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Leaked report shows Big Content's cunning plans
On the later Heresy, Big Content has taken "strategic action" against The Pirate Bay (BitTorrent), LimeWire (Gnutella) and also the semi-private tracker Demonoid (BitTorrent) -
CNET ignores RIAA software pressure
CNET has a history of waiting for a court to rule if a product is illegal or not. In 2010 it ignored an RIAA request to pull LimeWire until a federal district judge ruled in 2010 that the service indeed violated copyright law. -
Pirate Bay enjoys Streisand effect
BT is the latest British ISP to ban The Pirate Bay. -
CNET walks in copyright fiasco
They claimed CBS Interactive, CNET's publisher, illicitly profited from piracy by distributing 220 million copies of LimeWire over the Download.com website since 2008. Over 95 percent off all LimeWire downloads were downloaded from the site, or so it is said. -
RIAA settles for less than trillions as Limewire shuts
It is not clear how the Lime Group, which ran LimeWire, will pay the money. It's owned by Limewire founder Mark Gorton and it has been shut down since last year after being barred from allowing people to share copyright-protected files online. -
Limewire going down fighting
Joseph Baio, one of Gorton's attorneys, did not dispute that LimeWire was used by pirates. -
Big Content goes after the media now
Not content with bringing down LimeWire, the music and film industry is suing newspapers for providing links to P2P software. -
Music industry growls at PC mag
"The harm done to the creative community when people are encouraged to steal our music is immeasurable. Disclaimer or no, when you offer a list of alternative P2P sites to LimeWire – and include more of the serial offenders -- PC Magazine is slyly encouraging people to steal more music. -
Limewire claims its good name stolen by Pirates
LimeWire, which last month was shut down by a federal judge, published a notice on its website on Wednesday warning that other applications are using its name. -
LimeWire arises from grave under new pirate rule
LimeWire is back from the dead, having been shut down last month after a court ruling. A mysterious team of anonymous developers, not content with the RIAA's pursual of the file-sharing program, have resurrected it and even made it better than it was before. -
Creative industries must persuade file sharers to go legit
CommentLook at the RIAA's excitement about finally shutting down old school P2P client LimeWire. It was in the vein of Kazaa and eDonkey, long dead, a win almost ten years too late for the recording industry. -
RIAA finally wins 2006 court case in murdering already-dead Limewire
CommentLimewire, once a popular P2P file sharing client in the same vein as Napster, Kazaa, eDonkey, Soulseek and numerous others, has finally bitten the dust. -
Computer crim tried to rat on his cat
A Florida techie paedophile had a go at blaming all the kiddie porn that coppers found on his computer system, on his cat. -
RIAA spent $64 million over three years on legal fees
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has been under criticism from everyone, everywhere except maybe industry bigwigs over the years for engaging in bully boy tactics, suing parents who had no idea that their kids downloaded a couple of songs on Limewire and sending out writs, orderi -
Limewire makes attempt at subscription based service
It was given some respite earlier this month when a judge ruled it could continue operating for two more weeks. However this was like having a bee in the bonnet for the angry music industry, which told the jury that every day LimeWire is available to the public, irreparable harm is done to record co -
Limewire sued again, may pay $150,000 per song
Eight music publishers have filed fresh lawsuits against beseiged file-sharing service Limewire. -
Limewire given chance for two week death rattle
LimeWire has been given some leeway in its losing battle against the bully-boy music industry. -
Microsoft hands Sunderland council £10 million in IT training
Sunderland City Council is offering free IT training vouchers for the poor souls living or working in the Sunderland area.
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