Limewire has run into problems this week after an American federal judge dismissed Limewire’s claims that the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) had deliberately attempted to block the filesharing service’s attempts at establishing a legitimate music service.
Limewire had accused the RIAA of a number of infringements, including the fixing of prices, illegally accessing the account of user of Limewire, persuading artists not to deal with P2P service and spreading falsities about Limewire’s involve in child porn.
Limewire’s case was thrown out of court by the judge, who ruled that Limewire was unable to back up any of its claims.
There was some hope when the judge found that Limewire had been harmed by the RIAA trying to get filesharing sites to sell up to iMesh, a filesharing service supported by the RIAA. However, Limewire failed to back up its case and lost on legal fine print in the end.
Limewire’s claims came as a result of the RIAA suing Limewire over copyright issues. In this case, the big boys at the RIAA have come out on top. Limewire is yet to respond to the ruling.