Limewire on its way out?

[spongebob toonpants 3582]

 

Thirteen record companies have sued P-to-P file-sharing system operator Lime Wire for copyright infringement, demanding damages that could total $476 million.

 

Thirteen U.S. record companies sued file-sharing system operator Lime Wire LLC in a New York court on Friday, accusing it of music piracy and demanding damages that could top US$476 million.

 

Thirteen U.S. record companies sued file-sharing system operator Lime Wire LLC in a New York court on Friday, accusing it of music piracy and demanding damages that could top US$476 million.

 

In their filing, the record companies listed 3,173 of their recent tracks and 22 older tracks as examples of what they had found available for download using the LimeWire P-to-P (peer-to-peer) file-sharing software. They are demanding maximum statutory damages of $150,000 for each recent work infringed, and $30,000 for the older works.

 

Lime Wire is just the latest P-to-P file-sharing company to feel the entertainment companies' wrath. The media companies have already successfully sued Aimster, Napster Inc. (sued by A&M Records Inc.) and Grokster Ltd. (sued by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc.) -- all judgments cited in the Lime Wire filing.

 

Last month, the operator of the Kazaa file-sharing system, Sharman Networks Ltd., folded to entertainment industry pressure and agreed to pay at least US$100 million to four U.S. record companies and a further sum to motion picture companies to settle two copyright lawsuits. Sharman will filter the files shared on its system to prevent the unauthorized distribution of copyright files, it said.

 

 

 

The record industry has already persuaded a number of file-sharing services, including WinMX, Bearshare, Grokster, i2hub and Kazaa, to close or transform themselves into legal music services, said a spokeswoman for the Recording Industry Association of America, a body that represents the major U.S. record companies. However, Lime Wire has so far ignored the industry's approaches, leaving it with no choice but to sue, she said.

 

Lime Wire, its parent company Lime Group LLC, its Chief Executive Officer Mark Gorton and its Chief Technology Officer Greg Bildson, all named in Friday's suit, know that piracy is going on because the company's LimeWire Pro software allows it to view what users are searching for, the record companies said.

 

The file-sharing network is devoted to the internet piracy of sound recordings, they said in their filing with the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

 

The 13 companies, which claimed in the suit that they produce, manufacture, distribute, sell and license the vast majority of sound recordings in the U.S., are Arista Records LLC; Atlantic Recording Corp.; BMG Music; Capitol Records Inc.; Elektra Entertainment Group Inc.; Interscope Records; Laface Records LLC; Motown Record Company LP; Priority Records LLC; Sony BMG Music Entertainment; UMG Recordings Inc.; Virgin Records America Inc.; and Warner Bros. Records Inc.

 

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A bit of a bugger for me as its the one I have had most success with. Any reccomnedations if it gets banned

Edited August 16, 2006 by spongebob toonpants

[Tom 13804]

Just .give. up...

 

 

 

 

Nah try Soulseek !

[Lazarus 0]

p-to-p ???

 

its feckin p2p man ya fecking divvies.

[Guest Patrokles]

Limewire has been in the second-rung of p2p stuff for a long time anyway. it's only good for finding the kind of shit that'll get you sued. (ie, stuff that is in abundance anyway)