5.6.1 / May 7, 2010; 8 years ago ( 2010-05-07) Written in Available in 32 languages [ ] Website limewire.com (Offline) LimeWire is a discontinued (P2P) client for,, and. LimeWire used the network as well as the.
A version and a purchasable 'enhanced' version were available. Support is provided. On October 26, 2010, U.S.
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Federal court judge issued an injunction enforcing LimeWire to prevent 'the searching, downloading, uploading, file trading and/or file distribution functionality, and/or all functionality' of its software in. A trial investigating the damages necessary to compensate the affected record labels was scheduled to begin in January 2011.
As a result of the injunction, LimeWire stopped distributing the LimeWire software, and versions 5.5.11 and newer have been disabled using a installed by the company. However, version 5.5.10 and all prior versions of LimeWire remain fully functional and cannot be disabled unless a user upgrades to one of the newer versions. The program has been 'resurrected' by the creators of (formerly known as LimeWire Pirate Edition).
Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • • Features [ ] Written in the, LimeWire can run on any computer with a installed. Installers were provided for 's,, and. Support for and other previous versions was dropped with the release of LimeWire 4.0.10. From version 4.8 onwards, LimeWire works as a controller in that it can automatically set up packet-forwarding rules with UPnP-capable routers.
LimeWire offers sharing of its library through the (DAAP). As such, when LimeWire is running and configured to allow it, any files shared are detectable and downloaded on the local network by DAAP-enabled devices (e.g.,, ). Beginning with LimeWire 4.13.9, connections can be encrypted with (TLS). Following LimeWire 4.13.11, TLS became the default connection option. Version history [ ] Until October 2010, Lime Wire LLC, the New York City based developer of LimeWire, distributed two versions of the program: a basic free version, and an enhanced version, LimeWire PRO, sold for a fee of US$21.95 with 6 months of updates, or around $35.00 with 1 year of updates. The company claimed the paid version provides faster downloads and 66% better search results. This is accomplished by facilitating direct connection with up to 10 hosts of an identical searched file at any one time, whereas the free version is limited to a maximum of 8 hosts.
LimeWire 2 Being, LimeWire has spawned, including, an experimental software development project at, and, a -based gnutella client with a proprietary interface. Researchers at developed a reputation management add-in called that allows users to distinguish between 'genuine' and 'suspect' files before downloading them. An October 12, 2005 report states that some of LimeWire's free and contributors have forked the project and called it.
LimeWire was the second file sharing program after Frostwire to support firewall-to-firewall file transfers, a feature introduced in version 4.2, which was released in November 2004. LimeWire also now includes support, but is limited to three torrent uploads and three torrent downloads, which coexist with ordinary downloads. LimeWire 5.0 added an instant messenger that uses the Protocol, an open source communication protocol. Users can now chat and share files with individuals or a group of friends in their buddy list. A screenshot of Limewire 5 0 11 beta From version 5.5.1, LimeWire has added a key activation, which requires the user to enter the unique key before activating the 'Pro' version of the software. This has stopped people from illegally downloading the 'Pro' versions.
However, there are still ways to bypass this security feature, which was done when creating the pirate edition. For example, there are currently cracks available on the internet, and people can continue using the LimeWire Pro 5.5.1 Beta, which also includes for LimeWire and is the first version to include AVG. The most recent stable version of LimeWire is 5.5.16. Versions of LimeWire prior to 5.5.10 can still connect to the Gnutella network and users of these versions are still able to download files, even though a message is displayed concerning the injunction during the startup process of the software.
LimeWire versions 5.5.11 and newer feature an auto-update feature that allowed Lime Wire LLC to disable newer versions of the LimeWire software. Older versions of LimeWire prior to version 5.5.11, however, do not include the auto-update feature and are still fully functional. As a result, neither the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) nor Lime Wire LLC have the ability to disable older versions of LimeWire, unless the user chooses to upgrade to a newer version of LimeWire. Limewire 2008 On November 10, 2010, a secret group of developers called the 'Secret Dev Team' sought to keep the application working by releasing the 'LimeWire Pirate Edition'. The software is based on LimeWire 5.6 Beta, and is aimed to allow Windows versions to still work and remove the threat of spyware or adware. The exclusive features in LimeWire PRO were also unlocked, and all security features installed by Lime Wire LLC were removed. Forks and alternatives [ ] A number of from LimeWire have appeared, with the goal of giving users more freedom, or objecting to decisions made by LimeWire LLC they disagreed with.