CNET has been sued this week for distributing 220 million copies of LimeWire over the years.
The record labels say CNET parent CBS Interactive profited from the free downloads, which accounted for 95 percent of all LimeWire downloads since 2008.
Reads the complaint:
The CBS defendants received massive amounts of revenue from P2P provders on a ?pay per download? basis and also from ... [ read the full article ]
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Originally posted by Dmite30: It wasnt limewire filled with virus it was the people that u downloaded it from..
In my eyes, the only thing Limewire was good for was a virus delivery system and whoever ran it should be held just as accountable as the person who uploaded the virus. if you knowingly run a whorehouse, you can get in trouble too even if you yourself never turn a trick. Limewire enabled all this crap to flourish therefore are also held responsible.
I imagine they were going for "common carrier" status. Ei: They are not responsible for the data that traverses their network. Telco has it, and ISPs have it, in some fashion. We definately don't want them to lose that status. If this were to happen, then the cost of Internet bandwidth would increase, as the providers would have to invest in new network monitoring equipment and staffing. All this to protect the outdated business model of the riaa.
As far as viruses go, again you can't blame Limewire. The people that write and monitize malware will leverage any infection vector they can. It's up to the end user to take an active role in the protection of their computer asset. That includes knowing what you're downloading, and where you're downloading it from.
Why blame Limewire as malware/virus delivery system? Blame the end user for being stupid. That is one reason why I depend on torrent downloads. I am absolutely assured that the file I am getting is absolutely identical to the original from the creator. Hashcheck system makes sure of this.
Now if you get a torrent itself from a dubious source it is a different story. If you get them from any verified source you won't have any problems.
Today due to cost of bandwidth majority of the Linux distros are made available only through torrent for the free / non-donating downloaders. I have NEVER had problems with this system EVER !
