A coalition of eight major music publishing companies have taken legal action against file sharing website Limewire, accusing the owners of mass copyright infringement.
The US based publishers, including EMI and Universal are reportedly looking at requesting settlements of up to $15,000 (over £10,000) for each song illegally shared on the Limewire service.
Limewire is a high profile website that enables the peer-to-peer file sharing of music and media files. Mark Gorman founded the site in the US during the year 2000, with free and subscription based ‘enhanced’ versions available for download.
A spokesperson for Limewire told website C-Net that the company have imminent plans to transform their operations into a legitimate music streaming service.
Earlier this month, the Recording Industry Association Of America (RIAA) claimed that high profile file-sharing site Limewire had not done anything to operationally change its services since a landmark ruling last month.
A summary judgement from a US judge found that the Company were liable for inducing copyright infringement by providing file-sharing software and service
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