Through most of my Middle School and High School Careers, I was continuously downloading songs of Limewire and I thought at the time it was perfectly ok. For those of you who don't what Limewire is, it was basically a file sharing program that allowed users to download any song for free. But on October 26, 2010 they shut down the website due to court order. It has been said that copyright infringement and damages to the music industry has totaled over 1 billion dollars. Limewire was only one of many file sharing programs that were around at that time, but they were the most popular. Above is a video that discusses the death of Limewire. And there is a statement on Limewire about the deactivation of the software.
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