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A Study of Malware in Peer-to-Peer Networks
White Paper The paper instruments two different open source P2P networks, Limewire and OpenFT, to examine the prevalence of malware in P2P networks. The results from over a month of data show that 68% of all downloadable responses... [22 Oct 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 28.03.08
Round-Up The BPI's improbably named internet investigations executive Jollyon Benn said increasing numbers of people are sharing music over clients such as LimeWire in the false belief they are not breaking the law. [28 Mar 2008]
UK record industry in illegal file-sharing crackdown
News He said: "The latest version of LimeWire includes a BitTorrent client in it and the user interface has got much more friendly. We talk to a lot of people who say 'We thought that it was legal…because we got the premium... [27 Mar 2008]
Music industry launches fresh file-sharing assault
News Music industry body the IFPI has announced a new wave of lawsuits against music pirates, with more than 8,000 people in 17 countries accused of uploading music to illegal file-sharing websites such as LimeWire. [18 Oct 2006]
Music industry takes aim at LimeWire
News After months of issuing warnings, the music industry finally made good on its threat to file suit against peer-to-peer software company LimeWire. A group of music companies, including Sony BMG, Virgin Records and Warner... [07 Aug 2006]
Radioactive: Crazy Frog's legacy - it's boomtime for ringtones
Comment Legal downloads on the other hand have been driven by the use of 'illegal' file-sharing networks such as Limewire, and the original Napster. It was a bumper year for the UK ringtone market. But, asks Futurity Media's... [16 Jan 2006]
iTunes as popular as most P2P sites, study finds
News That was good enough to earn the store a second-place ranking with peer-to-peer downloading service LimeWire. Apple's iTunes online music store is as popular as most music-swapping networks, according to a study released... [08 Jun 2005]
Canadians arrest teen over Randex worm
News The worm originally spread via IRC and file-sharing networks such as Kazaa and LimeWire but has been modified to automatically replicate in a similar way to the Sasser and MSBlast worms. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police... [27 May 2004]
RIAA guilty of 'child abuse'
News The members of P2P United that showed up at the event at the National Press Club included LimeWire, Blubster, Grokster and Streamcast Networks, which distributes Morpheus. A newly launched peer-to-peer trade association... [30 Sep 2003]
12-year-old file swapper bailed out by P2P group
News P2P United, a peer-to-peer industry trade group that includes Grokster, StreamCast Networks, Limewire and other file-trading software companies, said Wednesday it had offered to reimburse Brianna Lahara and her mother's... [11 Sep 2003]
File-swapping sites created "candy stores of infringement"
News Moreover, like the Gnutella technology used by Limewire, Bearshare and newer versions of Morpheus, FastTrack was decentralized, requiring no company to help serve as a middleman for swaps or searches. [10 Sep 2002]
HP product fuels fears of movie piracy
News The imminent release of 'dvd100i' is sure to compound the fear of Hollywood studio bosses already suffering angst over the proliferation of film sharing through Napster-type services like Gnutella-based Limewire. [20 Aug 2001]
Send in the clones: Users flock to wannabe Napsters
News Other file-sharing applications trailing Napster, but gaining ground fast, include Bearshare, Imesh, LimeWire and Napigator. Napster has lost thousands of users to rival file-sharing applications which still offer... [23 Jul 2001]
