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Principia Discordia => Techmology and Scientism => Topic started by: Disco Pickle on October 29, 2010, 07:13:05 PM

Title: LimeWire shut down by NY Judge
Post by: Disco Pickle on October 29, 2010, 07:13:05 PM
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
Title: Re: LimeWire shut down by NY Judge
Post by: Cain on October 29, 2010, 08:38:33 PM
Yeah, I saw that as well.  To be honest, I was surprised Limewire still existed.
Title: Re: LimeWire shut down by NY Judge
Post by: bds on October 29, 2010, 08:58:11 PM
O TEH NOES, HOW WILL WE GET OUR VIRUSES NOW
Title: Re: LimeWire shut down by NY Judge
Post by: East Coast Hustle on October 29, 2010, 09:27:52 PM
What's a "limewire"?

is it related to a "myspace"?
Title: Re: LimeWire shut down by NY Judge
Post by: Shibboleet The Annihilator on October 30, 2010, 10:05:56 PM
Quote from: First City Hustle on October 29, 2010, 09:27:52 PM
What's a "limewire"?

is it related to a "myspace"?

I think it's some sort of thing from the "AOL".
Title: Re: LimeWire shut down by NY Judge
Post by: Golden Applesauce on October 31, 2010, 08:48:08 PM
I thought LimeWire was a P2P service.  How would a judge go about shutting it down?

ETA: from Wiki
Quote
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.

:lulz:
Title: Re: LimeWire shut down by NY Judge
Post by: East Coast Hustle on November 01, 2010, 07:52:29 PM
Quote from: Liam on October 29, 2010, 09:46:42 PM
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:

QuoteAn 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 :D

:lulz:

I'm quite familiar with it, it was more of a crack along the lines of "oh, people actually still use that thing anyway?"
Title: Re: LimeWire shut down by NY Judge
Post by: Thurnez Isa on November 16, 2010, 05:02:52 PM
see even piracy gets outsourced now days
:sad: