LimeWire and the Napster Curse
Shawn Fanning’s 1999 release of Napster forever associated peer-to-peer technology with music piracy, and we all bear the burden of that curse today. Why do I call it a curse? Because p2p can and will be used in far more powerful ways that for distributing copyrighted works, and its inclusion in the incredibly [...]
Music Industry Sues LimeWire
A coalition of major recording companies sued the operators of the file-sharing program LimeWire for copyright infringement Friday, claiming the firm encourages users to trade music without permission.
New York-based Lime Group LLC, its subsidiaries who designed and distribute LimeWire, and the corporation’s top executives, are named in the federal court lawsuit, which was filed in [...]
3 in R.I. charged with online piracy
In February, someone from the recording industry began calling Stephen and Patricia Hereth’s house in Pawtucket, accusing them of violating copyright laws by downloading music and sharing it with other people.
The caller offered to settle the matter for $4,600. “I thought it was a scam, to be honest with you,” Patricia Hereth said yesterday. “I [...]
Man arrested over theft of 500,000 yen from (postal savings) account (using Limewire)
A man was arrested Monday on suspicion of stealing about 500,000 yen from a postal savings account using LimeWire file-sharing software, police said.
According to the Nagano prefectural police, this is the first known case of the software being used to gain illegal access to an Internet banking system.
Arrested was Mitsugu Tominaga, 34, of Kawaguchi, Saitama [...]
LimeWire 4.12 Released! BitTorrent Integration in Next Beta
LimeWire 4.12 is released! This is the first major update of LimeWire since 4.10.9 was released over 4 months ago.
LimeWire 4.12 is a major improvement to LimeWire, including many new and improved features to keep LimeWire safe, secure, and speedy. This release contains support for ’secure results’, which will prevent spammers from sending search results [...]
Limewire and Java – Why?
I like to use this column to write about some newsworthy happening or disturbing trend. It lets me write to a captive audience about things that move me. Today, I deviate from the standard format. Today, I need to vent my frustrations about the Limewire team’s choice of Java as a programming language.
I’ll begin by [...]
