As Trial Begins, Early Results Don't Look Good For Limewire
paidContent, May 3, 2011
By Sarah Reedy
The fate of Limewire is now in the hands of a panel of New York jurors. The service has already been found to have violated copyright law, because it encouraged its users to illegally download music; the file-sharing service was shuttered in October, and the only question left is how much money it should pay to the record labels who sued it.
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