Four-Year Legal Battle Forces Limewire Shutdown

“According to RIAA figures, US recorded music sales fell to $7.7bn in 2009 from $14.5bn in 1999.” 
- Josh Halliday, The Guardian

Limewire interface.

While it seems ludicrous for the Recording Industry Association of America to blame these losses solely on the popular peer-to-peer filesharing network, they have finally won their grueling court case. After a decade online, Limewire has officially been shut down due to widespread copyright infringement.

What does this mean for the hordes of other online services that are still available for your illegal downloadable pleasure? If the disintegration of Napster and Limewire are any indication, nothing good.

If you’d like something to take you back to a simpler day when owning music meant purchasing a vinyl record you could hold in your hands, might we here at Lost Gold Records suggest our Classic Roots series? Classic Roots Jazz or Western Swing could be the perfect burst of nostalgia you were hoping for.

For a selection of music available through Lost Gold and DMusic Records, visit iTunes or Amazon.

For more information on the death of Limewire, take a look at this article in The Guardian last week.

R.I.P. Limewire

Alisa Hathaway

November 2010