R.I.P. LimeWire.

[Shaun]

I haven't used it in years, but still...

An injunction issued by the US district court in New York has effectively shut down LimeWire, one of the internet's biggest file-sharing sites.

It ends four years of wrangling between the privately-owned Lime Group and the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).

The injunction compels Lime Group to disable its searching, downloading, uploading and file trading features.

The firm plans to launch new services that adhere to copyright laws soon.

Visitors to the LimeWire website are confronted with a legal notice that reads: "This is an offical notice that LimeWire is under a court ordered injunction to stop distributing and supporting its file-sharing software."

It adds that "downloading or sharing copyrighted content without authorisation is illegal".

The RIAA told the AP news agency that it was pleased by the judge's decision.

"It will start to unwind the massive piracy machine that LimeWire... used to enrich themselves immensely," said RIAA spokesman Jonathan Lamy.

LimeGroup appeared to acknowledge defeat.

"We are out of the file-sharing business, but you can make it known that other aspects of our business remain ongoing," Lime Group spokeswoman Tiffany Guarnaccia told AP.

The firm is working on developing new software that will adhere to copyright laws.

[Jords]

Me either, but r.i.p also.

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

am i the only person that pays for music downloads :/

[Patrick]

Yes Simon.

Why pay 79p for something when you can download it in High Quality for free of Youtube using FS.

Anyways,

It was bound to happen sometime.

I hope that little virus filled ******er BearShare is next.

[Jack_]

am i the only person that pays for music downloads :/

No - I do as well :)

[Vicky.]

Glad. That ****ty thing virused my computer 3 times before I decided to get rid. This was about 4 years ago or something like :laugh:

[GypsyGoth]

I never used it. I have better places to steal my music from.

[Shaun]

Yeah same Vicky :(
I just buy ****loads of CDs now - and use mediafire/megaupload/rapidshare etc. for the rest :spin2:

[Patrick]

I remember it was good then it became sh*t and that American bastard would be on like 'Download tvs, radios, lamps and other things at www.ifree.com that's dubau dubau dubau dot eye eff are eee eee dot see ooh eemm!'

And I'm like 'NO I JUST WAN'T TO LISTEN TO THE JONAS BROTHERS!'

[yes i liked them, miley cyrus, jordin sparks etc back in 2007 i bloody adored america]

[Ninastar]

I never used it. I have better places to steal my music from.

umfg. where?

[GypsyGoth]

umfg. where?

I use torrents :)

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

No - I do as well :)

:love:

[Vicky.]

i bloody adored america

http://forum.thescubasite.com/confused/confused0053.gif (http://www.thescubasite.com)

[Ninastar]

I use torrents :)

whats?

:(

[GypsyGoth]

whats?

:(

I'll u2u you.

[Ninastar]

thanks :love:

[Patrick]

http://forum.thescubasite.com/confused/confused0053.gif (http://www.thescubasite.com)

Yep can't believe it either.

I would come in and listen to Radio stations on iTunes broadcasting from America.

I would actually be obsessed with it, I had the flag and stuff in my room.

I adored celebrities from there, and basically thought nothing on TV was good unless it was from USA.

I was dead set on moving their when I was older too.



Not sure what changed, I miss the '07 me now even if I did get bullied for loving America that much :bawling:

[Ninastar]

your hate for americans is offensive :(

[Jayson]

Torrents >

[Jessica.]

Just download frostwire if you liked limewire so much, it is based on Limerwire Pro and is safer and stuff.

[Ninastar]

Just download frostwire if you liked limewire so much, it is based on Limerwire Pro and is safer and stuff.

is it free?

[Niall]

am i the only person that pays for music downloads :/

Use Spotify, then you won't have to pay! :thumbs2:

[Jessica.]

is it free?

Yes it is.

[Ninastar]

Yes it is.

*is happy*

[Ramsay]

its still working for me?

[Shaun]

Hmm. Maybe it's just for the US. -shrug-

[Ramsay]

meh not really bothered anyway its full of ****e
btjunkie for the win!

[Jack_]

Yep can't believe it either.

I would come in and listen to Radio stations on iTunes broadcasting from America.

I would actually be obsessed with it, I had the flag and stuff in my room.

I adored celebrities from there, and basically thought nothing on TV was good unless it was from USA.

I was dead set on moving their when I was older too.



Not sure what changed, I miss the '07 me now even if I did get bullied for loving America that much :bawling:

:o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o

[Ramsay]

you must be joking paddy

[Patrick]

LMFAO why don't you all just bloody use FS, Great quality, Quick downloads and easy.

[Patrick]

you must be joking paddy

Nope :laugh:

:o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o

:joker::joker:

[Niall]

Nope :laugh:



:joker::joker:


I love America too! Disney Florida is favourite place on Earth! And the food they have there! Wendy's, Ihop, Taco Bell, Sizzler - snm :love:

[Callum]

As long as SIN's still working, I'm happy. :shrug:

[Lee.]

Yeah, I was pissed off earlier.. Went to add a few songs to my ipod for work and got the message on Limewire.. Who else can I use (that's as simple and as straightforward?)

[Patrick]

Yeah, I was pissed off earlier.. Went to add a few songs to my ipod for work and got the message on Limewire.. Who else can I use (that's as simple and as straightforward?)

FreeStudio.

Far better than anywhere else.

[MTVN]

I just use sites like 4shared and mp3raid for music, saves having to download or install anything that might be dodgy.

[Lee.]

FreeStudio.

Far better than anywhere else.

Is it easy to use?

[AJ.]

What.cd/Waffles.fm :wink:

[SoBig]

I stopped using limewire 4 years ago. People still use that crap? Its 2010, step your pirating game up.

[Twilight]

LOL ded, it was **** anyway.

[30stone]

Lets not forget lime wire was good for porn too..

R.I.P

[Zippy]

Oddly enough I actually removed it from my laptop the day before the announcement.

Its been useless for yonks now. Can't get decent porn or films on it anymore.

RIP Limey.

[Lee.]

I've tried Freestudio and can't even see any file sharing going on.. it just seems to be music/dvd software downloads etc

I've tried 4shared and every time I search for an artist, it returns 0 results!

Anybody else use a good file sharing site for music? (all types of music) I want it to be as simple as Limewire?

I particulary liked the fact that on Limewire, after a song had downloaded, it automatically was added yo iTunes, so there was absolutely no fannying around!

Anyone? please?

[Smithy]

am i the only person that pays for music downloads :/

lawl

[Jords]

Aw Limewire was a beauty back in the day :love:

[Smithy]

I used eMule when I was like 8 then moved onto limewire

[King Gizzard]

Scott, you are the last person on this earth I would think paid for downloads

[InOne]

Used to love Limewire, best place to get music ever.

RIP :(

[Ithinkiloveyoutoo]

Limewire and Kazaa were definitely the best for finding the most random songs you were looking for but man were they virus city indeed :bored:

[Suze]

Can't say I will miss that site one iota. Took that site off my computer yonks ago because of all the bliddy viruses :mad: Good riddance to that site.