torrentfreak.com — Several major Hollywood studios don’t care that LimeWire is all but dead and buried, nor that the service was a pretty poor way to share large files such as movies. After the record companies of the RIAA settled with LimeWire last year for $105 million, Twentieth Century Fox, Viacom, Disney, Paramount Pictures and Warner Bros. [...]
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nachocheaseFeb 6, 2012
The greed of the MPAA knows no bounds. If they could travel back in time to sue Napster, I'm sure they would.
MrFrogyFeb 10, 2012
Agreed. By the way, here is the petition asking the White House to address Chris Dodd and his attempts to "buy" SOPA/PIPA.
https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petitions#!/petition/make-statement-regarding-chris-dodds-recent-quid-pro-quo-threats-relating-hollywood-donations/t0J9lMjw
Some browsers get a weird error, but it IS the legit whitehouse.gov petition!
MrFrogyFeb 10, 2012
Agreed. By the way, here is the petition asking the White House to address Chris Dodd and his attempts to "buy" SOPA/PIPA.
https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petitions#!/petition/make-statement-regarding-chris-dodds-recent-quid-pro-quo-threats-relating-hollywood-donations/t0J9lMjw
Some browsers get a weird error, but it IS the legit whitehouse.gov petition!
forchristaloneFeb 6, 2012
Really MPAA?
ninhFeb 6, 2012
As long as they are flogging a dead horse they won't rape a live one.
ka5p3rFeb 6, 2012
either fight back or stop complaining,this is nothing more than greed from Motion Picture Association of America.they want money.
donniehoward08Feb 6, 2012
right , they dont' care about creative rights or any of the content creators, just what lawsuit is next. pathetic
thespookFeb 6, 2012
"companies of the RIAA settled with LimeWire last year for $105 million ... In exchange for the relatively small outlay of filing the case, there could be a good payout for the studios if the court agrees their rights have been infringed."
Yeah, I'm sure LimeWire is just overflowing with cash. Good plan. This is really about principal and precedent.
skinturtleFeb 6, 2012
I know what I'd like to do with some of these MPAA jerks...and I'll give you a clue...something I'm surprised hasn't already occurred.
battmannFeb 7, 2012
So this falls on the lines of Necrobitorrentia?!?
blankmikeFeb 6, 2012
Lawsuits aren't tech. Limewire is a defunct company so there is no technology involved. This story by definition is business and legal (politics) only.