The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) emerged victorious in a court ruing against LimeWire. The U.S. District Judge Kimba M. Wood ruled that LimeWire s users commit copyright infringement and the company behind the file sharing application does little to prevent that, rendering a decision similar to ones in cases versus Kazaa, Morpheus and Grokster.
LimeWire is one of the largest remaining commercial peer-to-peer services, Mitch Bainwol, the RIAA s chairman, said in a statement. Unlike other P2P services that negotiated licenses, imposed filters or otherwise chose to discontinue their illegal conduct following the Supreme Court s decision in the Grokster case, LimeWire instead thumbed its nose at the law and creators.
Final damages have not been determined and Judge Wood scheduled a June 1 hearing to determine how to proceed with the case.
Source: Wired
