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LimeWire Going Legit

Posted in Downloadable by Dan at 10:02 am
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Seems that EVERYONE is opening a digital music store these days (UNEASYmusic.com anyone? :P). The latest entrant to this extremely saturated market is LimeWire. Yup, the legally questionable file sharing service is pulling a Napster.

Lime Wire LLC, maker of the popular LimeWire file-sharing software, announced today that it will open a digital music store.

Initially the store will be a stand-alone website, also accessible from links in the file-sharing software. Subsequent releases will enable users to browse and purchase music directly from within the LimeWire program.

Wonder if this an attempt to keep the lawsuits away?

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4 Responses to “LimeWire Going Legit”

  1. Matt says:
    8/15/2007 at 2:50 pm

    Who the hell is gonna use it?

  2. Alan Rager says:
    8/15/2007 at 5:49 pm

    What next, Bittorrent music store? Doubtful that this would do anything but prevent lawsuits, since Limewire users tend to be the types of folks that just download music w/o paying.

  3. Muff says:
    8/15/2007 at 6:16 pm

    I’ll continue using their free service, thank you

  4. Mac_Tonight says:
    8/16/2007 at 3:39 am

    Um, Alan….. :P

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