LimeWire Shut Down By US Federal Court
One of the popular online sharing services today received a very bad news from the United States Federal Court after the music industry that filed suit due to copyright infringement won the case five months ago.
LimeWire was ordered by the court to shut down its online service after the US judge ruled to favor the case filed by 13 music companies who cried for copyright infringement committed by the company. Added to the complaint by the music industry against LimeWire is unfair competition brought about the file-sharing service.
George Searle, a top honcho of the company was saddened and very much dissappoited by the court order. Further he said on AFP,
“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.”
But such a bad news may not easily dampen the spirit of the people behind LimeWire as they are also planning to put up a new online service in the future to replace LimeWire.
Most recently, there are lots of cases filed against copyright infringement committed by companies and websites on US courts like Dana White of UFC really running against online streaming sites and services that run UFC fights without their consent. Many of these sites has been slapped by closure and seizure by federal courts just like what happened to LimeWire.
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I guess it was only a matter of time. But we have to admit that companies like Napster and Limeware revolutionized the entertainment industry. Now we can download DVDs and music for a very small fee. (Skipping the costs of packaging etc., which make products a lot more expensive)
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And we know very well that many sites will soon follow the fall of LimeWire…some of these sites that offer the same online file sharing services like that of LW is megavideo, vizvid and zshare.
Well, let us wait and see. The US is really so strict on copy right laws, but our Supreme Court unfortunately for its self-serving purpose has redefined it a very humiliating way.
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The only peer-to-peer service I use now is BitTorrent, much more efficient and reliable than other services similar to LimeWire.
Though I cannot help but feel a bit of sympathy for them, the showed how the recording industry has been milking all of us for music and content that should be shared to all.
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Yun lang bro…lalo na sa Pinas…artists are crying of piracy, eh ang mahal mahal naman ng mga CDs kasi nila para bilhin ng isang mahirap ng Pilipino na gustong makinig sa musika.
This is sad news because I’m also a Limewire user. I uninstalled it recently. I’m sure something will come up again. This is the age of free media and court orders are not enough to stop it.
I’m heading on at BitTorrent in the meantime.
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