AMCP Tech Blog

Following the lawsuit launched by the RIAA, LimeWire has decided to take the offensive and countersue the music industry for anti-competitive activities, illegal restraint of trade, tortious interference and deceptive trade practices. To start, LimeWire plans to make sure that courts understand how their software works, pointing out that it is much different from the original versions of Napster. They claim that users agree not to use LimeWire to infringe copyrights when they install the software, but similar arguments haven't been successful in court in the past. Also, they point out that they plan to educate users about the consequences of illegally downloading music and wants to encourage them to pay for them using "legal" sites, such as Apple's iTunes. Following their plan to stick it into music labels, they commented that their new filtering technology never had a chance to hit the fan because music labels were unwilling to cooperate. According to them, music labels join forces to make sure that services such as LimeWire, who wishes to clean their plate of past illegal activities, never get off their feet. LimeWire is seeking damages and fees from the RIAA. Someone start playing "Another Bites the Dust".