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The settlement... Email Print Related News Rajaratnam convicted on all insider trading charges Wed, May 11 2011 Blavatnik's Access wins Warner Music for $3.3 billion Fri, May 6 2011 U.S. narrows case versus accused Ponzi schemer Stanford Thu, May 5 2011 Lawyer for money manager Ken Starr pleads guilty Mon, May 2 2011 Warner Music $3 billion buyout could be done this week: source Sun, May 1 2011 Analysis & Opinion Wanna direct Cars 2? There’s an app for that. Raj appeal could give wiretaps needed airing Related Topics Technology Home » Media » Stocks By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK | Thu May 12, 2011 7:32pm EDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - The operators of LimeWire agreed to pay record companies $105 million, ending a federal trial over copyright infringement damages owed by the once popular but now defunct file-sharing service. The settlement with 13 record companies, including labels owned by Sony Corp, Vivendi SA, Warner Music Group Corp and Citigroup Inc's EMI Group, followed mediation, and ends nearly five years of litigation. U.S. District Judge Kimba Wood in Manhattan had ruled last May that LimeWire's parents, Lime Group and Lime Wire LLC, wrongfully assisted users in pirating digital recordings. She shut down LimeWire in October, leaving open the question of damages that could have exceeded $1 billion on roughly 10,000 recordings released since 1972. A jury trial over that issue had begun last week. "Lime Wire and its founder, Mark Gorton, are pleased that this case has concluded," according to their law firm Willkie, Farr & Gallagher, which announced the settlement. The record labels include Arista, Atlantic, BMG Music, Capitol, Elektra, Interscope, Laface, Motown, Priority, Sony BMG, UMG, Virgin and Warner Brothers. "We are pleased to have reached a large monetary settlement," RIAA Chief Executive Mitch Bainwol said in a statement. He called the accord a victory for music providers that "play by the rules." Founded in 2000, LimeWire has been a thorn for record companies because millions of fans used it as an easy means to find and download music for free. Its owners have said the service once had more than 50 million monthly users. LimeWire shut down five years after the U.S. Supreme Court, in a 2005 case involving file-sharing service Grokster Ltd, said companies could be sued for copyright infringement if they distributed services designed to be used for that purpose, even if the devices could also be used lawfully. Warner Chief Executive Edgar Bronfman testified Wednesday at the trial that he was frustrated that LimeWire did not shut down or convert to a "legal service" after the Grokster ruling. "It's devastating, frankly." In March, Lime Group settled a separate copyright lawsuit by more than 30 music publishers. Terms were not disclosed. [nN08178050] Record companies own copyrights to recordings while publishers can own copyrights to the songs themselves. The case is Arista Records LLC et al v Lime Group et al, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, No. 06-05936. (Reporting by Jonathan Stempel in New York; Editing by Gary Hill) Technology Home Media Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story directly or with relevant tangential information. We try to block comments that use offensive language, all capital letters or appear to be spam, and we review comments frequently to ensure they meet our standards. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. Comments (4) jscott418 wrote: Lot’s of Limewire users I think felt they were simply younger people who were too cheap to do the right thing and buy their music. I know of lot’s of people even older adults who downloaded illegal songs from places like Limewire. You can hate recored companies all you want. But this also hurts artists as well as song writers. Maybe if some of these people experienced working for free because their boss thought it was OK would better understand the issue. But you will never stop someone from trying to get something for free. May 12, 2011 7:52pm EDT -- Report as abuse jscott418 wrote: Lot’s of Limewire users I think felt they were simply younger people who were too cheap to do the right thing and buy their music. I know of lot’s of people even older adults who downloaded illegal songs from places like Limewire. You can hate recored companies all you want. But this also hurts artists as well as song writers. Maybe if some of these people experienced working for free because their boss thought it was OK would better understand the issue. But you will never stop someone from trying to get something for free. May 12, 2011 7:52pm EDT -- Report as abuse zagwee wrote: Wow thats messed up dude, screw the labels, long live the torrent sites! 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