Music-sharing site LimeWire shuts down

File-sharing company LimeWire was shut down after a US federal judge issued an injunction against the company on October 26.

Judge Kimba Wood, of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, ordered LimeWire to cease their searching, downloading, uploading, file trading and file distribution functions online.

The main page of the LimeWire website now has a message stating: “This is an official notice that LimeWire is under a court-ordered injunction to stop distributing and supporting its file-sharing software. Downloading or sharing copyrighted content without authorization is illegal.”
The business was directed to inform users of the software, employees, principals and other stakeholders of the court’s decision.

A company spokeswoman said this does not mean that LimeWire is shutting down completely; just that it cannot distribute or support its P2P software.