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Limewire shut down?

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So i started up limewire to get myself some instruments, guess what! they're under a court injunction to stop distributing their clients, cease any support. from what i gathered they've been nailed for piracy and illegal music / copyrighted content..

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Re: Limewire shut down?

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Unfortunately, yes. See torrentfreak.com for details.
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Yes and the riaa.org is also down, thats so sad.....
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Betting lines are now open to estimate how long before this thread devolves to a lockable state.
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Stuart wrote:Betting lines are now open to estimate how long before this thread devolves to a lockable state.
Bets on how long before NAB reposts this are also open.

The consesus on Bit-tech.net was goodbye and good riddance to the Virus-Infected-POS!

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edit: http://forums.bit-tech.net/showthread.php?t=196888

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Prime wrote:[The consesus on Bit-tech.net was goodbye and good riddance to the Virus-Infected-POS!
Agreed.

Why anyone would use limewire is beyond me.
I mean, it's written in Java FFS!
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jamin_za wrote:
Prime wrote:[The consesus on Bit-tech.net was goodbye and good riddance to the Virus-Infected-POS!
Agreed.

Why anyone would use limewire is beyond me.
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The only reason I can think of is to download Afrikaans music, so I'll sport a little evil grin directed at all those people. :twisted:
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well folks, it seems as though everyone has their own opinion of limewire... as much as I'd HAVE to agree that it was a virus-infected POC, i did find much needed media files there... as a lover of good house/trance music and as somewhat of a disc jockey i found all the good underground stuff there... and that stuff's hard to find!

oh well.. now the wait to witness the succession of the infamous "Limewire"
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madmind wrote:well folks, it seems as though everyone has their own opinion of limewire... as much as I'd HAVE to agree that it was a virus-infected POC, i did find much needed media files there... as a lover of good house/trance music and as somewhat of a disc jockey i found all the good underground stuff there... and that stuff's hard to find!

oh well.. now the wait to witness the succession of the infamous "Limewire"
Ron's choice for procuring trance music. ;)
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Ron2K wrote:
madmind wrote:well folks, it seems as though everyone has their own opinion of limewire... as much as I'd HAVE to agree that it was a virus-infected POC, i did find much needed media files there... as a lover of good house/trance music and as somewhat of a disc jockey i found all the good underground stuff there... and that stuff's hard to find!

oh well.. now the wait to witness the succession of the infamous "Limewire"
Ron's choice for procuring trance music. ;)
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