<s>
LimeWire	B-Application
was	O
a	O
free	B-Application
peer-to-peer	O
file	O
sharing	O
client	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
MacOS	B-Operating_System
,	O
Linux	B-Application
and	O
Solaris	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Created	O
by	O
Mark	O
Gorton	O
in	O
2000	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
most	O
prominently	O
a	O
tool	O
used	O
for	O
the	O
download	O
and	O
distribution	O
of	O
pirated	O
materials	O
,	O
particularly	O
pirated	B-Application
music	I-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
In	O
2007	O
,	O
LimeWire	B-Application
was	O
estimated	O
to	O
be	O
installed	O
on	O
over	O
one-third	O
of	O
all	O
computers	O
globally	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
a	O
zero-cost	B-License
version	O
and	O
a	O
purchasable	O
"	O
enhanced	O
"	O
version	O
called	O
LimeWire	B-Application
Pro	I-Application
were	O
available	O
;	O
however	O
,	O
LimeWire	B-Application
Pro	I-Application
could	O
be	O
acquired	O
for	O
free	B-Application
through	O
the	O
standard	O
LimeWire	B-Application
software	O
,	O
where	O
users	O
distributed	O
it	O
without	O
authorization	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LimeWire	B-Application
uses	O
the	O
gnutella	B-Protocol
network	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
BitTorrent	B-Protocol
protocol	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
BitTorrent	B-Protocol
support	O
is	O
provided	O
by	O
libtorrent	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
October	O
26	O
,	O
2010	O
,	O
U.S.	O
federal	O
court	O
judge	O
Kimba	O
Wood	O
issued	O
an	O
injunction	O
ordering	O
Lime	B-Application
Wire	I-Application
LLC	I-Application
to	O
prevent	O
"	O
the	O
searching	O
,	O
downloading	O
,	O
uploading	O
,	O
file	O
trading	O
and/or	O
file	O
distribution	O
functionality	O
,	O
and/or	O
all	O
functionality	O
"	O
of	O
its	O
software	O
in	O
Arista	O
Records	O
LLC	O
v	O
.	O
Lime	O
Group	O
LLC	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
result	O
of	O
the	O
injunction	O
,	O
the	O
RIAA	O
initially	O
suggested	O
that	O
LimeWire	B-Application
was	O
responsible	O
for	O
$72	O
trillion	O
in	O
damages	O
,	O
before	O
eventually	O
settling	O
for	O
$105	O
million	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Thereafter	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
stopped	O
distributing	O
the	O
LimeWire	B-Application
software	O
,	O
and	O
versions	O
5.5.11	O
and	O
newer	O
have	O
been	O
disabled	O
using	O
a	O
backdoor	O
installed	O
by	O
the	O
company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
version	O
5.5.10	O
and	O
all	O
prior	O
versions	O
of	O
LimeWire	B-Application
remain	O
fully	O
functional	O
and	O
cannot	O
be	O
disabled	O
unless	O
a	O
user	O
upgrades	O
to	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
newer	O
versions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Written	O
in	O
the	O
Java	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
,	O
LimeWire	B-Application
can	O
run	O
on	O
any	O
computer	O
with	O
a	O
Java	B-Language
Virtual	I-Language
Machine	I-Language
installed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Installers	O
were	O
provided	O
for	O
Apple	O
's	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
's	I-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Support	O
for	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
9	I-Operating_System
and	O
other	O
previous	O
versions	O
was	O
dropped	O
with	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
LimeWire	B-Application
4.0.10	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
version	O
4.8	O
onwards	O
,	O
LimeWire	B-Application
works	O
as	O
a	O
UPnP	B-Application
Internet	B-Protocol
Gateway	I-Protocol
Device	I-Protocol
controller	O
in	O
that	O
it	O
can	O
automatically	O
set	O
up	O
packet-forwarding	O
rules	O
with	O
UPnP-capable	O
routers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LimeWire	B-Application
offers	O
sharing	O
of	O
its	O
library	O
through	O
the	O
Digital	B-Operating_System
Audio	I-Operating_System
Access	I-Operating_System
Protocol	I-Operating_System
(	O
DAAP	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
such	O
,	O
when	O
LimeWire	B-Application
is	O
running	O
and	O
configured	O
to	O
allow	O
it	O
,	O
any	O
files	O
shared	O
are	O
detectable	O
and	O
downloaded	O
on	O
the	O
local	O
network	O
by	O
DAAP-enabled	B-Operating_System
devices	O
(	O
e.g.	O
,	O
Zune	B-Library
,	O
iTunes	B-Operating_System
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Beginning	O
with	O
LimeWire	B-Application
4.13.9	O
,	O
connections	O
can	O
be	O
encrypted	O
with	O
Transport	B-Protocol
Layer	I-Protocol
Security	I-Protocol
(	O
TLS	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
LimeWire	B-Application
4.13.11	O
,	O
TLS	O
became	O
the	O
default	O
connection	O
option	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Until	O
October	O
2010	O
,	O
Lime	B-Application
Wire	I-Application
LLC	I-Application
,	O
the	O
New	O
York	O
City	O
based	O
developer	O
of	O
LimeWire	B-Application
,	O
distributed	O
two	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
program	O
:	O
a	O
basic	O
gratis	O
version	O
,	O
and	O
an	O
enhanced	O
version	O
,	O
LimeWire	B-Application
PRO	I-Application
,	O
which	O
sold	O
for	O
a	O
fee	O
of	O
$21.95	O
with	O
6	O
months	O
of	O
updates	O
,	O
or	O
around	O
$35.00	O
with	O
1	O
year	O
of	O
updates	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Being	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
,	O
LimeWire	B-Application
has	O
spawned	O
forks	B-Application
,	O
including	O
LionShare	O
,	O
an	O
experimental	O
software	O
development	O
project	O
at	O
Penn	O
State	O
University	O
,	O
and	O
Acquisition	O
,	O
a	O
Mac	O
OS	O
X-based	O
gnutella	B-Protocol
client	O
with	O
a	O
proprietary	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
October	O
12	O
,	O
2005	O
,	O
report	O
states	O
that	O
some	O
of	O
LimeWire	B-Application
's	O
contributors	O
have	O
forked	O
the	O
project	O
and	O
called	O
it	O
FrostWire	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
LimeWire	B-Application
was	O
the	O
second	O
file	O
sharing	O
program	O
after	O
FrostWire	B-Protocol
to	O
support	O
firewall-to-firewall	O
file	O
transfers	O
,	O
a	O
feature	O
introduced	O
in	O
version	O
4.2	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
November	O
2004	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LimeWire	B-Application
also	O
now	O
includes	O
BitTorrent	B-Protocol
support	O
,	O
but	O
is	O
limited	O
to	O
three	O
torrent	B-Protocol
uploads	O
and	O
three	O
torrent	B-Protocol
downloads	O
,	O
which	O
coexist	O
with	O
ordinary	O
downloads	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LimeWire	B-Application
5.0	O
added	O
an	O
instant	O
messenger	O
that	O
uses	O
the	O
XMPP	B-Protocol
Protocol	I-Protocol
,	O
a	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
communication	O
protocol	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
version	O
5.5.1	O
,	O
LimeWire	B-Application
has	O
added	O
a	O
key	O
activation	O
,	O
which	O
requires	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
enter	O
the	O
unique	O
key	O
before	O
activating	O
the	O
"	O
Pro	O
"	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
cracked	O
versions	O
of	O
LimeWire	B-Application
were	O
available	O
on	O
the	O
Internet	O
(	O
including	O
on	O
LimeWire	B-Application
itself	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
people	O
could	O
continue	O
using	O
the	O
LimeWire	B-Application
Pro	I-Application
5.5.1	O
Beta	O
,	O
which	O
also	O
includes	O
AVG	B-Application
for	O
LimeWire	B-Application
and	O
is	O
the	O
first	O
version	O
to	O
include	O
AVG	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
most	O
recent	O
stable	O
version	O
of	O
LimeWire	B-Application
is	O
5.5.16	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Versions	O
of	O
LimeWire	B-Application
prior	O
to	O
5.5.10	O
can	O
still	O
connect	O
to	O
the	O
Gnutella	B-Protocol
network	O
and	O
users	O
of	O
these	O
versions	O
are	O
still	O
able	O
to	O
download	O
files	O
,	O
even	O
though	O
a	O
message	O
is	O
displayed	O
concerning	O
the	O
injunction	O
during	O
the	O
startup	O
process	O
of	O
the	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LimeWire	B-Application
versions	O
5.5.11	O
and	O
newer	O
feature	O
an	O
auto-update	O
feature	O
that	O
allowed	O
Lime	B-Application
Wire	I-Application
LLC	I-Application
to	O
disable	O
newer	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
LimeWire	B-Application
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Older	O
versions	O
of	O
LimeWire	B-Application
prior	O
to	O
version	O
5.5.11	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
do	O
not	O
include	O
the	O
auto-update	O
feature	O
and	O
are	O
still	O
fully	O
functional	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
result	O
,	O
neither	O
the	O
Recording	O
Industry	O
Association	O
of	O
America	O
(	O
RIAA	O
)	O
nor	O
Lime	B-Application
Wire	I-Application
LLC	I-Application
have	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
disable	O
older	O
versions	O
of	O
LimeWire	B-Application
,	O
unless	O
the	O
user	O
chooses	O
to	O
upgrade	O
to	O
a	O
newer	O
version	O
of	O
LimeWire	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
November	O
10	O
,	O
2010	O
,	O
a	O
secret	O
group	O
of	O
developers	O
called	O
the	O
"	O
Secret	O
Dev	O
Team	O
"	O
sought	O
to	O
keep	O
the	O
application	O
working	O
by	O
releasing	O
the	O
"	O
LimeWire	B-Application
Pirate	O
Edition	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
LimeWire	B-Application
5.6	O
Beta	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
aimed	O
to	O
allow	O
Windows	B-Application
versions	O
to	O
still	O
work	O
and	O
remove	O
the	O
threat	O
of	O
spyware	O
or	O
adware	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
exclusive	O
features	O
in	O
LimeWire	B-Application
PRO	I-Application
were	O
also	O
unlocked	O
,	O
and	O
all	O
security	O
features	O
installed	O
by	O
Lime	B-Application
Wire	I-Application
LLC	I-Application
were	O
removed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
number	O
of	O
forks	B-Application
of	O
LimeWire	B-Application
have	O
been	O
released	O
,	O
many	O
with	O
the	O
goal	O
of	O
giving	O
users	O
more	O
freedom	O
,	O
or	O
in	O
objection	O
to	O
design	O
decisions	O
made	O
by	O
the	O
original	O
developers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FrostWire	B-Protocol
was	O
started	O
in	O
September	O
2004	O
by	O
members	O
of	O
the	O
LimeWire	B-Application
community	O
,	O
after	O
LimeWire	B-Application
's	O
distributor	O
considered	O
adding	O
"	O
blocking	O
"	O
code	O
,	O
in	O
response	O
to	O
RIAA	O
pressure	O
and	O
the	O
threat	O
of	O
legal	O
action	O
,	O
in	O
light	O
of	O
the	O
U.S.	O
Supreme	O
Court	O
's	O
decision	O
in	O
MGM	O
Studios	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
v	O
.	O
Grokster	O
,	O
Ltd	O
..	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
code	O
was	O
changed	O
when	O
lawsuits	O
had	O
been	O
filed	O
against	O
LimeWire	B-Application
for	O
P2P	O
downloading	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
had	O
blocked	O
all	O
their	O
users	O
and	O
redirected	O
them	O
to	O
FrostWire	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
FrostWire	B-Protocol
has	O
since	O
completely	O
moved	O
to	O
the	O
BitTorrent	B-Protocol
protocol	I-Protocol
from	O
Gnutella	B-Protocol
(	O
LimeWire	B-Application
's	O
file	O
sharing	O
network	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2010	O
,	O
as	O
a	O
response	O
to	O
the	O
legal	O
challenges	O
regarding	O
LimeWire	B-Application
,	O
an	O
anonymous	O
individual	O
by	O
the	O
handle	O
of	O
Meta	O
Pirate	O
released	O
a	O
modified	O
version	O
of	O
LimeWire	B-Application
Pro	I-Application
,	O
which	O
was	O
entitled	O
LimeWire	B-Application
Pirate	O
Edition	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
came	O
without	O
the	O
Ask.com	O
toolbar	O
,	O
advertising	O
,	O
spyware	O
,	O
and	O
backdoors	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
all	O
dependencies	O
on	O
Lime	B-Application
Wire	I-Application
LLC	I-Application
servers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
response	O
to	O
allegations	O
that	O
a	O
current	O
or	O
former	O
member	O
of	O
Lime	B-Application
Wire	I-Application
LLC	I-Application
staff	O
wrote	O
and	O
released	O
the	O
software	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
has	O
stated	O
they	O
were	O
"	O
not	O
behind	O
these	O
efforts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LimeWire	B-Application
does	O
not	O
authorize	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LimeWire	B-Application
is	O
complying	O
with	O
the	O
Court	O
's	O
October	O
26	O
,	O
2010	O
injunction.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
LimeWire	B-Application
team	O
,	O
after	O
being	O
accused	O
by	O
the	O
RIAA	O
of	O
being	O
complicit	O
in	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
LimeWire	B-Application
Pirate	O
Edition	O
,	O
swiftly	O
acted	O
to	O
shut	O
down	O
the	O
LimeWire	B-Application
Pirate	O
Edition	O
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
court	O
order	O
was	O
issued	O
to	O
close	O
down	O
the	O
website	O
,	O
and	O
,	O
to	O
remain	O
anonymous	O
,	O
Meta	O
Pirate	O
,	O
the	O
developer	O
of	O
LimeWire	B-Application
PE	O
,	O
did	O
not	O
contest	O
the	O
order	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
the	O
shutdown	O
,	O
the	O
original	O
LimeWire	B-Application
project	O
was	O
reforked	O
into	O
WireShare	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
intent	O
to	O
keep	O
the	O
Gnutella	B-Protocol
network	O
alive	O
and	O
to	O
maintain	O
a	O
good	O
faith	O
continuation	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
project	O
(	O
without	O
adware	O
or	O
spyware	O
)	O
;	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
software	O
continues	O
to	O
this	O
day	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MuWire	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
August	O
2020	O
as	O
a	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
program	O
resembling	O
LimeWire	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Developed	O
by	O
a	O
former	O
LimeWire	B-Application
developer	O
,	O
it	O
uses	O
I2P	B-Protocol
to	O
anonymize	O
connections	O
and	O
transfers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MuWire	O
's	O
developer	O
had	O
purchased	O
the	O
limewire.com	O
domain	O
after	O
it	O
had	O
been	O
allowed	O
to	O
expire	O
,	O
and	O
redirected	O
traffic	O
to	O
MuWire	O
's	O
website	O
for	O
approximately	O
two	O
years	O
,	O
until	O
finally	O
selling	O
it	O
to	O
an	O
unaffiliated	O
party	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Prior	O
to	O
April	O
2004	O
,	O
the	O
free	B-Application
version	O
of	O
LimeWire	B-Application
was	O
distributed	O
with	O
a	O
bundled	O
program	O
called	O
LimeShop	O
(	O
a	O
variant	O
of	O
TopMoxie	O
)	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
spyware	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Among	O
other	O
things	O
,	O
LimeShop	O
monitored	O
online	O
purchases	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
redirect	O
sales	O
commissions	O
to	O
Lime	B-Application
Wire	I-Application
LLC	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Uninstallation	O
of	O
LimeWire	B-Application
would	O
not	O
remove	O
LimeShop	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
removal	O
of	O
all	O
bundled	O
software	O
in	O
LimeWire	B-Application
3.9.4	O
(	O
released	O
on	O
April	O
20	O
,	O
2004	O
)	O
,	O
these	O
objections	O
were	O
addressed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LimeWire	B-Application
currently	O
has	O
a	O
facility	O
that	O
allows	O
its	O
server	O
to	O
contact	O
a	O
running	O
LimeWire	B-Application
client	O
and	O
gather	O
various	O
information	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
LimeWire	B-Application
versions	O
before	O
5.0	O
,	O
users	O
could	O
accidentally	O
configure	O
the	O
software	O
to	O
allow	O
access	O
to	O
any	O
file	O
on	O
their	O
computer	O
,	O
including	O
documents	O
with	O
personal	O
information	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Recent	O
versions	O
of	O
LimeWire	B-Application
do	O
not	O
allow	O
unintentional	O
sharing	O
of	O
documents	O
or	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
identity	O
theft	O
scheme	O
involving	O
LimeWire	B-Application
was	O
discovered	O
in	O
Denver	O
in	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
federal	O
prosecutors	O
,	O
Kopiloff	O
used	O
LimeWire	B-Application
to	O
search	O
other	O
people	O
's	O
computers	O
for	O
inadvertently	O
shared	O
financial	O
information	O
and	O
then	O
used	O
it	O
to	O
obtain	O
credit	O
cards	O
for	O
an	O
online	O
shopping	O
spree	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
mid-2008	O
,	O
a	O
Macintosh	B-Device
trojan	O
exploiting	O
a	O
vulnerability	O
involving	O
Apple	B-Operating_System
Remote	I-Operating_System
Desktop	I-Operating_System
was	O
distributed	O
via	O
LimeWire	B-Application
affecting	O
users	O
of	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
X	I-Application
Tiger	I-Application
and	O
Leopard	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ability	O
to	O
distribute	O
such	O
malware	O
and	O
viruses	O
has	O
also	O
been	O
reduced	O
in	O
versions	O
of	O
LimeWire	B-Application
5.0	O
and	O
greater	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
program	O
defaulting	O
to	O
not	O
share	O
or	O
search	O
for	O
executable	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
May	O
5	O
,	O
2009	O
,	O
a	O
P2P	O
industry	O
spokesman	O
represented	O
Lime	B-Application
Wire	I-Application
and	O
others	O
at	O
a	O
U.S.	O
House	O
of	O
Representatives	O
legislative	O
hearing	O
on	O
H.R.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
February	O
15	O
,	O
2010	O
,	O
LimeWire	B-Application
reversed	O
its	O
previous	O
anti-bundling	O
stance	O
and	O
announced	O
the	O
inclusion	O
of	O
an	O
Ask.com-powered	O
browser	O
toolbar	O
that	O
users	O
had	O
to	O
explicitly	O
opt-out	O
of	O
to	O
prevent	O
installation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
toolbar	O
sends	O
web	O
and	O
BitTorrent	B-Protocol
searches	O
to	O
Ask.com,	O
and	O
LimeWire	B-Application
searches	O
to	O
an	O
instance	O
of	O
LimeWire	B-Application
on	O
the	O
user	O
's	O
machine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LimeWire	B-Application
automatically	O
receives	O
a	O
cryptographically	O
signed	O
file	O
,	O
called	O
simpp.xml	O
,	O
containing	O
an	O
IP	O
block	O
list	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
a	O
June	O
2005	O
report	O
in	O
The	O
New	O
York	O
Times	O
,	O
Lime	B-Application
Wire	I-Application
LLC	I-Application
was	O
considering	O
ceasing	O
its	O
distribution	O
of	O
LimeWire	B-Application
because	O
the	O
outcome	O
of	O
MGM	O
v	O
.	O
Grokster	O
"	O
handed	O
a	O
tool	O
to	O
judges	O
that	O
they	O
can	O
declare	O
inducement	O
whenever	O
they	O
want	O
to	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
May	O
12	O
,	O
2010	O
,	O
Judge	O
Kimba	O
Wood	O
of	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
District	O
Court	O
for	O
the	O
Southern	O
District	O
of	O
New	O
York	O
ruled	O
in	O
Arista	O
Records	O
LLC	O
v	O
.	O
Lime	O
Group	O
LLC	O
that	O
LimeWire	B-Application
and	O
its	O
creator	O
,	O
Mark	O
Gorton	O
,	O
had	O
committed	O
copyright	O
infringement	O
,	O
engaged	O
in	O
unfair	O
competition	O
,	O
and	O
induced	O
others	O
to	O
commit	O
copyright	O
infringement	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
October	O
26	O
,	O
2010	O
,	O
LimeWire	B-Application
was	O
ordered	O
to	O
disable	O
the	O
"	O
searching	O
,	O
downloading	O
,	O
uploading	O
,	O
file	O
trading	O
and/or	O
file	O
distribution	O
functionality	O
"	O
after	O
losing	O
a	O
court	O
battle	O
with	O
the	O
RIAA	O
over	O
claims	O
of	O
copyright	O
infringement	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
early	O
2011	O
,	O
the	O
RIAA	O
announced	O
their	O
intention	O
to	O
sue	O
LimeWire	B-Application
,	O
pursuing	O
a	O
statutory	O
damages	O
theory	O
that	O
claimed	O
up	O
to	O
$72	O
trillion	O
in	O
damagesa	O
sum	O
greater	O
than	O
the	O
GDP	O
of	O
the	O
entire	O
global	O
economy	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
currently	O
around	O
11,000	O
songs	O
on	O
LimeWire	B-Application
that	O
have	O
been	O
tagged	O
as	O
copyright-infringed	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
RIAA	O
estimates	O
that	O
each	O
one	O
has	O
been	O
downloaded	O
thousands	O
of	O
times	O
,	O
the	O
penalties	O
accruing	O
to	O
the	O
above	O
sum	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
trial	O
to	O
decide	O
on	O
the	O
eventual	O
amount	O
of	O
damages	O
owed	O
by	O
LimeWire	B-Application
to	O
thirteen	O
record	O
labels	O
,	O
including	O
Warner	O
Music	O
Group	O
and	O
Sony	O
Music	O
,	O
all	O
of	O
which	O
are	O
represented	O
by	O
the	O
RIAA	O
,	O
started	O
early	O
in	O
May	O
and	O
went	O
on	O
until	O
on	O
May	O
13	O
,	O
2011	O
,	O
when	O
Gorton	O
agreed	O
to	O
pay	O
the	O
13	O
record	O
companies	O
$105	O
million	O
in	O
an	O
out-of-court	O
settlement	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
March	O
9	O
,	O
2022	O
,	O
brothers	O
Paul	O
and	O
Julian	O
Zehetmayr	O
announced	O
that	O
they	O
would	O
revive	O
LimeWire	B-Application
as	O
a	O
music-based	O
NFT	O
platform	O
,	O
though	O
the	O
new	O
marketplace	O
is	O
not	O
affiliated	O
with	O
LimeWire	B-Application
’s	O
original	O
team	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mark	O
Gorton	O
has	O
expressed	O
displeasure	O
with	O
the	O
reuse	O
of	O
the	O
LimeWire	B-Application
name	O
in	O
this	O
way	O
.	O
</s>
