LimeWire shuts down P2P service, looks to future

User Comments: 64

1. October 27, 2010 8:24 PM
   mtrenal said:

   I dunno if i agree with the consensus that nothing has been done here. It seems like an awful lot of piracy sites have been shut down recently- starting with TorrentSpy for U.S. users back in.. what was it... 2008? I feel like the RIAA and the other groups are on to something here. Shelling lawsuit after lawsuit at a website is a good way to get them to go bankrupt, unless the operator also happens to be a lawyer who can represent himself. Court battles are expensive, I'm surprised that ThePirateBay has stayed online through the numerous shutdown attempts its gone through.

   I mean, that's not to say that people wont still find a way to get what they want, but the vast majority of the internet users who pirate content would be at a loss without their favorite torrent website helping them. I just get the feeling that in the next couple decades some form of regulation is going to be placed on these websites, in the U.S. at the very least.

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2. October 27, 2010 9:28 PM
   

   captaincranky, TechSpot Addict, said:

   Is it still possible to download, "upyours.exe" from Limewire? I'd like to give it to my ex-wife for Christmas.

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3. October 27, 2010 9:58 PM
   

   klepto12, TechSpot Paladin, said:

   captain i like that comment

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4. October 27, 2010 11:19 PM
   ruzveh said:

   I dont understand one thing guys how does Limewire earns revenue via such route? They are just a free provider and the cost of operation might be huge i guess.

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5. October 28, 2010 6:21 AM
   Guest said:

   people ask me why i will NEVER AGAIN buy a thing from the RIAA. I haven't bought a single thing since the early 2000s since they shut down napster. They're not gonna stop me from downloading, it's for MY PERSONAL USE, and I have every right to do it. If you're smart, you'd stop buying albums no matter what. Stick it to them, these greedy pigs deserve it

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6. October 28, 2010 10:22 AM
   foreverzero89 said:

   about the viruses people seem to get from this, i've used limewire for years and i have gotten more viruses from torrents(2) than from LW(0). it's all about being responsible with what you download.

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7. October 28, 2010 10:57 AM
   xcelofjkl said:

   So that's why I can't connect. Lol

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8. October 28, 2010 12:26 PM
   Demons said:

   Limewire was mostly a portal for viruses and adware anyway. Any teenage computer I had to clean off because of infection had limewire on it. You want free music... nothing in this world is free. You pay for it in the end.

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9. October 28, 2010 5:00 PM
   jazboy said:

   I hardly use LimeWire only 2-3 times, Most of the time i used to use Vuze as i never had any virus issue with it.

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10. October 29, 2010 9:27 PM
    

    princeton said:

    I never used limewire. (bit)utorrent is and always has been superior.

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11. October 31, 2010 8:34 AM
    Guest said:

    Limewire is the ****

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12. October 31, 2010 11:12 AM
    

    captaincranky, TechSpot Addict, said:

    Limewire is the ****

    It would seem, not so much any more.

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13. October 31, 2010 4:32 PM
    Guest said:

    will bitcomet be next? This whole thing about file sharing and the RIAA? do the music artists mind?

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14. November 1, 2010 10:18 AM
    AbsolutGaloot said:

    The only thing that I ever heard anyone successfully downloading via Limewire was viruses. Shutting it down will only push people to better filesharing protocols, so a net win in my opinion. I do hope though that this doesn't set some sort of huge precedence for prosecuting filesharing programs.

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