The new and long-awaited version of LimeWire has been released.Features: -Clean Install, No Bundled Software.-Windows and Mac Compatible.-”What’s New?” Network Searches.-Cleaner, Updated Interface with Skins.-Proxy support.-Ease of use – just install, run, and search -Ability to search by artist, title, genre, or other metainformation -Elegant multiple search tabbed interface -”Swarm” downloads from multiple hosts help [...]

Download: http://www9.limewire.com/download/LimeWireWin.exe Completely Revamped Software Offers Multiple Improvements Including Faster Downloads, Improved Searches Along With LimeWire’s Guarantee of No Spyware or Bundled Software New York (April 30, 2004) – Lime Wire LLC, (www.limewire.com), the leading designer and developer of advanced P2P file sharing software, today announced the release of LimeWire 4.0, a superior new file [...]

Sharman Networks, the owners of the FastTrack network and distributors of Kazaa Media Desktop (KMD), announced at the start of May that they will be launching 5 new language versions of KMD (v2.6.3). Along with English, Kazaa is now available in German, French, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese, which allows access to a market of over one [...]

Leaders of the movie industry in Cannes have appealed to directors and actors to sign up to their anti-piracy message before piracy wrecks the film business. Executives from Hollywood, France, India, China, and Russia held an “unprecedented” meeting on Sunday. They said directors should be involved in the campaign because “they are the major victims” of piracy. [...]

New software that lets anyone create unique cellular phone rings for free has some record labels worried it will kill the cash cow that is the ringtone. The software, called Xingtone, evokes the same “oh wow, oh no” reaction from the labels that greeted the original Napster. The fear is that people will make ringtones [...]

What is AyZoo? AyZoo is the Next Generation File Sharing software with an easy-to-use screens, and new identity protection features.AyZoo utilizes a decentralized network, and  is the most advanced file sharing application in the world. Trade any type of file: mp3, video, images, software, etc.  It runs on Windows.Search for ANY File! Find mp3, music, [...]

Rock & Rap reports: “In the western U.S. , ex-Canadian Mountie John Langley leads the RIAA Anti-Piracy Unit (APU). Just before Christmas, reported Ben Sullivan in an excellent L.A. Weekly story, Langley ‘s squads moved in to terrorize Latino street corner vendors. The APU wore black raid vests, claimed they were cops, and made guys [...]

Virus writers are setting up peer-to-peer networks to help their malicious creations spread. The networks are being used to control thousands of innocent PCs that some virus programs have infected. The tactic is being used because peer-to-peer networks are hard to disrupt, making viruses using this technique hard to stop spreading. Security experts say peer-to-peer [...]

Imagine a rich universe of music, movies, games, and software.  Hot tunes, killer videos and pics, rad games. … Explore new tastes and genres.  Rediscover forgotten pleasures. … Revel in 10 billion titles and choose among thousands of search results.  Enjoy a single click to share or save for the fastest downloads. The dream lives [...]

o No spyware or hijackware.o Seamless and simultaneous searches of files shared by users of Morpheus, Gnutella, Kazaa, eDonkey, iMESH, Overnet, Grokster, LimeWire, G2 and other peer-to-peer networks.o Free VOIP VoiceChat-chat by voice in real time with other users around the world and at no chargeo Multi-source downloading-for fast and efficient file acquisition.o Integrated access [...]

The google of sig2dat (Fasttrack quicklinks) whatabig.com is completely reconstructed and working. The new engine searches on over 15000 verified links from many sites, but the numbers are still growing. Whatabig uses a special technology to get and store many advanced details from the files behind the links, which makes the engine more effective. Search engine [...]

Search all the major file-sharing networks and connect with users of Kazaa, iMesh, eDonkey, Overnet, Grokster, Gnutella, LimeWire, G2, and others with Morpheus 4.0, the only American file-sharing software ruled legal by a U.S. federal court. Instead of searching just one network, search all major P2P networks at the same time, accessing millions of users [...]

WASHINGTON (CNN) — Dozens of people have been arrested in connection with an ongoing federal crackdown on the distribution of child pornography sent over the Internet using peer-to-peer file sharing applications, federal law enforcement sources said Friday. Attorney General John Ashcroft and officials from the FBI and Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Friday announced the [...]

Morpheus is a brand of peer-to-peer file sharing products that has been downloaded over one hundred million times all around the world. Morpheus is a communications tool that allows users to connect together with users of the Morpheus software as well as other peer-to-peer technologies to form a user network. Morpheus users may search for [...]

“If all the person did was write software that was generally useful, then it’s mindboggling that they would hold the software developer liable for a tool that’s similar to many other tools on the Internet,” Greg Bildson, COO of P2P software maker LimeWire in New York City, told TechNewsWorld. The arrest this week of the [...]

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. – A federal judge has ordered a Bristol man to pay more than $4,000 for downloading five songs from the Internet. U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall Wednesday directed William Martinez to pay the minimum statutory damages of $750 per song for infringing a copyright as well as $289 for the costs of [...]

LimeWire 3.9.12 is released.Changes in 3.9.12 include:- Added workaround for faulty JIT on OSX 10.2 with Java 1.4.1. Previously TigerTree hashes were corrupted because of this bug.- Added status of what core components are loading just after the GUI becomes visible.- Removed ‘Chat’ buttons from downloads & search results. (You can still chat from the [...]

By John Leyden   Campaigners are mobilising tomorrow (14 April) in opposition to plans to establish US-style software patents in Europe. This month the Irish Presidency of the EU referred back the controversial EU Directive on software patents to a committee of politicians from member states. The proposed draft text rejects all amendments made by [...]

The basic issue before the lawmakers this week was whether the DMCA infringes upon fair-use allowances for copying copyrighted materials for one’s own personal use. Supporters of the Digital Media Consumers’ Rights Act of 2003 — sponsored by Rick Boucher (D-Virginia) and John Doolittle (R-California) — argue that the DMCA prevents consumers from making fair [...]

When P2P became popular under Napster, this community was the undisputed king of file-sharing. Its impressive array of mp3 files drew an enormous quantity of individuals to this network, totaling nearly 1.5 million at its peak. However, its glory would not last as the RIAA successfully forced the closure of this network. Permanent indexing servers [...]