Limewire will shut its music store on New Year's Eve

[DorsetBoy]

http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1929956/limewire-shut-music-store-eve

The party stops when the ball drops
By Lawrence Latif

THE WALLS are caving in on Limewire with the media sharing outfit announcing that it will shut its music store at the end of 2010.

Back in October, Limewire revealed that it will all but cease operations following a federal court ruling that outlawed the distribution of its client software.

Now the outfit has stopped taking payments at its music store, a legitimate retail outlet for music. In a statement, Limewire said it will shutter its music store on 31 December 2010 and has already stopped accepting new customers.

Limewire is getting ready for another court battle in January 2011 and it is expected that what little is left of the firm will go down the river after that. Following the federal court ruling in October, the firm laid off a significant chunk of its workforce, although it was keen to promote its music store as a way to continue generating cash........ (more)

[Rik]

The party's over

[drummer]

It's Napster all over again.

The cynic in me suspects that it's only a matter of time before we see a legit, music-industry-approved version of Limewire.

[cavillas]

It's Napster all over again.

The cynic in me suspects that it's only a matter of time before we see a legit, music-industry-approved version of Limewire.

Making massive profits for the Music Companies and charging exorbitant prices.

[pctech]

It's Napster all over again.

The cynic in me suspects that it's only a matter of time before we see a legit, music-industry-approved version of Limewire.

There is, its called Spotify.

I use the free version but I think they are having a hard job trying to get people to sign up for a subscription because they've changed the tariffs twice in the past year.

[Technical Ben]

You could not PAY me to listen to some of the music released nowadays. Perhaps someone has the wrong end of the stick? 

[pctech]

Agreed Ben but there's a lot of stuff on Spotify that is good such as many of the Rolling Stones albums and Vangelis.

[esh]

No one I know of has used LimeWire for at least 8 years. I see they are quick on the ball with these things as ever.