LimeWire will pay $ 105 million to the American Recording Industry Association
The five-year litigation between LimeWire (the site and the eponymous client for the Gnutella network) and the American Recording Industry Association ended.
In 2006, 13 recording companies put forward a claim to compensate their losses and pay a fine for each song downloaded using LimeWire: Arista, Atlantic, BMG Music, Capital, Elektra, Interscope, Laface, Motown, Priority, Sony BMG, UMG, Virgin, Warner Brothers .
Immediately after the commencement of the judicial investigation, LimeWire filed a counterclaim demanding to stop deterring users from using the service.
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In 2010, a US federal court ordered the site to be closed and the distribution of a p2p client prohibited.
RIAA were able to prove the fact of illegal downloading of 9,715 songs, each was valued at $ 1,080.
TorrentFreak noted the fact that money received in compensation for damage will go to curb piracy and no deductions in favor of the authors will be made.
In 2006, 13 recording companies put forward a claim to compensate their losses and pay a fine for each song downloaded using LimeWire: Arista, Atlantic, BMG Music, Capital, Elektra, Interscope, Laface, Motown, Priority, Sony BMG, UMG, Virgin, Warner Brothers .
Immediately after the commencement of the judicial investigation, LimeWire filed a counterclaim demanding to stop deterring users from using the service.
')
In 2010, a US federal court ordered the site to be closed and the distribution of a p2p client prohibited.
RIAA were able to prove the fact of illegal downloading of 9,715 songs, each was valued at $ 1,080.
TorrentFreak noted the fact that money received in compensation for damage will go to curb piracy and no deductions in favor of the authors will be made.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/284606/
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