How many teens download music illegally? Way too many. When asking teens about where they get their music 50% said iTunes, the legal most popular way, and the other half said Limewire, an illegal file sharing network. Well, those teens soon will be out of luck. In an article featured on Latimes.com/technology a time’s blogger reports that Limewire is going down.
Limewire had a lawsuit filed against it because “LimeWire wasn't able to obtain the licenses it needs to start an authorized music service. And the labels didn't get a check from LimeWire and former CEO Mark Gorton to compensate them for almost 10 years' worth of infringements.” Limewire’s network was so large that bootlegged music was downloaded approximately 200 million times. Among other requirements Limewire is now required to “disable all functionality of its current software and provide users a tool to uninstall it.”
I understand why Limewire is being shut down, but in my opinion it is not going to stop people from getting free music. We first saw with Napster and now with Limewire that even though it is frowned upon in a large way people will still try to get their free music. It will be interesting to see where people go to get their pirated downloads now.
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