After a 4 year battle with the US music industry, LimeWire, one of the most popular peer-to-peer filesharing websites, has been shut down.
A "permanent injunction" was issued by a NYC Federal Court on Tuesday, ruling that the platform intentionally caused a "massive scale of infringement" as it permitted the sharing of thousands of copyrighted works by its 50 million monthly users.
LimeWire was founded in 2000 by former Wall Street trader, Mark Gorton. LimeWire is now restricted from allowing the searching and sharing of copyrighted material. The website will continue "working with the music industry to move forward", a LimeWire spokeswoman confirmed.
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