shortly after its loss in court, napster was shut down to comply with a court order. this drove users to other p2p applications and file sharing continued its growth. the audiogalaxy satellite client grew in popularity, and the limewire client and bittorrent protocol were released. until its decline in 2004, kazaa was the most popular file sharing program despite bundled malware and legal battles in the netherlands, australia, and the united states. in 2002, a tokyo district court ruling shut down file rogue, and the recording industry association of america (riaa) filed a lawsuit that effectively shut down audiogalaxy.