LimeWire Lives Again

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Posted by Soulskill on Tuesday November 9, 2010 @01:12AM from the there's-a-lesson-here dept.

Slayer Silver Wolf writes with this excerpt from TorrentFreak: "'On October 26 the remaining LimeWire developers were forced to shut down the company's servers and modify remote settings in the filesharing client to try to harm the Gnutella network. They were then laid off. Shortly after, a horde of piratical monkeys climbed aboard the abandoned ship, mended its sails, polished its cannons, and released it free to the community.' And so, LimeWire Pirate Edition (LPE) was born. Based on the LimeWire 5.6 beta that was briefly released earlier this year and then withdrawn when Lime Wire LLC lost its lawsuit, LPE is now in the wild. In many ways, it is better than the version killed by the RIAA."

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Arrh, me hearties! by Anonymous Coward · 2010-11-09 01:16 · Score: 1, Funny

Shiver me timbers, the good ship LimeWire sails again! We be sharin' the booty them thar lily-livered lawyers tried to keep away from us once again!
it's been said by Combatso · 2010-11-09 01:20 · Score: 4, Funny

that an infinate number of monkeys, working for an infinate amount of time will eventually recreate the works of shakespere.. does this mean the *IAA will seek to outlaw monkeys, or just the practice of giving monkeys keyboards?
1. Re:it's been said by sorak · 2010-11-09 02:19 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  that an infinate number of monkeys, working for an infinate amount of time will eventually recreate the works of shakespere.. does this mean the *IAA will seek to outlaw monkeys, or just the practice of giving monkeys keyboards?
  If the RIAA has proven anything, it's that an infinite number of monkeys, working for an infinate amount of time will eventually write a series of Vin Diesel movies.
2. Re:it's been said by NotBornYesterday · 2010-11-09 02:59 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  To be fair, a Vin Diesel movie can be written by just 2 or 3 monkeys over the course of a week or so.
  
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Re:Why by martinux · 2010-11-09 01:27 · Score: 4, Funny

It's a wonderful reminder to the companies attempting to shut down such services that it's almost completely impossible.
I think the fact that they can say, "we're back" less than a month after a court 'killed' the service is going to be very disappointing to the RIAA/MPAA and other international equivalents.
Their legal representation probably just threw an impromptu party though.
can an infinite number of monkeys spell "infinite" by Anonymous Coward · 2010-11-09 01:50 · Score: 3, Funny

can an infinite number of monkeys spell "infinite" correctly?
Re:Why by geminidomino · 2010-11-09 02:19 · Score: 2, Funny

We can have an honest discussion about copyright without resorting to name-calling.
Not here, we can't. You must be new here.
Re:Oh, Yeah in America, We Get Everyone's TV Shows by morgan_greywolf · 2010-11-09 02:36 · Score: 2, Funny

Do you really think that every American is scheming to keep our precious reality TV from your eyes?
Hmmm? We're not? We wants it, we needs it. Must have the precious. They stole it from us. Sneaky little Europeans. Wicked, tricksy, false!

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Re:can an infinite number of monkeys spell "infini by Combatso · 2010-11-09 03:34 · Score: 4, Funny

atleast one can
Re:You can't win by Chapter80 · 2010-11-09 04:45 · Score: 2, Funny

If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you could possibly imagine
The first thing that popped into my head was: "The more you tighten your grip, Tarkin, the more star systems will slip through your fingers."
Re:Why by Anonymous Coward · 2010-11-09 05:06 · Score: 2, Funny

Or, more likely, "you are a fascist record company shill who shoots puppies while snorting cocaine through one million dollar notes"
Lars, is that you?