There are only two large filesharing development firms still operating in the US: Limewire and BitTorrent. BitTorrent has done well to avoid being taken out by the music and movie industries, while Limewire has found itself in hot water and in the firing line of record companies for some time now.
Limewire recently filed a motion to dismiss the legal case against them. With so many other filesharing services falling victim to lawsuits, Limewire has stuck at it through thick and thin. Filesharing services such as BearShare, WinMX and MetaMachine have all closed down in recent years. Ares Galaxy took the bold step of becoming open source.
Limewire, on the other hand, has just kept on going, largely thanks to the large amount of money the filesharing service generates, meaning that Limewire won’t be bullied by large corporations and record labels.
The RIAA lawsuit against Limewire has progressed slowly and the whole thing is treading water at the moment. There’s a lot of legal jargon being thrown around, but we hope that Limewire comes out on top and lives to fight another day.