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2. LimeWire - Wikipedia

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   LimeWire was a free peer-to-peer file sharing client for Windows, macOS, Linux, and Solaris. [1] Created by Mark Gorton [2] [3] [4] in 2000, it was most prominently a tool used for the download and distribution of pirated materials, particularly pirated music. [5]

3. Music piracy - Wikipedia

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   There have been several means of free access to copyrighted music for the general public including Napster, Limewire, and Spotify. Napster was a free file sharing software created by college student Shawn Fanning to enable people to share and trade music files in mp3 format. Napster became hugely popular because it made it so easy to share and ...

4. Napster - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napster

   The most notable was the open source client called MacStar, released by Squirrel Software in early 2000, and Rapster, released by Overcaster Family in Brazil. [11] The release of MacStar's source code paved the way for third-party Napster clients across all computing platforms, giving users advertisement-free music distribution options.

5. Judge Makes Music Pirate LimeWire Walk the Plank - AOL

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   LimeWire provides software that allows users to share music -- most of it copyrighted -- with each other and that profits from ads it runs on its site. If this sounds familiar -- and illegal -- it ...

6. LimeWire Warning Consumers of Security Risks in Its Software

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   The makers of the beleaguered LimeWire peer-to-peer software have agreed to notify consumers that using the file-sharing program can expose private information, said Maryland Attorney General ...

7. Comparison of file-sharing applications - Wikipedia

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   File sharing is a method of distributing electronically stored information such as computer programs and digital media.This article contains a list and comparison of file sharing applications; most of them make use of peer-to-peer file sharing technologies.