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InvisibleEmpire
http://torrentfreak.com/limewire-loses-court-battle-with-riaa-shuts-down-101026/
Well we all know the battle here...buying software & music legally vs downloading 'illegally'. I personally feel that 'copyright infringement' is a relative term and that if music and movies were priced fairly and actors and actresses didn't make 10-100 million a movie (which inevitably causes the dvd or blu ray to go for $20-60) I would buy the stuff legally. I can understand downloading & reselling but downloading for strict personal use should be completely open and free in my opinion and if the corporations (MPAA, RIAA) don't like this they should invent a technology that isn't so easily broken, hacked, cracked and exploited.
Aside from my own personal opinion the government is stepping in and attempting to tell us what we can & can't distribute on the internet...this is unprecedented and is only beaten by the shutdown of Napster back in the day. Internet 2 and other regulatory measures are being considered, I hope this isn't the first step towards a tyrannical, dictator-controlled internet (see: COICA act)
The Gnutella-based download client LimeWire has ceased all its operations after a U.S. federal judge granted a request from the RIAA. Limewire was ordered to disable all functionalities in the current application to prevent users from sharing copyrighted material. The verdict is expected to have an unprecedented impact on the P2P file-sharing landscape.
Well we all know the battle here...buying software & music legally vs downloading 'illegally'. I personally feel that 'copyright infringement' is a relative term and that if music and movies were priced fairly and actors and actresses didn't make 10-100 million a movie (which inevitably causes the dvd or blu ray to go for $20-60) I would buy the stuff legally. I can understand downloading & reselling but downloading for strict personal use should be completely open and free in my opinion and if the corporations (MPAA, RIAA) don't like this they should invent a technology that isn't so easily broken, hacked, cracked and exploited.
Aside from my own personal opinion the government is stepping in and attempting to tell us what we can & can't distribute on the internet...this is unprecedented and is only beaten by the shutdown of Napster back in the day. Internet 2 and other regulatory measures are being considered, I hope this isn't the first step towards a tyrannical, dictator-controlled internet (see: COICA act)