LimeWire shut down by NY Judge

[Disco Pickle]

Not sure how I missed this yesterday.

I barely use their service anymore really, but I expect we'll see more and more of this, which really just forces them to move their servers offshore.

http://money.cnn.com/2010/10/27/technology/limewire_court/index.htm

[Cain]

Yeah, I saw that as well.  To be honest, I was surprised Limewire still existed.

[bds]

O TEH NOES, HOW WILL WE GET OUR VIRUSES NOW

[East Coast Hustle]

What's a "limewire"?

is it related to a "myspace"?

[Shibboleet The Annihilator]

What's a "limewire"?

is it related to a "myspace"?

I think it's some sort of thing from the "AOL".

[Golden Applesauce]

I thought LimeWire was a P2P service.  How would a judge go about shutting it down?

ETA: from Wiki

As a result of the injunction, LimeWire 5.5.10 and newer have been disabled using a backdoor installed by the company. However, all versions of LimeWire prior to 5.5.10 remain fully functional and cannot be disabled unless a user upgrades to one of the newer versions.

[East Coast Hustle]

it was a peer to peer filesharing program noted for its lax content, epic infections, DMCA letter generation, and mislabeled files. gnutella in a different pair of pants really.

http://static.funnyjunk.com/pictures/ae454d15_910f_bccf.jpg

About covers it.

Also a critical tool in this lolfest:

An investment firm employee traded music or a movie on file-sharing network LimeWire. He inadvertently shared his firm's files, including personal data of Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer and other high-profile clients.

Bwaaa

I'm quite familiar with it, it was more of a crack along the lines of "oh, people actually still use that thing anyway?"

[Thurnez Isa]

see even piracy gets outsourced now days