Following a huge victory for record companies over LimeWire, eight music publishers have filed their own lawsuit against the software company, seeking relief and damages for the facilitation of rampant copyright infringement. Many of the publishers are owned by the parent companies of the record labels that won the the case against LimeWire.
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everybody uses limewire... hardly anyone knows how to use torrents. or even know what a open port is.. not to mention 80% of online users don't know about usenet
They could close Limewire today and tomorrow everyone who is downloading on it will be a new place tomorrow. They have shut down many of these P2P networks and another one opens shop.
Originally posted by lxfactor: everybody uses limewire... hardly anyone knows how to use torrents. or even know what a open port is.. not to mention 80% of online users don't know about usenet
Wow, are you sure about that? I find that hard to believe, but I suppose it could be true. Sad if it is.
Originally posted by lxfactor: everybody uses limewire... hardly anyone knows how to use torrents. or even know what a open port is.. not to mention 80% of online users don't know about usenet
Wow, are you sure about that? I find that hard to believe, but I suppose it could be true. Sad if it is.
Sad? I always find that strange when people say things like that. Usenet was used as an avenue for piracy for a very long time but lawsuits and legal challenges only mounted when people posted information on using Usenet (I have done so myself). The same can be said for BitTorrent sites in their early days as well as a whole host of other sharing methods. Popularity is what eventually brings trouble.
Only 8! I thought the music industry was run my total morons. I guess most figure what they were recover from Limewire will not pay their lawyers. This may be the smartest thing I have heard them do in a long time. I guess those 8 are also buying AOL stock while it is at bargain prices.
Originally posted by Dela: Sad? I always find that strange when people say things like that.
I think 5fdpfan is sad because most of the people are only smart enough to use Limewire not because other methods are under used. I think it is true just try driving on an interstate or see who gets elected. I think lxfactor got it right.
Funny thing is that there are MANY P2P file-sharing programs out there that use the Gnuetella network out there. Guess what, if this goes down it's like what EC said in his above post: there will be another one that will take its place. The RIAA has got to stop this nonsense foolishness cause they can't wait even if they can get a few people. Piracy is here to stay, and that's reality whether they like it or not.
