Archive for the 'LimeWire' Category

Warner Music Director Profited From Piracy

Monday, June 20th, 2011

The copyright infringement lawsuit filed by FilmOn founder Alki David against CNET’s Download.com has brought to light an interesting fact. In their complaint, plaintiffs allege that CNET profited from copyright infringement as the site was the main distributer of LimeWire. Although CNET’s liability is far from proven, it is certainly worth noting that Warner Music director Shelby Bonnie was also CNET’s CEO at the time LimeWire got sued.

Source: Warner Music Director Profited From Piracy

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So You Code File-Sharing Apps? Get Smart With Your Marketing

Saturday, June 4th, 2011

With the annihilation of Grokster in the middle of the last decade and the recent destruction and humiliation of LimeWire, one might have thought that all prospective file-sharing developers would be proceeding with caution. Not so. In fact, some are painting big targets on their chests with “Sue Me!” right in the middle. Coding geniuses, it’s time to get smart.

Source: So You Code File-Sharing Apps? Get Smart With Your Marketing

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LimeWire Pays RIAA $105 Million, Artists Get Nothing

Friday, May 13th, 2011

In the midst of their jury trial, the company behind the defunct LimeWire client and the RIAA settled their dispute out of court. Limewire will pay $105 million to compensate the major music labels for damages suffered. A moment of justice for the music industry, but not necessarily for the artists. The recouped money is destined for reinvestment in new anti-piracy efforts and will not be used to compensate any artists.

Source: LimeWire Pays RIAA $105 Million, Artists Get Nothing

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CNET’s Download.com Sued over LimeWire Downloads

Wednesday, May 4th, 2011

CNET’s Download.com and parent company CBS are being sued for several copyright infringement related offenses for their role in distributing LimeWire and other P2P software. The massive lawsuit is being brought by eccentric billionaire and FilmOn founder Alki David, who’s backed by a collection of rappers and R&B groups.

Source: CNET’s Download.com Sued over LimeWire Downloads

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RIAA Wants Court To Shut Down Limewire

Saturday, June 5th, 2010

The RIAA has asked a New York District Court to shut down the world’s most installed file-sharing application, Limewire. The record labels argue that the Gnutella-based download client might have caused billions of dollars in lost revenue and that it’s therefore one of the largest threats to the music industry’s revenue.

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