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Movie studios eyeing compensation from LimeWire after RIAA judgement
- Six major movie and TV companies are among the latest to sue the once popular peer-to-peer file sharing service LimeWire. The suit comes less than a year after founder Mark Gorton agreed to pay the Recording Industry Association of America…
Industry veteran: LimeWire pirates were iTunes’ best customers
- Internet pirates are always portrayed as parasitic freeloaders responsible for countless instances of DRM, the "death" of PC gaming, ISP bandwidth caps and more, but according to one industry veteran, that's entirely unfair. During a keynote speech at CA Expo…
Music industry hopes to squeeze more cash out of LimeWire
- Hoping to squeeze every last cent from the defunct citrus-flavored filesharing service, the recording industry has filed another lawsuit against LimeWire. This time, an independent music trade group by the name of Merlin has targeted LimeWire founder Mark Gorton to…
LimeWire settles court case with RIAA for $105 million
- Ending a five-year battle over music piracy, LimeWire founder Mark Gorton and his file-sharing company have agreed to compensate the four largest U.S. record labels for damages in an out-of-court settlement of $105 million.
LimeWire reaches settlement with music publishers
- The music industry has reached a settlement with LimeWire, concluding a nine-month legal battle. Eight music publishers including EMI, Sony, Universal and Warner joined forces last June to accuse the peer-to-peer filesharing service of knowingly and deliberately infringing copyrighted material.…
LimeWire posts cease and desist for Pirate Edition
- LimeWire, the file sharing service that was shutdown by a federal judge last month, has published a new warning on its website. In the notice, LimeWire says it is taking steps to comply with the October 26 court order that…
LimeWire shuts down P2P service, looks to future
- After being found liable for copyright infringement last May, LimeWire has finally been ordered to take down the key features of its service. Citing the program as committing and facilitating copyright infringement, the popular file-sharing client will be required to…
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