LimeWire sued by record labels for P2P music-sharing!

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Universal Music, Sony BMG, EMI Group Plc, and Warner Music Group Corp. sued New York-based Lime Wire LLC, operators of the popular Limewire peer-to-peer filesharing network for allowing users to download music for free. Reports say the suit seeks $150,000 in damages for every song “willfully infringed” by LimeWire! Limewire is the most downloaded application on Download.com.

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