What is LimeWire?
'''LimeWire''' is an [[open source]], [[peer-to-peer]] [[computer program]] that can be used to download and share music, [[video]], other computer programs, and other kinds of [[Computer file|files]]. In 2010 the [[RIAA|Recording Industry Association of America]] took the makers of LimeWire to the federal court in [[New York City|New York]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9178209/Music_industry_hits_LimeWire_with_yet_another_lawsuit?taxonomyId=70 |title=Music industry hits LimeWire with yet another lawsuit - Computerworld |work=computerworld.com |date=18 June 2010 |accessdate=20 June 2010 }}{{Dead link|date=May 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> They said that the software allowed people to download and share music, which was against the law. In June 2010, the National Music Publishers Association also took legal action against LimeWire. LimeWire was shut down in October 2010.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2010/10/27/130859566/court-order-shuts-down-limewire-s-file-sharing-software|title=Court Order Shuts Down LimeWire's File-Sharing Software|newspaper=NPR.org|access-date=2017-10-19|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/03/with-limewire-down-americans-dont-know-how-to-steal-music/72990/|title=With Limewire Down, Americans Don't Know How to Steal Music|last=Jackson|first=Nicholas|newspaper=The Atlantic|access-date=2017-10-19|language=en-US}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{tech-stub}} [[Category:File sharing software]]