File-sharing Site Close Down In US

An claim released by the US neighborhood justice in New York has effectively close down LimeWire, a of the internet's greatest file-sharing sites.

It ends 4 years of wrangling between the privately-owned Lime Group and the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).

The claim compels Lime Group to turn off its searching, downloading, uploading and record trade features.

Visitors to the LimeWire website are confronted with a authorised observe that reads: "This is an offical observe that LimeWire is beneath a justice systematic claim to end distributing and ancillary its file-sharing software."

The RIAA told the AP headlines group that it was gratified by the judge's decision.

"It will beginning to tell the large robbery appurtenance that LimeWire... used to heighten themselves immensely," mentioned RIAA orator Jonathan Lamy.

LimeGroup appeared to admit defeat.

"We are out of the file-sharing business, but you can make it well known that other aspects of the business sojourn ongoing," Lime Group mouthpiece Tiffany Guarnaccia told AP.