RIAA obliterates Limewire in piracy lawsuit
In a recent and highly controversial decision that could mean sweeping changes to file sharing and downloads in the United States, a federal court has found that the company that operates the largely succesful file-sharing service LimeWire, which has overtaken major competitors such as Morpheus, liable for copyright infringement.
The decision was made by U.S. District Judge Kimba Wood which decided that Lime Group, parent of LimeWire software maker Lime Wire, and founder Mark Gorton committed copyright infringement, engaged in unfair competition, and induced copyright infringement.
“The evidence demonstrates that [Lime Wire] optimized LimeWire’s features to ensure that users can download digital recordings, the majority of which are protected by copyright,” Wood said in her 59-page decision. “And that [Lime Wire] assisted users in committing infringement.”
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