Last month, the file sharing service Limewire was shut down with immediate effect after a U.S. court order. Limewire said after the court ruling that the company will try to revive the service in a legal version that is supposed to sell music, and the company already runs a music store.
Now a group of unknown developers has taken matters into their own hands and resurrected the service and released a new version of the client program Limewire.
This wasn't on my 2022 Bingo card.
Huffington Post - Digital piracy has been around as long as computers. Lifelong pirate and troll Dr. Brian Penny discusses a brief history of pirating, from Napster and forums to warez and the deep web, learn how resourceful pirates truly arrrrgh, matey!
Cnet: With a frown on his face and holding his head in his hand, LimeWire founder Mark Gorton appeared depressed last May as he sat in a New York courtroom.
You shut one down, two more pop up. You can't stop the distribution, but go ahead and try, wasting money, IMO.