Last week a U.S. federal judge ruled peer-to-peer file sharing company LimeWire has performed in copyright infringement. The ruling comes nearly four years after the lawsuit case was first issued in August of 2006.
In making her decision, U.S. District Judge Kimba Wood stated, “The evidence demonstrates that [LimeWire] optimized [their] features to ensure that users [could] download digital recordings, the majority of which are protected by copyright, and that [Lime Wire] assisted users in committing infringement.”
Mitch Bainwol, chief executive of the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) explained the decision should indicate an inevitable end to LimeWire and its services. “Unlike other P2P (peer-to-peer) services that negotiated licenses, imposed filters or otherwise chose to discontinue their illegal conduct following the Supreme Court’s decision in the Grokster case, LimeWire instead thumbed its nose at the law and creators.”
He continued, “The court’s decision is an important milestone in the creative community’s fight to reclaim the Internet as a platform for legitimate commerce. The court has sent a clear signal to those who think they can devise and profit from a piracy scheme that will escape accountability.”
Though the court has not ruled on monetary damages yet, the RIAA is seeking $150,000 for every piece of infringing work made available by LimeWire. A conference for further proceedings is set for June 1.
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LMAO!!! I know sahn!!! But yo this could be major… most people i kno that be stealin shit use limewire. i think most people will buy a 12 dollar record before they risk a virus for a song. This will scare off alotta the others too. I hope this really is a cure for hip hop.
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GET’EM!!!!!! STOP STEALING.
Fuck the rest of yall before me but some hip hop artist actually do put out freestyles and mixtapes that are free to the public. the ending of limewire will ultimately make it that much harder to get those freestyles and mixtapes and for all you ppl who got something smart to say. i actually do buy all my fav artists albums. So suck balls if you dont agree wit me. dont leave a comment just suck balls lmao!!!
Then from now on just get your mixtapes from a certifiable mixtape site (Datpiff, Getright music, etc).
lol. i guarentee you people who have commented against limewire have downloaded an illegal album or song at least once in their life. and in all likelyhood you download illegally everyday. honestly, it seems like the people who are opposed to these services are usually the main suspects in this download fiasco. undercover haters as they say. my opinion….labels deserve to get kicked in the nuts, but overall for people to have new music there has to be money coming in to make these records so complain about ur favorite label going under, but you’re the probably the reason they did after all. just sayin
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maaaaan STFU. you rappers stop b!tching about stealing. it’s not stealing. we’re actually listening to the music. music was made to be heard. if you dont want to let people hear your music..thats finy by me! but don’t b!tch when your shit doesnt go platinum or gold.
Don’t be retarded. If you start a business and you spend a lot of work on your product then someone just steals it… how does that make you feel???
How about you artists making an album with more than one good song..
Then instead of people dowloading a track…they rush out and buy the whole album.
Sales are down because music sucks. Ain’t no one spending 10 -13 bucks for garbage when they can lift a track or two for free.
As for illegal downloads, most artists leak a track or two for buzz. Grab legal mp3’s and there is no need to look over your shoulder for anything.
This isnt gonna put limewire out of buisness, it’ll just force them to filter out copywritten material, which they should……..Stuff like freestyles wont be affected by it
I aint gonna say I never downloaded nothin for free before, but I understand where the Record comapnies are comin from……..Its like if U own a grocery store, and instead of paying for food people just walk in off the street and take it for free all day everyday……Before long your store will be out of buisness and you’ll be collecting a welfare check(or sellin dope)…..
So I understand, especially the way the industry is nowadays……..How the hell B.O.B gonna have 2 of the top songs on radio, all kinds of hype and sell 85K the first week………..Because 90% of the people who have his album, didnt pay for it
also……
For every one person who says “Oh, I download but if I like the album, I still buy it to show support”………….For every one of those guys, theres about 1,000 who say “I love this album, but why pay for summin I get for free”……The numbers are proof
WTF are you talking about??!! B.O.B only sold that many records b/c he aint that hot.
You blame it on Limewire??!! So do me a favor and explain how Rhianna’s “Rated R” managed to sell almost 3 mil? How did Jay-Z “Blueprint 2” sell almost 1 mil in the first week. Downloading off the internet has nothing to do with why people aren’t selling records. Artist need to start blaming themselves for making lame ass music or stuff people don’t want to hear and not people like myself who haven’t paid for an album since “Ready to Die”.
Blueprint 3 sold hella but Jay-Z leaked it a week before, how did it still top number 1 on the billboard?
you know that it’s a common practice in hip hop to buy your own records to boost your numbers,right?do your research.50 did it,jay-z did it.in fact,jay-z was giving his albums(Blueprint 3) at his live concerts and 106 & Park.that business with kanye and 50 sales battle,that was it too.think about it.if people like ya’ll are concerned with numbers and u see somebody sell a mil in a week,u gonna be impressed by that and see what the hoopla is about.in fact,i think that sam adams dude got caught in that shit,roght?anyway,that’s why i never believed in that nonsense”men lie,women lie,numbers don’t lie”.numbers do lie.u can fix numbers.hackers been hacking into people accounts and stealing money for years and getting paid.
And how much of this $150,000 per infringing piece of work is going to go to the artists?…. I rest my case.
You say that like you have inside information……First of all, they’ll never get it because limewire will file bankruptcy and never pay
But, whatever they get I’m sure the artist will get a cut of, or else you’ll hear about the artist suing next
None of this is going to the artist. RIAA doesn’t pay artist.
So torrents may receive a small surge in popularity, but this really won’t solve the problem of illegal downloading at all.
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What is a “piece of infringing work” declared as in this case? If it’s a song, What’s $150,000 X 5,000,000?
that amounts to 750,000,000,000.in other words,they’re in deep shit
I’ve never used limewire and I download a gig a day of music.
I’ve always wondered how a company like limewire could be legal… I remember actually BUYING the limewire program & the next week finding out that i could have just downloaded it for free…. While I DO download music, i ALWAYS go to ZIA records & cop the new shit if it’s worth it. I mostly download mixtape shit on the limewire.. Last CD i bought was Gorillaz like last month & it was well worth it… But I cant say the same for these new hip hop albums.
damn, and I was loving limewire!
you”ll should try out frostwire it’s better than limewire , i heard frostwire was created by limewire, peep game peeps….
it was made from the people who made limewire. don’t you think if limewire is gonna get shutdown or watched, frostwire will to. duh.
You bum ass niggas still using limewire and public torrents? Step your piracy game up before you have the RIAA knocking at your door.
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Oh shit I’m deletin that shit
RIAA didn’t have a problem in the late 90’s when the music stores where over charging people for CD’s. Remember paying $17+ for all the No Limit and Cash Money albums dropping every Tuesday. Rappers were coming out with at least two albums a year. F@#k ’em
fuck the RIAA, at no point do any of the fuckers look like they are short of money, yet they pursue this shit? fuck the robbing dicks.
you the one robbin the artist if you download for free
I am the same person jacking CD out the retail store then posting it on a peer-to-peer site so you all can get it, lol.
im not sure but i think lil wayne! has something to do with this….
Excellent job hand… Thats how you you do it. Your other Lil Wayne comments pretty much suck.
the thing is, retards who listen to mainstream music in the charts don’t know how to pirate
then u got more intelligent people who want to find some better music but they know how to pirate
also, $170k, why even bother?
Get the fuck outta here with that shit. You sound dumb. Somebody’s a retard because they don’t know how to “pirate” music?
Everybody aint a fuckin nerd that sits around on the computer all day looking for the latest technological advances.
Some of the most intelligent people in this world barely browse the internet, let alone steal music off it.
ogewt is right and he didn’t say people who cant download retards you idiot! he said mainstream chart listeners, more often than not, are!.. downloaders are smart enough to listen to good music which isn’t a good thing because good artists don’t get what they deserve
AHA, Fuck Limewire!!! To many other websites for free music with no viruses!
Just go to http://www.dopehood.com they got all the new cd’s out and they put the whole thing in a nice zipped folder for you….. no more searching for every single track lol
i aint gonna lie i use limewire cuz they be having shit as soon as a website drops a new song…aight ya’ll help ya boy out what is the best site or program to download latest music cuz i’m bout to delete this shit?????
How about you artists making an album with more than one good song..
Then instead of people dowloading a track…they rush out and buy the whole album.
Sales are down because music sucks. Ain’t no one spending 10 -13 bucks for garbage when they can lift a track or two for free.
As for illegal downloads, most artists leak a track or two for buzz. Grab legal mp3’s and there is no need to look over your shoulder for anything. Hit the artists websites. You will find the tracks.
ahahaha. RIAA are buncha stupid morons. yeah, let’s shut down napster, we won! hey, wait. what’s going on? people still downloading for free? what’s this? Limewire? yeah, let’s shut them down. who cares if there are 1000 other file sharing sites currently open and another 100 will open up after shutting down limewire.
there are tons of sites still AVAILABLE, not to mention names though. the site i been using over ten years! limewire gone not a loss. download helps me save money for trees. plus im tired of rappers and r&b singers talking about shit i could never afford on my salary. when i get it free i appreciate better. humble these artist.
limewire sucks anyways, unless you want some viruses. limewire is for 48 year olds who dont know how to pirate
I dont know how to pirate
yarrrr.. i’s be visiting pirate bay but still use lime wire… yarrrrr… which p2p should i use now??
everyone downloads shit for free and why the fuck not these artists spend most the time braggin bout they whips and chains and how we hate them cause we cant afford it every big artist makes more in one show than most ppl make in a fucking year but if the musics good il buy it like that only built for cuban links 2 album i downloaded it heard how fuckin dope it was and bought that shit make a good album people will either buy that shit or show up at ur concerts to hear you play them tracks
i agree with this shit. . . used to be you had to go out to the store and cop the album. now all you gotta do is click a fuckin button.. and people wonder why there aint no more good music. cuz it aint worth the time to make good shit cuz it just ends up gettin stolen anyway.. ya digg
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What the fuck, why does it matter ? Niggas go buy albums and loan them to their homeboy or whoever and he burns the shit. Whats the fuss about ? You can’t stop that shit right there RIAA some albums be over priced any way.I had Jay shit early and still went out and copped it…as long as you’re not selling them downtown you good.
People still use LimeWire? lmao.
That’s like the last of the P2P file-sharing programs to be left untouched after all this time. It is inevitable indeed. Audiogalaxy, Napster, KaZaA etc, all got shot down, so naturally LW has to go too.
they will never be able to kill free downloads.long live the piratebay
true that. just use a proxy server like DaveProxy, that way you can’t be traced
Good artist still sell records,I usually preview the album as a bootleg if its good,i get the original.if it sucks i get rid of the bootleg and leave it there
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Damn, I almost forgot about Audiogalaxy! I remember their artist pages that they had, and it had a lot of dope music on it that nobody was ever gonna hear outside of the deepest of underground. Too bad they changed up. They had a potentially good thing going there for awhile…
I am so glad something like this finally happened. Either you support and like an artist or you don’t. If you do, buy their music and appreciate that they took time and money to make their projects. I buy all of my CD’s at the store still and that’s the best way. Why would you want a digital copy when its about the same price at the store for a physical copy that can’t be deleted or lost. Bring back the days of record stores, fuck the internet!
LMAO untill these so called “artist” start putting out quality work then maybe then people will buy their shit..you sound like someone who is content with getting ripped off by buying a peace of shit album
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the record labels messed up not the people who enjoy listening to music for free.
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cd’s i’d argue are the easiest format to lose just by scratching it so umm no. fuck record stores, competition ftw
Ok but there’s still over 100 torrent sites…
I agree with the other dudes.. make something worthwhile and people will buy it..
All these bullshit albums.. if I can I get 1-2 maybe 3 tracks max from friends or torrents.. if they don’t have it or I can’t find it then I buy it off iTunes… I ain’t wasting my time going to some big retailer that’s like 20 miles away from my house to buy some bullshit CD that cost $15 with only 1 song I like…
What would REALLY help boost record sales is to make a business kinda like Netflix.. order any CD you want, free next day shipping at a great competitive price.. fuck the retailers, sell that shit directly from the producers/publishers and keep all the money for whatever the fuck I care.. I just want my product more conveniently and at a better price.
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Ouch, Unfortunately their is a million websites out their that let people download stolen music.
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I’m glad this has happen. Illegal downloading has caused to many people to lose jobs. If anybody downloads something illegally some one should be allowed to come to their house and steal something from them like their COMPUTERS or Iphone!
Wise up dummies the ISPs know who you are and they will be force to snitch on your cheap ass! If you don’t like the artist then don’t listen to it. But you mofo want to download artist you say you like and they hide behind BITCH statements like ” Once I listen to it, if I like it I’ll go by it”. Here’s a question for you. If you went and ate some food and didn’t like it you just take it back. It’s called a REFUND! But your punk ass wouldn’t go in there and eat get full and say. “Na I’m not going to pay because I didn’t enjoy it”
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From the look of some of yall comments i could see why hip hop is dead cause alot of you so called fans is too fucking lazy to support your artist then yall complain that the game is dead but do the math is alot of trash music cause ya artists is tired of making heartfelt music and yall punk ass niggas is not supporting there shit… we as artists and fans of the culture need each other if it’s one reaching out and the other is not how you expect change to happen??? peace
damn man haven’t heard truer words in a long time.. Everyone listen up to my man and do your part to save good music and actually BUY it
Hip-hop is dying because of the type of music being put out……I bought albums,tapes and cd’s and out of 12-16 songs 4 were good……They need to sell single in the stores like they use to do……. Not every1 has access to cpu…………Stop blaming people for the down fall…..bootleggers have been around 4 eva and the artist still sold records……put some quality shit out and people will buy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (W e need more classic albums.)
wow he couldnt be anymore right i buy all albums from niggas i like plain and fucking simple i tell all my friends this but they just laugh at me but whatever: SUPPORT THE ARTISTS
trash creates trash, it has nothing to do with how you obtain it
these artists make enough money on digital downloads, music videos, airtime, and concerts. if you’re paying $300 for a Jay-z ticket, you know he has no trouble making bank
HAHA i was at a tpain/lil wayne concert last yr and tpain said himself that he didnt care if we illegally get his shit bcuz he just wants us bumpin…but then again thats just tpain lol
Hell yeah I use LimeWire (as of last year). But do I download whole albums? HELL NO!! If I like youre music I copp it (pay for the download from Amazon), But when I DO use LimeWire I;m lookin’ for artist I cant find in stores or havent put out whole albums or hard to find remixes and/or long forgotten singles. With about 500 plus cd’s my support for good music stands tall,,,,,,,,
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO I love limewire.. i dont do full torrents, or download full albums, if something leaks early or something, i download it and if i want to buy the whole album i buy it… also i recently lost my whole collection of old music, and i was able to download all my old singles on limewire…… its gonna be missed….
Damn. I guess we all knew it was just a matter of time before this shit happened lol
yeah and 150k per song is gonna cost quite a bit of money
$150,000 for every infringed work? you’re talking trillions of dollars at the least… the sentence doesn’t even make sense.
The RIAA is effectively forcing Limewire to declare bankruptcy.
Now as for the hundreds of torrent sites, all accessible via proxy server for anyone to use, even if they are blocked? (example: use http://www.isohunt.com through DaveProxy) open season.
It’s not worth it to spend $1.25 on a song in iTunes if you can get it for free, especially if the album sucks, and you don’t want to buy a hard copy.
A credit card is also required to use the iTunes Store, which supplies you with low-quality, DRM-encrypted music. Fuck that.
When a good artist comes out with a good album, I buy it. For the rest, if it’s a one-hit wonder, I’m going to torrent it for free. Because the retards who think shitty songs are good songs WILL buy it, and WILL support that lame artist.
1 down
millions more to go.
people are so fucking lame for stealing movies & music.
so what? can i still use frostwire? cuz that’s what i use…its basically limewire’s identical twin brother
lol ya feel me
I don’t use limwire anymore but when I did use it I used for rare remixes and hard to find songs. I agree that the quality of music has gone down and that’s why it’s rare to find an album with more than a couple of songs you like. The internet has hurt music to a certain extent but these record companies have a lot to do with the quality of music now IMO. Record labels don’t care about the qualtiy of music that being put out as long as people are buying for it. That’s why people don’t pay for shit now. What record companies should do is leak unreleased and shelved albums to the internet. They don’t on plan on doing anything with that music anyway.
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So what site am I supposed to use now? I’m not one of those crazy ass pirates, but I’m not going to pay for everything. I cop albums with substance and ones that are good from start to finish. Any suggestions where to go now? What does everyone else use?
nigga its all bout the torrents, and file hosting servers…
you can find ANY new album online a day it leaks by typing in “[album name] blogspot” in google
anyone else who dont no this shit, do it. fuck the riaa, who cares aobut limewire anyways nowadays? they had they glory, but i barley use that shit anymore except for really rare single songs…as usual RIAA is like 10 years behind HAHHAHHA
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I think stealing movies is worse, but with most new albums costing only $9.99 (even less on sites like Itunes), there’s no reason to steal everything just because it’s there to steal.
hehehe i stopped using limewire before i went to high school. Todays method is you type the album name then “blogspot” and there you go, ppl post the full album on Blogger. Ever heard of Megaupload, Mediafire, Sendspace….
ok….it was ok to copy a musik cassette or VHS Movie tape to a blank but we can’t do it wit cds and dvds??? Fuck outta here! Mixtape but not mixcd?? drake will sell a lot…why?? because he tawkin bout somethin that has peoples attention….if you weak…yu fuckin weak…nobody stoppin you from bein the BEST and puttin out new CONSISTENT HOT SHIT!! if you not sellin you wack or you need to change your marketing approach….we have too many NEW ways now…..GET WIT YOUR GENERATION! Every genereation had sumthin new…y shood this be any different….cds and dvds bout to be obsolete…now its MP3’s and AVI files etc…..Next and finally it will be the MICROCHIP implanted in the hand or the forehead and nobody will be able to get anything unless they had this!!! See???Problem fuckin solved!…welcome to the new world order ninjas….
thank you Kimba Wood. I don’t know why y’all r bitchin’. This e’ll only make artist make better albums dumbshits. What about artist releasing mixtapes every other season. Stop bitching becuz u can’t download a certain set of songs. Ya’ll get all of the good mixtape shit for free everywhere, you don’t hear artist bitching about that. atleast in the hip hop genre.
the whole point is that the internet is stealing peoples shit thats why a lot of niggas dont even make good music for what so mfs can download for free thats why it kills me when certain rappers be like i sold this many millions and be lying like i dont even know why bitchross is making another album dude your last shit didnt even go platinum and now u want to make a ablum called the teflon don 50 says that shit all the time now u want to name your album that just like ur fake ass about as bad as gay wayn making a song call rikers island and had the nerve to put the canadienjew on that tracc nigga yall aint street so stop pretending ill buy all the old shit i can from the 80 to late90s untill i hear something worth buying or untill Em drops weak ass bitches
why would someone still use limewire when there’s torrents?
Torrents ftw
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