LimeWire resurfaces with an eye patch

by Ciaran Thompson

November 9, 2010

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LimeWire, the searching, downloading, uploading, file trading, and/or file distribution program that was shut down late last month after it was hit with an injunction, has resurfaced as LimeWire Pirate Edition, according to reports. TorrentFreak quotes an anonymous source who reveals Limewire is back and more streamlined than before.

“On October 26 the remaining LimeWire developers were forced to shut down the company’s servers and modify remote settings in the filesharing client to try to harm the Gnutella network. They were then laid off,” a source said. “Shortly after, a horde of piratical monkeys climbed aboard the abandoned ship, mended its sails, polished its cannons, and released it free to the community.”

Currently only available for Windows, LimeWire Pirate Edition is based on the LimeWire 5.6 beta, which was released online before it was shut down by the RIAA (Recroding Industry Association of America).

“All dependencies on LimeWire LLC’s servers have been removed, all remote settings have been disabled, the Ask toolbar has been unbundled, and all features of LimeWire PRO have been activated for free. LimeWire Pirate Edition should work better than the last functioning version of LimeWire (5.5.10), and it should keep working for longer. There’s no adware or spyware: the piratical monkeys are doing this for the benefit of the community.”

LimeWire Prirate Edition is available on several torrent sites and is pure P2P software. Apparently it cannot be remotely monitored or shut down.

Tags: Music, News, LimeWire

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