Two child porn charges have been reinstated against a defendant who said he forgot to change his LimeWire settings and didn’t intentionally distribute the files.
Lime Group has disabled the file-sharing and music-searching features of its peer-to-peer file sharing service LimeWire following a court-ordered injunction issued yesterday by the U.S. District Court.
In a ruling that could tip the scales against companies that distribute and market file-sharing software, a federal judge has ruled that LimeWire is liable for inducing infringement.
File-sharing software on government networks has led to the disclosure of sensitive data, Internet security experts told a congressional panel yesterday.
Producers of adult content concerned with rampant content theft aren’t the only ones worried about the negative aspects of file-sharing software use, according to a new report published today by the Progress and Freedom Foundation.
Popular file-sharing service LimeWire announced today that it is launching an experimental content filter. The filter will prevent users from downloading, uploading and querying content under copyright.