LimeWire has officially been shut down by a federal judge. Those who use it for file-sharing are making the topic a Google trend today as news spreads about the court ordered shut-down.
The case against LimeWire LLC by the Recording Industry Association of America started over four years ago, charging LimeWire with online infringement.
Now the LimeWire case has come to an end as a federal judge found it guilty of assisting users in committing copyright infringement after plaintiffs claimed that over 93 percent of the software's traffic was made up of infringing content.
According to a report on PCW.com: Judge Kimba Wood also found LimeWire founder Mark Gordon to be personally liable. The RIAA then made two separate motions--one for permanent shut down of the company, and the other for freezing of the company's assets.
At least one of these motions has been upheld, as LimeWire stopped distributing its software on Tuesday.
Presently on the LimeWire company website there is a legal notice posted:
"THIS IS AN OFFICIAL NOTICE THAT LIMEWIRE IS UNDER A COURT-ORDERED INJUNCTION TO STOP DISTRIBUTING AND SUPPORTING ITS FILE-SHARING SOFTWARE. DOWNLOADING OR SHARING COPYRIGHTED CONTENT WITHOUT AUTHORIZATION IS ILLEGAL."
PopFi.com writes: That’s not the end of Lime Group, according to Searle. In his statement, he thanked users and promised, “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.”
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