Posted in Music & Music Players on May 20th, 2010 by admin
I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but here it is: is the future of filesharing in jeopardy? It could well be following the ruling of Judge Kimba Wood in a landmark case between the RIAA and LimeWire, the popular filesharing service.
LimeWire, and notably its owner Mark Gorton, stands accused of facilitating filesharing. It is interesting in this case that Wood has actually named Gorton as being personally responsible for his company’s alleged misdemeanors, and this cannot bode well for owners of other filesharing services.
But will the RIAA be interested in open-source operations like Ares? Is there any one person to blame for a piece of software that has been contributed to by hundreds, even thousands of years. Can it legislate against downloads that take place across literally thousands of different locations? Unlikely.
LimeWire and Mark Gorton have responded with strong opposition to the Judge’s decision, and has claimed that it continues to develop innovative products for users, and is committed to working with record-labels – amongst others – to achieve this.
Both sides of this battle, and the many people they represent, will be watching this space with baited breath.