Limewire Legal Case Study

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In 2011, after five-years of litigation, Judge Kimba M. Wood of the United States District Court ruled in favor of Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and ordered a settlement of $105 million from LimeWire. The lawsuit was initiated by RIAA in 2006, for copyright infringement violations, against LimeWire for the illegal file sharing of music by its consumers. More than 9,000 recordings were identified by music labels that LimeWire users unlawfully distributed. RIAA sought the maximum penalty of $150,000 for each song totaling $1.4 billion in damages. Although RIAA was not awarded the full amount, they hoped it served as a deterrent for music piracy by other companies in the future. LimeWire’s designer Mark Gorton did not adhere

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