Who is taking limewire to court

The signed ruling was made available by The Recording Industry Association of America, which represents music companies. It has said Lime Wire has cost its members hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue. A copy of the ruling was not immediately available on the public court docket.

In a statement, Lime Wire expressed disappointment at the ruling. Lime Wire said the injunction lets it continue testing a service that allows users to buy music from independent labels.

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Thank you for taking time to provide your feedback to the editors. E-mail the story LimeWire file-sharing service shut down by US court. The court also ruled that LimeWire should "use all reasonable technological means to immediately cease and desist" copyright infringements still taking place through applications already downloaded. Yesterday's court order comes after a four-year legal battle between LimeWire and the Recording Industry Association of America , the representative body for many of the world's largest record labels.

In May, Wood found LimeWire liable for widespread copyright infringement. The level of damages faced by the site's New York-based parent company, Lime Group, will be decided in January The rise to prominence of peer-to-peer filesharing networks is singled out as a primary factor for this decline by the RIAA.

Earlier this year, LimeWire planned to release a service called Spoon, which would allow users to legally purchase copyrighted tracks.