Remember Limewire? It was is a very popular way to illegally acquire and share music and movies. I say “was” because it is apparently very dead based on this statement on their website:
As of today, we are required to stop distribution and support of LimeWire’s P2P file-sharing service as a result of a court-ordered injunction.
Naturally, we’re disappointed with this turn of events. We are extremely proud of our pioneering history and have, for years, worked hard to bridge the gap between technology and content rights holders. However, at this time, we have no option but to cease further distribution and support of our software.
The injunction [Warning: PDF] was handed down by the US District Court for the Southern District of New York. It permanently enjoins and restrains LimeWire from distributing its client software. But somehow the future is bright for Limewire as far as they are concerned:
We remain deeply committed to working with the music industry and making the act of loving music more fulfilling for everyone – including artists, songwriters, publishers, labels, and of course music fans.
Our team of technologists and music enthusiasts is creating a completely new music service that puts you back at the center of your digital music experience.
We’ll be sharing more details about our new service and look forward to bringing it to you in the future.
I seem to recall that Napster tried this route to go legit and failed miserably. Perhaps Limewire will do better. I doubt it, but perhaps they have some brilliant plan that I don’t know about that will save them.
All I have to say is good luck with that.
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Limewire Is Dead… Though They Don’t Think So
Remember Limewire? It was is a very popular way to illegally acquire and share music and movies. I say “was” because it is apparently very dead based on this statement on their website:
As of today, we are required to stop distribution and support of LimeWire’s P2P file-sharing service as a result of a court-ordered injunction.
Naturally, we’re disappointed with this turn of events. We are extremely proud of our pioneering history and have, for years, worked hard to bridge the gap between technology and content rights holders. However, at this time, we have no option but to cease further distribution and support of our software.
The injunction [Warning: PDF] was handed down by the US District Court for the Southern District of New York. It permanently enjoins and restrains LimeWire from distributing its client software. But somehow the future is bright for Limewire as far as they are concerned:
We remain deeply committed to working with the music industry and making the act of loving music more fulfilling for everyone – including artists, songwriters, publishers, labels, and of course music fans.
Our team of technologists and music enthusiasts is creating a completely new music service that puts you back at the center of your digital music experience.
We’ll be sharing more details about our new service and look forward to bringing it to you in the future.
I seem to recall that Napster tried this route to go legit and failed miserably. Perhaps Limewire will do better. I doubt it, but perhaps they have some brilliant plan that I don’t know about that will save them.
All I have to say is good luck with that.
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