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Court finds LimeWire guilty of copyright infringement, RIAA cackles gleefully
Try as LimeWire might to at least appear to be playing by the rules, the court saw things otherwise. When you install LimeWire, the program does ask you if you plan on using it to download copyrighted stuff you shouldn't. It also warns you prior to downloading a specific file that it can't find a license on your computer. And ultimately, it's not LimeWire which does the infringing -- it's the users themselves.
But that's not enough to let LimeWire off the hook, said the court. Judge Kimba
Woods also didn't like LimeWire's advertising tactics, taking issue with the fact that ads appeared on Google searches for things like "Napster replacement," "Morpheus," "Kazaa," and the like.LimeWire... (1) is aware that LimeWire's users commit a substantial amount of copyright infringement; (2) markets LimeWire to users predisposed to committing infringement; (3) ensures that LimeWire enables infringement and assists users committing infringement; (4) relies on the fact that LimeWire enables infringement for the success of its business; and (5) has not taken meaningful steps to mitigate infringement.
I'm not trying to defend LimeWire here, but...really? AdSense ads based on search terms for other P2P software is considered further proof that LimeWire is up to no good?
Wow. Maybe now we can look forward to the RIAA going after Apple for allowing iTunes to sync music people downloaded with LimeWire...
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Subscribe to commentsEvenioMay 12th 2010 7:59PM
"Maybe now we can look forward to the RIAA going after Apple for allowing iTunes to sync music people downloaded with LimeWire..."
Ha. You think they won't?
dyeuniceMay 12th 2010 9:17PM
So does this mean we can't use Limewire ?
hbkhMay 12th 2010 10:37PM
"4) relies on the fact that LimeWire enables infringement for the success of its business"
Isn't that was a computer in general does? Watch out HP, Dell your next!
BobMay 13th 2010 5:29AM
This is so incredibly weird if you compare this to the financial institutions in the US:
1. The banks are aware that many people they give loans to are financially unsound.
2. They market loans/mortgages to people predisposed to not paying for them
3. The banks assist people in becoming debtors
4. Places like Goldman Sachs rely on faulty loans for their business
5. Even now banks refuse to take steps to fix the problems
Yet they are encouraged and allowed to prosper, when they cause ACTUAL financial damage as opposed to the noobs on Limewire.
/Justice FAIL
gojedaMay 13th 2010 7:02AM
I think I will file this under "judicial activism".
Drew GreenMay 13th 2010 7:22AM
Some of the points they made were ridiculous, but that aside, I say "good riddance"! LimeWire is a horrible piece of shit that needs to die. Bit Torrent is the new generation of P2P. LimeWire is, and always has been, the best way to contract a virus or get caught pirating material.