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R.I.P Limewire?
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The following comments relate to this news article:
article published on 12 May, 2010
The once-extremely popular file sharing service LimeWire has been found liable of copyright infringement today in a 4-year-old lawsuit brought against them by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) threatening to put the final nail in the company's coffin.
U.S. District Judge Kimba M. Wood noted that users of LimeWire perform "a substantial amount of copyright infringement" ... [ read the full article ]
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12. May 2010 @ 21:44 |
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And nothing of value was lost.
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DoomLight
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12. May 2010 @ 21:53 |
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VirusWire was never a viable source for MP3s or what have you. i never used it because of the rampant fake files and viruses on it. let it die. i wont miss it.
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biglo30
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12. May 2010 @ 22:19 |
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Well off course the was gonna lose, they all lose obviously sharing illegal, kazaa napster now limewire they all go down and try to go legal.
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12. May 2010 @ 23:24 |
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When they can take down those who are sharing completely legal torrent files, it is no surprise that they would take down someone who was sharing so much copywrited material...oh wait, viruses are not compywrited...and that is all they had there...if there was any music at all, it was just a trojan horse for a virus.
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lxfactor
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13. May 2010 @ 01:12 |
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reguardless of what YOU use... alot of people still use limewire.. and its a great program to locate single music files.. i use frostwire.. which is better imo.. not to mention the new version of limewire includes virus scans..
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13. May 2010 @ 02:03 |
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limewire was actually decent about 4years ago then it got filled with viruses and fake files and spyware and stuff.
custom built gaming pc from early 2010,ps2 with 15 games all original,ps3 500gbs with 5 games all original,yamaha amp and 5.1channel surround sound speakers,46inch sony lcd smart tv.
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VonPepper
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13. May 2010 @ 05:18 |
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150k per infringement? infringement as in every song illegally downloaded off limewire? surely not.
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DoomLight
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13. May 2010 @ 07:22 |
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frostwire will go down. frostwire and limewire use the game networks. they will both disappear.
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Mez
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13. May 2010 @ 09:40 |
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Originally posted by DoomLight:
frostwire will go down. frostwire and limewire use the game networks. they will both disappear.
Those and the torrent will all disappear. Something else even harder to track will take its place. As long as the industry gouges the public there will be those that will choose not to be ripped off.
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13. May 2010 @ 10:00 |
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I dont think torrent will die, esp now with Magnet Links that run without trackers.
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Ben79
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13. May 2010 @ 10:24 |
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Good riddance.
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SDPadsFan
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13. May 2010 @ 10:43 |
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Bring back WIN MX.
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Necrosaro
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13. May 2010 @ 11:14 |
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You hear music FREE on the radio...whats the difference between that and downloading it? Nothing. You dont hear commercials, but most people dont even listen to thos eanyways, I just turn the channel.
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luckyo
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13. May 2010 @ 11:25 |
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Limewire is just one of a dosen existing gnutella clients. So, one commercial client dies, still a dosen of non-commercial ones remain.
And gnutella network itself remains unaffected.
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SchmilK
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13. May 2010 @ 11:50 |
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FINALLY...So sick of fixing idiots computers because they get virii from limewire! This will not only help the RIAA but also save me alot of frustrations.
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DoggRuff
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13. May 2010 @ 12:23 |
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Originally posted by Necrosaro:
You hear music FREE on the radio...whats the difference between that and downloading it? Nothing. You dont hear commercials, but most people dont even listen to thos eanyways, I just turn the channel.
How about the difference of listening to WHAT you want to WHEN you want to?
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Paula_X
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13. May 2010 @ 12:27 |
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damn.. How am supposed to get my seed bot installers out there except by people being idiotic enough to look for the cleverly crafted search terms I use to catch the unwary limewire users?
Guess it's back to the old IE exploit then.. those are TOO easy.
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hvera81
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13. May 2010 @ 13:05 |
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Originally posted by SDPadsFan:
Bring back WIN MX.
I still use it... :-)
This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 13. May 2010 @ 13:06
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bluetac
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13. May 2010 @ 16:01 |
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yup have to agree with you.
I get so pissed that the first thing the muppets do is install it when they get it back ffs
Good riddance if you ask me!
Originally posted by SchmilK:
FINALLY...So sick of fixing idiots computers because they get virii from limewire! This will not only help the RIAA but also save me alot of frustrations.
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AfterDawn Addict
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13. May 2010 @ 19:46 |
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Good ridance to bad rubbish, should have been renamed to "Virus Wire" uninstalled it from so many peoples machines.
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hermes_vb
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13. May 2010 @ 21:22 |
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Long live MegaUpload, RapidShare and similar services.
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19877891
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13. May 2010 @ 21:55 |
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I use Lime Wire, and I have had a few Trojans and Viruses. But my anti-virus, anti-malware, anti-spybot and anti-adware scanners all look closely at the download folders.
I scan my computer once a day. I have had no system wide infections yet. I also use CCleaner to clean the temp folders.
So if you do not like Lime wire then DO NOT use it.
And you can get a virus in 3 seconds on the internet, with out doing anything. And most anything is a virus now days isn't it?
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14. May 2010 @ 05:00 |
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Originally posted by VonPepper:
150k per infringement? infringement as in every song illegally downloaded off limewire? surely not.
clearly you either dont know or dont remember the Jammie Thomas case
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meve
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14. May 2010 @ 09:35 |
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Limewire is one of the most efficient malware distributing media in the cyberworld. I uninstall it from 9 of every 10 PC that people bring me to clean.
This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 14. May 2010 @ 09:36
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15. May 2010 @ 10:40 |
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Been using the jackass for years. Hope that doesn't go away. I love it when the program opens up and he's sitting down with that smirky smile. LOL. I much prefer this for music over torrents.
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