Auburn man gets 17 years for child porn Nov 20, 2009
Barger was sharing the images via the peer-to-peer file sharing software, Limewire. After being indicted on child porn charges, authorities moved in and arrested Barger in October, 2008. (WSJA.com, AL)
House pushes ban on peer-to-peer software Nov 18, 2009
The Secure Federal File Sharing Act, introduced in the House, would bar government employees and contractors from downloading, installing or using so-called peer-to-peer file sharing software such as Limewire without official approval. The bill also would require the White House to develop rules for employees and contractors working on home or personal computers. (MSNBC -- Crime)
CTAM Summit 2009: VOD Helps Cable, But Needs Help on Ads Oct 28, 2009
"If you take a medium to long term view of our business, I'm really worried about the commoditization of my content on sites like Bit Torrent and Limewire. If we can have a really robust on-demand offering that blocks over-the-top disruption, I think that's going to create fantastic shareholder value.". Subscription on-demand traffic has been by far the biggest growth category at Mediacom, Rahimi said. (Multichannel News)
* UK soccer league accuses peer-to-peer site of piracy Sep 21, 2009
File-sharing music sites, including LimeWire and Napster, use the same peer-to-peer method, encouraging subscribers to make songs available to fellow users free of charge. Napster began as an illegal site but now operates within the law. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Online downloading easier than ever despite legal issues Sep 16, 2009
You don't need LimeWire, or an iTunes account, to get it. Google, on a preliminary level, searches Web sites, images and news articles but uses more options. (Daily Orange, NY)
UK proposes cutting Web access to file sharers Aug 26, 2009
LONDON - Repeat offenders who persist in illegally downloading music from file-sharing sites such as Limewire could be blocked from accessing the Web under British government proposals issued on Tuesday. The government said it was publishing new ideas to speed up the process of tackling unlawful peer-to-peer file sharing to prevent damage to the content industries. (MSNBC -- Crime)
Can't stop the (free) music Aug 25, 2009
Few said they felt personally threatened by the Tenenbaum ruling, or threatened enough to bypass file-sharing websites like LimeWire and Project Playlist. They argue that they support artists in other ways, by buying tickets to live performances, for example. (Boston Globe)
US court fines $22,500 per song for illegal download Aug 1, 2009
During the trial, Tenenbaum admitted under oath that he used KaZaA, LimeWire and other peer-to-peer software to download and distribute music to others. The Recording Industry Association of America, which has taken the lead against file sharing systems, welcomed the verdict. (India Times, India)
Data of Soldiers, Hospital Patients Found on P2P Aug 1, 2009
Since 2007, the company, whose LimeWire software uses the Gnutella and BitTorrent P2P networks, has worked with Congress, the FTC, and with several states' attorneys general to solve the issue of accidental file sharing ... The comments echoed claims made by Sydnor in a report released earlier this month and titled "Inadvertent File-Sharing Re-Invented: The Dangerous Design of LimeWire 5," which took additional shots at the company, describing LimeWire as "a dangerous program that can both cause... (SmallBusinessComputing)
Massachusetts Man Convicted on Child Pornography Charges Jul 31, 2009
Testimony from an undercover agent established that Pires was using Limewire, a file share program that allows users to exchange image and video files for free, to share images of child pornography ... A forensic examiner testified that a hard drive seized from Pires' residence revealed numerous images of child pornography, including those downloaded from Limewire. (PR Newswire)
Top-secret Obama safe house leaked on LimeWire Jul 31, 2009
The US is pondering a crackdown on peer-to-peer file sharing programs after details of a Secret Service safe-house location for President Barack Obama and his family were found being traded on LimeWire ... House Oversight and Government Reform Committee chairman Edolphus Towns said during a hearing on the safety of peer-to-peer software that he was astonished at privacy breaches involving LimeWire, operated by the Lime Group ... LimeWire is used by internet users to find and share media files,... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Technology)
Downloading Dangers to Wallet and SecurityPeer-to-peer file-sharing networks can bring costly lawsuits. Jul 30, 2009
According to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, in one instance, a list of all the master sergeants in the United States Army was made available through LimeWire, which included their names, Social Security numbers, military occupational specialty codes, and other private information. In another instance, an employee for a billing company inadvertently released the medical files for thousands of patients of a Texas hospital. (ABC News)
Authors throw the book at pirates Jun 16, 2009
Like the music industry, which has fought and partly won the battle over free music downloads from sites like Kazaa and Limewire, the publishing industry is about to face a similar struggle with piracy as electronic books become a reality. The copies of McCullough's works were the most flagrant breaches of copyright the Herald found on sites set up to allow file sharing. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Why does the Fed Government want to send up back to dial up speeds? May 27, 2009
People will prefer those downloads to the time, uncertainty, and risk of using services like LimeWire. As long as the downloads are unrealistically expensive, people will use the P2P services. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Technology)
Sexting, cyberbullying is here, Hampton Academy parents warned May 20, 2009
Ayotte said Webcams and file sharing networks like Limewire or Bearshare, which are used to download music, movies and child pornography, also pose dangers. Ayotte said bullying has become a major problem on the Internet where kids are harassing other kids via instant messages or through social networking sites. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Local Man Sentenced To 17.5 Years For Child Pornography May 13, 2009
According to Assistant United States Attorney David Gappa, who prosecuted the case, the Bakersfield FBI office received information from FBI offices in New Jersey, Oklahoma, and Texas that Hollis was making many images of known and suspected child pornography available through use of Limewire, a peer-to-peer file sharing program on the gnutella network. Agents executed a search warrant at his home on August 15, 2008, and seized a computer that was downloading images of child pornography from... (KERO 23, CA)
Continue reading Apr 30, 2009
Wisemer and Detective Kevin Wiens said that the file sharing programs of "bearshare" and "limewire" are used. Wiens said many people also use "gnutella.". (Selma Enterprise, CA)
Tax Season Is Christmas Season For Identity Thieves Mar 17, 2009
"I'm very careful in the sites that I access, for example, like Limewire. I've heard that there's a potential of getting viruses just because you share other people's system of their music," said Madrid. Copyright 2009 by. (KFOXTV.com, TX)
Report: Iran Stole Marine One Specs Mar 1, 2009
Boback believes that the files probably were transferred through a peer-to-peer file-sharing network such as LimeWire or Bear Share, and then compromised ... LimeWire and Bear Share are only a few of several services that operate on P2P networks. (CBS News)
