Fare Ye Well Limewire

trishan · Postby **trishan** » Wed Oct 27, 2010 8:34 pm

Thanks for the memories (ironically a song I downloaded from Limewire)

trishan · Postby **trishan** » Wed Oct 27, 2010 8:35 pm

Popular online file-sharing service LimeWire was shut down by a US federal court today following a lawsuit filed by the music industry.

The move came a little more than five months after a US judge ruled in favor of 13 music companies in a copyright infringement and unfair competition case brought against LimeWire.

LimeWire.com featured a legal notice on its home page today stating it was "under a court-ordered injunction to stop distributing and supporting its file-sharing software".

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The legal notice linked to the court order from US District Court Judge Kimba Wood ordering the closure of the service.

LimeWire chief executive George Searle said in a statement he was "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," Searle said. "However, at this time, we have no option but to cease further distribution and support of our software."

Searle thanked users of the service and said "our team of technologists and music enthusiasts are 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," he said.

The 13 music companies filed their complaint against LimeWire in 2006 and Judge Wood ruled in their favor in May. In June, eight members of the National Music Publishers' Association filed a separate copyright suit against LimeWire.

LimeWire software was released in August 2000 and uses peer-to-peer, or P2P, technology to allow users to share music or other files over the internet.

LimeWire is owned by the Lime Group, a New York-based company.

Postby **bennymacca** » Wed Oct 27, 2010 9:02 pm

Who has used limewire in the last 7 years.

Just torrent them instead

trishan · Postby **trishan** » Wed Oct 27, 2010 9:04 pm

noobs like me

Swanky · Postby **Swanky** » Wed Oct 27, 2010 9:20 pm

I use it when ever I'm looking for a just a single song.

666HARPS666 · Postby **666HARPS666** » Wed Oct 27, 2010 9:25 pm

old man Swanky wrote:I use it when ever I'm looking for a just a single song.

Does Lisa Know ?

:lol:

Matty Norwood · Postby **Matty Norwood** » Wed Oct 27, 2010 9:57 pm

use frostwire

Postby **bennymacca** » Wed Oct 27, 2010 10:42 pm

old man Swanky wrote:I use it when ever I'm looking for a just a single song.

download the whole album instead

or alternatively, you can choose to not download every other song on the album to just get the one you want

AceLosesKing · Postby **AceLosesKing** » Wed Oct 27, 2010 11:42 pm

bennymacca wrote:
old man Swanky wrote:I use it when ever I'm looking for a just a single song.

download the whole album instead

or alternatively, you can choose to not download every other song on the album to just get the one you want

This IMO, uncheck the boxes.

AJG · Postby **AJG** » Thu Oct 28, 2010 3:21 pm

And good ridance!

Perhaps more torrents will have decent seeding numbers now....

For leechers like me....

Which reminds me, it was you Mr Kleeman who recommended Spartacus as a good TV show yes? Well I watched it on TV (partly from ur recommendation), thinking "Meh, decent enough (I do kinda like anything set in that era anyway)... Phhh like to see a gladiator that actually looked like Chrixus back then..."

Anyway, I then saw a few episodes downloaded from EZTV.com...

NOW I know what you were on about!

3 cheers for mega-blood and soft porn (actually I have seen soft porn with LESS breasts in it!)

Bring on S2!

You're a Bunch of Factors