Oct 27, 2010

P2P giant LimeWire forced to shut down by court order


A New York judge ordered LimeWire to stop distributing its file-sharing software, agreeing with the plaintiffs that LimeWire's service is used "overwhelmingly for infringement."

The LimeWire site shut down its service Wednesday, displaying only a legal notice (shown below) announcing that that company "is under a court-ordered injunction to stop distributing and supporting its file-sharing software."

The music industry has long held that LimeWire has been involved in music piracy. Did it take this long for the industry to find a sympathetic court?

More here.