads in a silent moment and give thanks to the HUGE number of viruses from the fake files on Limewire and Kazaa, which made many of us mucho money. Hell the whole thing was plumb full of "name_of_popular_song.mp3.exe" viruses that the clueless would fall for time and time again.

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  5. A Victory For The American People. by BlueKitties · · Score: 5, Funny

    The media companies have stood up against rampant piracy to protect artistic expression and innovation! This is truly a victory for The American People.

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