Limewire sued for 75 trillion dollars

[Bennyboy]

Hopefully they'll settle for 70.

Here's the article: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/126145/20110323/limewire-sued-75-million.htm#ixzz1HU6Q8Qs8

Gotta be honest, I had no clue they were still around.

 

[TarekElsakka]

LimeWire? Isn't that the p2p application that was pretty famous back in the day? I thought they shut down a long time ago.

And ugh.. 75 trillion dollars? LOL

 

[Rugaby]

It's still used. I used it a month ago for a file I wanted for free and couldn't find anywhere else.
It's outdated and I'm sure filled with piracy issues out the butt

 

[Bennyboy]

I used it once, a long time ago, I wanted to download an italian song that couldn't find anywhere, instead the file was a 4 minute long midget porn.
From the article they still get 50 million users per month, so as far as being dead, it's not.

 

[Iloveiphones]

Holy smokes! They have that much?!


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[patrickj]

Man I hate Limewire. When I used to manage networks and do IT consulting it was amazing how many idiots ran that on their work PCs on company networks.

 

[iphonewarrior]

Man I hate Limewire. When I used to manage networks and do IT consulting it was amazing how many idiots ran that on their work PCs on company networks.

I bet it riddled the computers with viruses ;(

 

[Europa]

I used it once, a long time ago, I wanted to download an italian song that couldn't find anywhere, instead the file was a 4 minute long midget porn.
From the article they still get 50 million users per month, so as far as being dead, it's not.

Lol! That reminded me of the time I inadvertently downloaded gay porn set on a spaceship. I was like wait, what? No, this isn't right...

 

[iphonewarrior]

Note to the children reading this thread: 'Don't use Limewire, ever!'

 

[patrickj]

I bet it riddled the computers with viruses ;(

Yeah, lots of malware and also a bandwidth hog. Some clients would want to allow their users to run crap like this and other similar stuff and also gripe about how their network wasn't always speedy. Loads of fun to deal with.

 

[Tinman]

Man I hate Limewire. When I used to manage networks and do IT consulting it was amazing how many idiots ran that on their work PCs on company networks.

Same here. And I often get asked by family and friends to rescue an infected PC. If Limewire is on it, I will help them--once. Then I tell them if they, their kids, or anyone else puts that crap back on I will not help again.




Michael

 

[Bennyboy]

Lol! That reminded me of the time I inadvertently downloaded gay porn set on a spaceship. I was like wait, what? No, this isn't right...

It took me couple minutes to figure out that I downloaded the wrong thing.
I Got me some scotch and a cigar and watched the all thing, twice.

 

[patrickj]

Same here. And I often get asked by family and friends to rescue an infected PC. If Limewire is on it, I will help them--once. Then I tell them if they, their kids, or anyone else puts that crap back on I will not help again.




Michael

Yup, I have pretty much the same approach. Otherwise the amount of wasted time gets well north of crazy.

 

[Europa]

I'm confused. Benny, why does your clickable link say million but the actual article says trillion? It's hard to believe the RIAA would be that stupid. I think that's more money than exists in the world.

 

[patrickj]

I think that's more money than exists in the world.

That sounds like about what they'd aim for then.

 

[Bennyboy]

I'm confused. Benny, why does your clickable link say million but the actual article says trillion? It's hard to believe the RIAA would be that stupid. I think that's more money than exists in the world.

I just noticed that. 75 trillions Is correct thou, I searched through several other tech sites and they all say the same. Here's another one

http://www.pcworld.com/article/223431/riaa_thinks_limewire_owes_75_trillion_in_damages.html

 

[Europa]

That sounds like about what they'd aim for then.

Lol! It makes me think of Dr. Evil. We want all the money in the world! I know they only expect to get a fraction of it, but the amount is still comical.