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  • RIAA thinks LimeWire owes $75 trillion in damages

    The music industry wants LimeWire to pay up to US$75 trillion in damages after losing a copyright infringement claim. That's right . . . $75 trillion. Manhattan federal Judge Kimba Wood has labeled this request "absurd."

    Written by Sarah Jacobsson Purewal27 March 11 01:45
  • Third jury fines Minnesota woman $1.5M for pirating 24 songs

    A federal jury this week ordered Minnesota native Jammie Thomas-Rasset to pay $1.5 million to six music companies for pirating 24 of their copyrighted songs. The decision came in the third trial on the same issue.

    Written by Jaikumar Vijayan05 Nov. 10 03:08
  • LimeWire shut down permanently

    File-sharing program LimeWire has been permanently shut down after a federal judge found it guilty of assisting users in committing copyright infringement "on a massive scale."

    Written by Sarah Jacobsson Purewal28 Oct. 10 00:50
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