Limewire shut down permanently

[Fez Hammersticks]

A federal judge found that 93 percent of the traffic on Limewire, which drew 50 million users a month, involved the transfer of unauthorized copyright material. Under the judge's orders, LimeWire ceased all "searching, downloading, uploading [and] file trading."

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There are many other avenues

 

[44Thrilla]

wow, I didn't even know it was still around. I stopped using it years ago. It seemed to really mess up my computer(s)

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

wow, I didn't even know it was still around. I stopped using it years ago. It seemed to really mess up my computer(s)

Yeah, it was like the cute girl infested with STD's of these type of sites.

 

[Wheels]

wow, I didn't even know it was still around. I stopped using it years ago. It seemed to really mess up my computer(s)

yep. Limewire F'd up my laptop about 4 years ago. Never went back to it.

 

[Bob Dobalina]

wow, I didn't even know it was still around. I stopped using it years ago. It seemed to really mess up my computer(s)

Same here. Though I knew it was around as some family members were using it. I felt bad for them.

 

[Wheels]

Same here. Though I knew it was around as some family members were using it. I felt bad for them.

that too. My parents kept asking me wtf was up with their PC and I would always find and delete Limewire crap that my 16 year old brothers would download. Even after explaining multiple times why they shouldnt use it.

 

[ehizzy3]

lol my mom got so mad when me and my sister would ruin the cpus we got by limewire, kazaa, etc...now i have the best way of getting music/movies/porn without a p2p or torrent

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

lol my mom got so mad when me and my sister would ruin the cpus we got by limewire, kazaa, etc...now i have the best way of getting music/movies/porn without a p2p or torrent

How?

 

[ehizzy3]

How?

websites like zshare.net, rapidshare.com, mediafire.com, usershare.com

say you want to download an eminem album...google "blah blah eminem rapidshare" and then you should find a bunch of results...download it and and unzip it with winrar...and bam!

 

[DP]

LOL! Unzip.. Lets see how fast your computer will get infected. Much more safer ways.

 

[Minstrel]

wow, I didn't even know it was still around.

Heh, that was exactly what I was thinking when I saw the thread headline. I think I last used it in 2002 or 2003.

 

[ehizzy3]

LOL! Unzip.. Lets see how fast your computer will get infected. Much more safer ways.

lol that's a joke right

 

[Mamba]

Yeah, it was like the cute girl infested with STD's of these type of sites.

LOL

 

[Natebishop3]

The rule of thumb is that once these sites are "well known", it's already time to move on to the next one.