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LimeWire Gives Up the Ghost, Shuts Down P2P File-Sharing Client

in Media on October 26, 2010 at 12:57 pm PT

Last spring, music file-sharing service LimeWire suffered a crushing blow in federal court. This is the net result: The company will stop distributing its core software, and will disable “hundreds of millions” of existing downloads. It’s the victory the big music labels have been seeking for some time.